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A WORD FROM
In New Jersey, Ambassador Phil Murphy was elected as the next Governor. We were the rst Union to support Governor Murphy and he has frequently acknowledged our support. Three members of our team were on his transition team. I was honored to be named co-chair to the Stronger and Fairer Economy Committee. Our political director, Lizette Delgado-Polanco, was the co- chair of the Labor and Workforce Committee and NRCC President and New Jersey Regional Manager Bill Sproule was on the Labor and Workforce Committee.
In New York, various pro-Union candidates were elected and our e orts helped to overwhelmingly defeat the Constitutional Convention question. Every 20 years, New Yorkers have the opportunity to vote on the opening of the State Constitution. It safeguards fundamental workers’ right to organize, bargain collectively and REQUIRES that prevailing wages are paid on public works projects. If the convention was approved, we believe that it would have had serious rami cations for all workers.
YOUR LEADERSHIP
MESSAGE FROM
JOHN BALLANTYNE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY- TREASURER
Brothers and Sisters,
It continues to be my honor to serve you as your Executive Secretary-Treasurer (EST). As your EST, I’ve had the pleasure to lead you during a period of tremendous amount of growth and positive changes.
Since our merger with the former Metropolitan Regional Council in February 2016, we have made a number of strides to reassure our new members that their vested rights, services, bene ts and livelihoods wouldn’t be impacted. The merger was successful and former MRC representatives are now integrated at all levels of our executive board, delegates, funds o ce and sta .
Although there may still be some member trepidation about the merger, I can assure you that our strong ve- state Council is working tirelessly each day to ensure that your interests are represented and you get the pay and bene ts that you so rightly deserve.
This past year, we continued to: strengthen our organization from a nancial perspective; make our Council the model of how a Regional Council of Carpenters should work; o er new value and bene ts to our membership; and work tirelessly to secure good pay and health/retirement bene ts for our members.
It was a banner year for our Council in some very big areas:
NRCC IS A MAJOR POLITICAL PLAYER
This was a great election year for not only our organization, but all hardworking American men and women in every State that we represent.
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