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Google’s site at Pier 57 will function as a training space for The most notable aspect of the Google job sites is that they
employees, as well as a public space for tourists or anyone are all 100 percent union labor.
who wants to enjoy sweeping views of the Hudson River
and Chelsea. James Tanner, a Local 212 shop steward working at 315
Hudson Street, said, “I’ve been on a lot of high-rise jobs and I
“Pier 57 used to be the old marine aviation building, which like this site because it’s 100 percent union. There’s no open
had floors 30 feet high,” Eamon said. “What they’re doing is shop. Everybody here and every skill is union. We’re getting a
dividing the floor height, so instead of it being two and a half lot of half and half now and it’s taking work away, so to be on
floors, it’s going to be five floors of offices with a a 100 percent union job is a cool thing.”
huge auditorium.”
A union job site is a safe job site and Google is no exception.
The most notable aspect of the
Google jobsites is that they “The job is 100 percent safe. Google is very good at keeping
up with safety standards making sure we’re all protected at
are all 100 percent union labor. work,” Connor said.

Connor Teahan, Local 45 member and a foreman for
Eurotech, said that when it’s all complete, the structure will
attract a lot of attention to Chelsea Piers, or as they’re calling
it, “Google Piers.”

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