Honoring Workers at the Annual N.Y. Labor Mass

New York Local members celebrated the dignity of the worker at the New York City Central Labor Council’s Labor Mass on Sept. 8 at the famed St. Patrick’s Cathedral on 5th Avenue in New York City. Then-SAG-AFTRA Executive Vice President Rebecca Damon, right, joined, from left, New York Local member Polly Adams, New York Local Vice President JayPotter, New York Local President Ezra Knight and New York Local Board member leslie Shreve at the annual mass. Also attending were labor leaders and elected officials, including New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, New York State AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento, NYC Central Labor Council President Vinny Alvarez, and Building & ConstructionTrades Council of Greater New York President Gary LaBarbera. The event included a procession of union banners and drewrepresentatives from unions across New York City.

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