LIUNA Eastern Region
@liunaeasternreg.bsky.social
LIUNA Eastern Region encompasses 45,000+ construction and public sector UNION members in NYC, NJ, DE, and PR.
Together, we work every day to build America.
Together, we work every day to build America.
✊ @schumer.senate.gov stands with @weareliuna.bsky.social members in demanding Pres. Trump fund @gatewayprogram.bsky.social NOW:
"These hardworking men & women need their jobs to help their families.
"We're saying to Trump: Fund #Gateway Now! NY & NJ depend on it. 1000s of #workers depend on it."
"These hardworking men & women need their jobs to help their families.
"We're saying to Trump: Fund #Gateway Now! NY & NJ depend on it. 1000s of #workers depend on it."
February 10, 2026 at 9:17 PM
✊ @schumer.senate.gov stands with @weareliuna.bsky.social members in demanding Pres. Trump fund @gatewayprogram.bsky.social NOW:
"These hardworking men & women need their jobs to help their families.
"We're saying to Trump: Fund #Gateway Now! NY & NJ depend on it. 1000s of #workers depend on it."
"These hardworking men & women need their jobs to help their families.
"We're saying to Trump: Fund #Gateway Now! NY & NJ depend on it. 1000s of #workers depend on it."
💪 Thx @jakeephros.bsky.social, Joel Brooks & @katiebrennan.bsky.social for standing w/the #JCBrigade & calling on Namdar Grp. to drop exploitative contractors AJD & Concrete Rising!
Excited to work w/you, Mayor Solomon & the City Council to ensure future development benefits all of Jersey City.
Excited to work w/you, Mayor Solomon & the City Council to ensure future development benefits all of Jersey City.
February 10, 2026 at 8:49 PM
💪 Thx @jakeephros.bsky.social, Joel Brooks & @katiebrennan.bsky.social for standing w/the #JCBrigade & calling on Namdar Grp. to drop exploitative contractors AJD & Concrete Rising!
Excited to work w/you, Mayor Solomon & the City Council to ensure future development benefits all of Jersey City.
Excited to work w/you, Mayor Solomon & the City Council to ensure future development benefits all of Jersey City.
✊ NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill stands with @weareliuna.bsky.social members in demanding Pres. Trump FUND #GATEWAY NOW:
"He's supposed to be releasing funding, but he's illegally withholding that funding. Enough is enough. Get people back to #work. Get our brothers & sisters in #Labor back on the job..."
"He's supposed to be releasing funding, but he's illegally withholding that funding. Enough is enough. Get people back to #work. Get our brothers & sisters in #Labor back on the job..."
February 10, 2026 at 3:16 PM
✊ NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill stands with @weareliuna.bsky.social members in demanding Pres. Trump FUND #GATEWAY NOW:
"He's supposed to be releasing funding, but he's illegally withholding that funding. Enough is enough. Get people back to #work. Get our brothers & sisters in #Labor back on the job..."
"He's supposed to be releasing funding, but he's illegally withholding that funding. Enough is enough. Get people back to #work. Get our brothers & sisters in #Labor back on the job..."
👷♂️ How does @gatewayprogram.bsky.social shutting down b/c Pres. Trump won't release funding impact @weareliuna.bsky.social members? Mike Leonardo—Local 731 Gen. Foreman—tells us:
"It just sucks man. I can see the look in their eyes. They got to go home & tell their families dad doesn't have a job."
"It just sucks man. I can see the look in their eyes. They got to go home & tell their families dad doesn't have a job."
February 8, 2026 at 1:46 PM
👷♂️ How does @gatewayprogram.bsky.social shutting down b/c Pres. Trump won't release funding impact @weareliuna.bsky.social members? Mike Leonardo—Local 731 Gen. Foreman—tells us:
"It just sucks man. I can see the look in their eyes. They got to go home & tell their families dad doesn't have a job."
"It just sucks man. I can see the look in their eyes. They got to go home & tell their families dad doesn't have a job."
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 Bus. Agent Derek Brooks has a message for Pres. Trump & his refusal to release
@gatewayprogram.bsky.social funding:
"The money's already funded. Stop holding us up and do your job.
"We out here doing our job. You need to get to the table and do yours."
@gatewayprogram.bsky.social funding:
"The money's already funded. Stop holding us up and do your job.
"We out here doing our job. You need to get to the table and do yours."
February 6, 2026 at 11:39 PM
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 Bus. Agent Derek Brooks has a message for Pres. Trump & his refusal to release
@gatewayprogram.bsky.social funding:
"The money's already funded. Stop holding us up and do your job.
"We out here doing our job. You need to get to the table and do yours."
@gatewayprogram.bsky.social funding:
"The money's already funded. Stop holding us up and do your job.
"We out here doing our job. You need to get to the table and do yours."
💻 @weareliuna.bsky.social VP @uniontillidie.bsky.social will talk to anyone & everyone about what's at stake w/ @gatewayprogram.bsky.social funding.
Thanks to @rpa.org for the opportunity to discuss what's at stake for thousands of #workers on the largest #infrastructure project in the country.
Thanks to @rpa.org for the opportunity to discuss what's at stake for thousands of #workers on the largest #infrastructure project in the country.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our emergency webinar on the Gateway Program.
A special thank you to Rebecca Zack @gatewayprogram.bsky.social and Mike Hellstrom @weareliuna.bsky.social for joining our discussion.
Miss it? Full recording on our site now:
A special thank you to Rebecca Zack @gatewayprogram.bsky.social and Mike Hellstrom @weareliuna.bsky.social for joining our discussion.
Miss it? Full recording on our site now:
February 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
💻 @weareliuna.bsky.social VP @uniontillidie.bsky.social will talk to anyone & everyone about what's at stake w/ @gatewayprogram.bsky.social funding.
Thanks to @rpa.org for the opportunity to discuss what's at stake for thousands of #workers on the largest #infrastructure project in the country.
Thanks to @rpa.org for the opportunity to discuss what's at stake for thousands of #workers on the largest #infrastructure project in the country.
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 #Apprentice Edwin Way on the personal impact of Pres. Trump not funding @gatewayprogram.bsky.social:
"It's going to be hard to make my hours so I can become a Journeyman.
"I might not make the cut to get insurance this year b/c the job is going to be shut down."
"It's going to be hard to make my hours so I can become a Journeyman.
"I might not make the cut to get insurance this year b/c the job is going to be shut down."
February 5, 2026 at 9:42 PM
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 #Apprentice Edwin Way on the personal impact of Pres. Trump not funding @gatewayprogram.bsky.social:
"It's going to be hard to make my hours so I can become a Journeyman.
"I might not make the cut to get insurance this year b/c the job is going to be shut down."
"It's going to be hard to make my hours so I can become a Journeyman.
"I might not make the cut to get insurance this year b/c the job is going to be shut down."
👷♂️ Today, @weareliuna.bsky.social Local 472 #Laborers poured part of the shaft slurry wall @gatewayprogram.bsky.social in Weehawken, NJ.
Unless Pres. Trump releases the already appropriated funds, Gateway will shut down in 2 days, halting the nation's largest, most critical #infrastructure project.
Unless Pres. Trump releases the already appropriated funds, Gateway will shut down in 2 days, halting the nation's largest, most critical #infrastructure project.
February 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM
👷♂️ Today, @weareliuna.bsky.social Local 472 #Laborers poured part of the shaft slurry wall @gatewayprogram.bsky.social in Weehawken, NJ.
Unless Pres. Trump releases the already appropriated funds, Gateway will shut down in 2 days, halting the nation's largest, most critical #infrastructure project.
Unless Pres. Trump releases the already appropriated funds, Gateway will shut down in 2 days, halting the nation's largest, most critical #infrastructure project.
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 member Mike Hellstrom III on impacts of the Trump not funding @gatewayprogram.bsky.social:
"It puts a pause on everything. I have plans for the future & I can't plan if I don't know if I'm gonna have a job next week.
"We just want to work & build this tunnel."
"It puts a pause on everything. I have plans for the future & I can't plan if I don't know if I'm gonna have a job next week.
"We just want to work & build this tunnel."
February 4, 2026 at 12:30 AM
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 member Mike Hellstrom III on impacts of the Trump not funding @gatewayprogram.bsky.social:
"It puts a pause on everything. I have plans for the future & I can't plan if I don't know if I'm gonna have a job next week.
"We just want to work & build this tunnel."
"It puts a pause on everything. I have plans for the future & I can't plan if I don't know if I'm gonna have a job next week.
"We just want to work & build this tunnel."
Reposted by LIUNA Eastern Region
#ICYMI: #LIUNA Local 737 came out strong for the launch of @climatejobsoregon.bsky.social at the Montague Solar Farm in Arlington, OR.
All across North America #Laborers are fighting for lower utility bills and family supporting #UNION jobs.
#FeelThePower #LIUNABuilds #Energy #1u #ClimateJobs
All across North America #Laborers are fighting for lower utility bills and family supporting #UNION jobs.
#FeelThePower #LIUNABuilds #Energy #1u #ClimateJobs
February 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
#ICYMI: #LIUNA Local 737 came out strong for the launch of @climatejobsoregon.bsky.social at the Montague Solar Farm in Arlington, OR.
All across North America #Laborers are fighting for lower utility bills and family supporting #UNION jobs.
#FeelThePower #LIUNABuilds #Energy #1u #ClimateJobs
All across North America #Laborers are fighting for lower utility bills and family supporting #UNION jobs.
#FeelThePower #LIUNABuilds #Energy #1u #ClimateJobs
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social VP @uniontillidie.bsky.social & Local 472 Bus. Mgr. Amador on keeping @gatewayprogram.bsky.social funded.
Amador—"Politics should not play into this project."
Hellstrom—"Pres. Trump, release the funding & let us keep building the biggest infrastructure project in America"
Amador—"Politics should not play into this project."
Hellstrom—"Pres. Trump, release the funding & let us keep building the biggest infrastructure project in America"
February 2, 2026 at 10:13 PM
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social VP @uniontillidie.bsky.social & Local 472 Bus. Mgr. Amador on keeping @gatewayprogram.bsky.social funded.
Amador—"Politics should not play into this project."
Hellstrom—"Pres. Trump, release the funding & let us keep building the biggest infrastructure project in America"
Amador—"Politics should not play into this project."
Hellstrom—"Pres. Trump, release the funding & let us keep building the biggest infrastructure project in America"
🎉 Kevin Jarvis is a great choice by Gov. Mikie Sherrill to lead @dol.nj.gov.
#Working men and women in @stateofnewjersey.bsky.social will continue to have a #strong, fair voice advocating for them on and off the job."
www.insidernj.com/governor-she...
#Working men and women in @stateofnewjersey.bsky.social will continue to have a #strong, fair voice advocating for them on and off the job."
www.insidernj.com/governor-she...
Governor Sherrill Choice for Labor Commissioner: Kevin Jarvis - Insider NJ
Kevin D. Jarvis is a Partner with the Firm of O’Brien, Belland & Bushinsky, which he joined in February of 2010.
www.insidernj.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:28 PM
🎉 Kevin Jarvis is a great choice by Gov. Mikie Sherrill to lead @dol.nj.gov.
#Working men and women in @stateofnewjersey.bsky.social will continue to have a #strong, fair voice advocating for them on and off the job."
www.insidernj.com/governor-she...
#Working men and women in @stateofnewjersey.bsky.social will continue to have a #strong, fair voice advocating for them on and off the job."
www.insidernj.com/governor-she...
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 member Derrick Healy answers what would happen if the Trump Admin fails to fund the #GatewayTunnel:
"We ain't got a job.
"We're out here giving everything we got. They came looking for us for a vote. They got the vote. Now what?
"It's seriously frustrating."
"We ain't got a job.
"We're out here giving everything we got. They came looking for us for a vote. They got the vote. Now what?
"It's seriously frustrating."
January 30, 2026 at 2:47 PM
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 member Derrick Healy answers what would happen if the Trump Admin fails to fund the #GatewayTunnel:
"We ain't got a job.
"We're out here giving everything we got. They came looking for us for a vote. They got the vote. Now what?
"It's seriously frustrating."
"We ain't got a job.
"We're out here giving everything we got. They came looking for us for a vote. They got the vote. Now what?
"It's seriously frustrating."
♻️ Clean, affordable energy for NJ residents, built w/ #Union labor is something we can all get behind.
That's the mission of the Climate Jobs NJ coalition!
By investing in #cleanenergy, built in NJ & built with Union labor, we can lower energy costs.
That's the mission of the Climate Jobs NJ coalition!
By investing in #cleanenergy, built in NJ & built with Union labor, we can lower energy costs.
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
♻️ Clean, affordable energy for NJ residents, built w/ #Union labor is something we can all get behind.
That's the mission of the Climate Jobs NJ coalition!
By investing in #cleanenergy, built in NJ & built with Union labor, we can lower energy costs.
That's the mission of the Climate Jobs NJ coalition!
By investing in #cleanenergy, built in NJ & built with Union labor, we can lower energy costs.
👏Best of luck @mikiesherrill.bsky.social ! @weareliuna.bsky.social members are excited to have constructive conversations with you & your administration about improving the lives of ALL workers in NJ over the next four years!💪
January 20, 2026 at 6:22 PM
👏Best of luck @mikiesherrill.bsky.social ! @weareliuna.bsky.social members are excited to have constructive conversations with you & your administration about improving the lives of ALL workers in NJ over the next four years!💪
Reposted by LIUNA Eastern Region
America’s unions celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his fight for justice and equality.
The civil rights and labor movements have long worked together, and we honor that bond by continuing Dr. King’s work and mobilize for a better future for all.
The civil rights and labor movements have long worked together, and we honor that bond by continuing Dr. King’s work and mobilize for a better future for all.
January 19, 2026 at 2:06 PM
America’s unions celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his fight for justice and equality.
The civil rights and labor movements have long worked together, and we honor that bond by continuing Dr. King’s work and mobilize for a better future for all.
The civil rights and labor movements have long worked together, and we honor that bond by continuing Dr. King’s work and mobilize for a better future for all.
✊ The night before he was assassinated, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was in Memphis supporting black unionized sanitation workers on strike.
Dr. King understood the fight for #civilrights is entwined with the fight for labor rights.
More on #MLK & labor:
https://www.afscme.org/about/history/mlk
Dr. King understood the fight for #civilrights is entwined with the fight for labor rights.
More on #MLK & labor:
https://www.afscme.org/about/history/mlk
January 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM
✊ The night before he was assassinated, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was in Memphis supporting black unionized sanitation workers on strike.
Dr. King understood the fight for #civilrights is entwined with the fight for labor rights.
More on #MLK & labor:
https://www.afscme.org/about/history/mlk
Dr. King understood the fight for #civilrights is entwined with the fight for labor rights.
More on #MLK & labor:
https://www.afscme.org/about/history/mlk
🎥 Watch @weareliuna.bsky.social VP @uniontillidie.bsky.social recap the inaugural #Union mtg for Local 55's Puerto Rican members!
Like Mike said, our March to A Million Members goes through Puerto Rico and our Boricua brothers & sisters are working hard to keep #LaborersRising!
More: liunapr.org
Like Mike said, our March to A Million Members goes through Puerto Rico and our Boricua brothers & sisters are working hard to keep #LaborersRising!
More: liunapr.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:15 PM
🎥 Watch @weareliuna.bsky.social VP @uniontillidie.bsky.social recap the inaugural #Union mtg for Local 55's Puerto Rican members!
Like Mike said, our March to A Million Members goes through Puerto Rico and our Boricua brothers & sisters are working hard to keep #LaborersRising!
More: liunapr.org
Like Mike said, our March to A Million Members goes through Puerto Rico and our Boricua brothers & sisters are working hard to keep #LaborersRising!
More: liunapr.org
Big #congratulations to our own Jennifer Mancuso on being sworn in as a Green Brook Township Committeeperson!
As Director of Government Affairs for NJ @lecetdc.bsky.social, she knows #Labor must have a real voice in government—and now she's bringing it to the table. 👏
As Director of Government Affairs for NJ @lecetdc.bsky.social, she knows #Labor must have a real voice in government—and now she's bringing it to the table. 👏
January 9, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Big #congratulations to our own Jennifer Mancuso on being sworn in as a Green Brook Township Committeeperson!
As Director of Government Affairs for NJ @lecetdc.bsky.social, she knows #Labor must have a real voice in government—and now she's bringing it to the table. 👏
As Director of Government Affairs for NJ @lecetdc.bsky.social, she knows #Labor must have a real voice in government—and now she's bringing it to the table. 👏
✊ We stand in solidarity w/ @liunamnnd.bsky.social & condemn the violence being inflicted on immigrant workers, and our members by our own federal government.
Silence = complicity in the face of dangerous government overreach.
We choose solidarity & support for those affected.
Silence = complicity in the face of dangerous government overreach.
We choose solidarity & support for those affected.
LIUNA Minnesota condemns the trauma being inflicted on immigrant workers, our members and our communities.
We urge our members & the community to:
- Know your rights: aflcio.org/about-us/pro...
- Support affected families
- Exercise our First Amendment rights by speaking out against abusive conduct
We urge our members & the community to:
- Know your rights: aflcio.org/about-us/pro...
- Support affected families
- Exercise our First Amendment rights by speaking out against abusive conduct
January 9, 2026 at 2:26 PM
✊ We stand in solidarity w/ @liunamnnd.bsky.social & condemn the violence being inflicted on immigrant workers, and our members by our own federal government.
Silence = complicity in the face of dangerous government overreach.
We choose solidarity & support for those affected.
Silence = complicity in the face of dangerous government overreach.
We choose solidarity & support for those affected.
🎆 #HappyNewYear2026 Brothers & Sisters!
On the job, in @weareliuna.bsky.social UNION Halls, and in our communities, Laborers will continue to RISE in 2026.
Together, in Solidarity, WE ARE #LaborersRising: https://www.laborersrising.org/
On the job, in @weareliuna.bsky.social UNION Halls, and in our communities, Laborers will continue to RISE in 2026.
Together, in Solidarity, WE ARE #LaborersRising: https://www.laborersrising.org/
January 1, 2026 at 5:01 AM
🎆 #HappyNewYear2026 Brothers & Sisters!
On the job, in @weareliuna.bsky.social UNION Halls, and in our communities, Laborers will continue to RISE in 2026.
Together, in Solidarity, WE ARE #LaborersRising: https://www.laborersrising.org/
On the job, in @weareliuna.bsky.social UNION Halls, and in our communities, Laborers will continue to RISE in 2026.
Together, in Solidarity, WE ARE #LaborersRising: https://www.laborersrising.org/
🎊 From our @weareliuna.bsky.social family to yours, wishing you health, happiness, and #Union #Solidarity this Holiday Season.
December 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🎊 From our @weareliuna.bsky.social family to yours, wishing you health, happiness, and #Union #Solidarity this Holiday Season.
🎉 #Congrats to our own @weareliuna.bsky.social NJ Laborers PAC Dir. John Duthie on his reappointment to the NJSEA!
#NJSEA owns & operates the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which has hosted the Super Bowl, World Cup matches & much more.
NJSEA also manages the 30.3-sq-mi Hackensack Meadowlands Dist.
#NJSEA owns & operates the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which has hosted the Super Bowl, World Cup matches & much more.
NJSEA also manages the 30.3-sq-mi Hackensack Meadowlands Dist.
December 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
🎉 #Congrats to our own @weareliuna.bsky.social NJ Laborers PAC Dir. John Duthie on his reappointment to the NJSEA!
#NJSEA owns & operates the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which has hosted the Super Bowl, World Cup matches & much more.
NJSEA also manages the 30.3-sq-mi Hackensack Meadowlands Dist.
#NJSEA owns & operates the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which has hosted the Super Bowl, World Cup matches & much more.
NJSEA also manages the 30.3-sq-mi Hackensack Meadowlands Dist.
🎉 Congrats to our own @weareliuna.bsky.social NJ Laborers PAC Political Organizer Deana Gunn on receiving the Latina Civic PAC 2025 #LatinaPioneer Award for her "leadership & commitment to empower women AND NJ's Latino community."
Deana is #LaborersRising!
Deana is #LaborersRising!
December 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
🎉 Congrats to our own @weareliuna.bsky.social NJ Laborers PAC Political Organizer Deana Gunn on receiving the Latina Civic PAC 2025 #LatinaPioneer Award for her "leadership & commitment to empower women AND NJ's Latino community."
Deana is #LaborersRising!
Deana is #LaborersRising!
🦃 A #Thanksgiving message from @weareliuna.bsky.social VP @uniontillidie.bsky.social:
"I'm thankful for the #Union solidarity that we have as LIUNA.
"I'm thankful for the hard work every member, particularly in the Eastern Region, has done this year.
"Happy Thanksgiving to you & your family!"
"I'm thankful for the #Union solidarity that we have as LIUNA.
"I'm thankful for the hard work every member, particularly in the Eastern Region, has done this year.
"Happy Thanksgiving to you & your family!"
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🦃 A #Thanksgiving message from @weareliuna.bsky.social VP @uniontillidie.bsky.social:
"I'm thankful for the #Union solidarity that we have as LIUNA.
"I'm thankful for the hard work every member, particularly in the Eastern Region, has done this year.
"Happy Thanksgiving to you & your family!"
"I'm thankful for the #Union solidarity that we have as LIUNA.
"I'm thankful for the hard work every member, particularly in the Eastern Region, has done this year.
"Happy Thanksgiving to you & your family!"