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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This week was focused on how we grow @weareliuna.bsky.social. ✊ Next week, we focus on defending those gains w/our #RISE Union Defense Training! RISE Pros & Masters, come out next Sat., Oct. 3 to learn how we stay #UnionStrong thru collective action. Details in graphic. Text Renato to RSVP.

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social VP & Eastern Region Manager @uniontillidie.bsky.social delivers remarks to the 27th #LIUNA Convention following his election by unanimous consent to LIUNA's General Executive Board.

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🎥 The Jersey Brigade's message to AJD Construction is simple: PAY YOUR WORKERS IN JerseyCity! Thx to JC Councilmembers EleanaLittle, Rolando Lavarro, & DeniseRidley for adding their powerful voices to @weareliuna.bsky.social 's fight!

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

With #college underway, we wanted to shout out the incredible students of @weareliuna.bsky.social members whose academic excellence earned them the 2026 Raymond M. Pocino Scholarship Award. We're proud to #celebrate their accomplishments & wish them the best in their chosen fields of study!

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🎥 El Organizador del Año de @weareliuna.bsky.social Vicente Simbaña nos habla de por qué lucha tan duro por los trabajadores: "Si los puedo convencer de que dejen de tener miedo y alcen su voz, podemos hacer el cambio."

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

25 years of pain. 25 years of loss. 25 years of tribute. 25 years of healing. 25 years of solidarity. 25 years of remembrance and they forever remain: Never Forgotten.

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🎥 You can take a #Laborer outta the field, but you can't take the field outta a Laborer. @weareliuna.bsky.social VP @uniontillidie.bsky.social is visiting job sites across the Eastern Region, meeting members where they're at & having discussions about #Union business, Union Power & how we keep it.

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

💪 #LaborDay is OUR day, brothers & sisters! OUR skilled hands build America, w/support & protection from OUR #Union, @weareliuna.bsky.social! Drop a reply w/a project you're proud of and enjoy YOUR day, the worker's day, in good health.

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

👎 Labor brokers bake #workerexploitation into their bottom line. #Local79, @weareliuna.bsky.social VP @uniontillidie.bsky.social, @cmjengutierrez.bsky.social & community ldrs stand in #solidarity w/workers at a Hudson Co. proj in Bklyn, demanding fair wages on all residential construction projects.

LIUNA Local 79 Business Manager Anthony Vita fires up rally goers protesting a Hudson Companies project in Brooklyn with a simple message: pay workers the wages they deserve!

LIUNA Vice President and Eastern Region Manager Mike Hellstrom leads a chant demanding that Hudson Companies stop building worker exploitation into their bottom line and pay workers a fair wage for their labor during a rally against worker exploitation in Brooklyn.

New York City Councilwoman Jennifer Gutiérrez stands with workers in demanding that they receive a fair wage for their labor in her district and across the rest of the city.

Workers, united, can never be defeated. Hundreds of Local 79 members, community activists, and exploited workers rallied together to demand that Hudson Companies stop exploiting workers and pay livable wages for residential construction work in Brooklyn and throughout NYC.

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

💪You can't build the largest #infrastructure project in the US w/o @weareliuna.bsky.social! The Palisades Tunnel part of @gatewayprogram.bsky.social continues taking shape thx to dozens of skilled trade unionists, incl. #Local472 Laborers. Have a quick look at the progress & history being made!

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

💪 From spraying shotcrete to rock drilling, @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 members are hard at work building @gatewayprogram.bsky.social in N. Bergen, continuing to prep the site for tunneling. #LIUNA VP @uniontillidie.bsky.social & @lhsfna.bsky.social NJ dropped for a safety toolbox talk, too.

LIUNA Local 472 members on the Palisades Tunnel Project in North Bergen, NJ—part of the Gateway Tunnel Project—line up the drill rig head against a target on the rock face where they will sink rebar for tiebacks as they prep the site for tunneling.

LIUNA Local 472 members spray shotcrete against a portion of the side wall of the Palisades Tunnel Project in North Bergen, NJ—part of the Gateway Tunnel Project.

An overhead shot of LIUNA Local 472 members drilling the rock face at the Palisades Tunnel Project in North Bergen, NJ—part of the Gateway Tunnel Project.

LIUNA Vice President and Eastern Region Manager Mike Hellstrom gives a lunchtime toolbox talk on mental and physical health and safety to Local 472 Laborers working on the Palisades Tunnel Project in North Bergen, NJ—part of the Gateway Tunnel Project.

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🎥 @jerseycitynj.bsky.social #workers deserve fair pay for their labor. @weareliuna.bsky.social & @katzbankskumin.bsky.social filed a landmark lawsuit against AJD & Concrete Rising, seeking over $2 million in unpaid wages & damages on behalf of JC #constructionworkers.

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

✊ With 42 years in @weareliuna.bsky.social under his belt, @uniontillidie.bsky.social has a simple question for his fellow trade #unionists: "What's in your wallet?" Drop us a comment with a picture of your #Union book & let us know how long you've been in your union!

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

🚨 HAPPENING NOW: @weareliuna.bsky.social is in @jerseycitynj.bsky.social, w/Mayor Solomon, Hudson Executive Craig Guy, attorneys & affected #workers announcing a landmark lawsuit against AJD & Concrete Rising, seeking more than $2 million in unpaid wages & damages on behalf of #constructionworkers.

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

💪 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 members are hard at work building the largest #infrastructure project in the country. @gatewayprogram.bsky.social 's scope, complexity, and benefit to commuters is historic. We're thrilled to see their work featured & love seeing the progress since February.

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

💪 Pathways to Apprenticeship NJ is helping underserved & justice affected individuals build a #career in unionized construction trades. But you don't have to take our word for it. Watch four recent graduates talk about how #P2A changed their life for the better. More: p2anj.org

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social GP Brent Booker breaks down what the historic agreement between #LIUNA & IUPAT means to #Union Laborers & Painters: "It means we've got more people to fight for better agreements, better safety on the job, better wages, health care & pensions." youtube.com/shorts/gUJV1...

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

🗣️ For years @weareliuna.bsky.social organizer & Local 79 member Vicente Simbaña has been the voice of non-union #constructionworkers fighting against exploitation. His work was recognized at the #LIUNA Multi-Regional Conference, where he was named the Billy Goodrich Organizer of the Year.

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

🗣️ Por años el organizador de @weareliuna.bsky.social y miembro de la Local 79 Vicente Simbaña ha sido la voz de trabajadores de construcción luchando contra la explotación. Su trabajo fue reconocido en la Conferencia Multiregional de #LIUNA con el Premio Billy Goodrich al Organizador del Año.

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

@weareliuna.bsky.social Local 3 member Curease Oliver testified before the @jerseycitynj.bsky.social Planning Board on the #affordability crisis and the need to protect good, family-supporting jobs. "Development should not come at the expense of the people who call #JerseyCity home."

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

🗣️ A quartet of some of the loudest voices fighting for New York's working men and women. @governor.ny.gov is a staunch supporter of #Union workers and @weareliuna.bsky.social, and we're proud to stand with #LIUNA GST Sabitoni, VP Bianco & @uniontillidie.bsky.social in supporting her reelection bid.

(from L to R) LIUNA Vice President and Eastern Region Manager Mike Hellstrom, LIUNA Vice President and New England Region Manager Donato A. Bianco, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, LIUNA General Secretary-Treasurer Michael F. Sabitoni

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

To his brothers and sisters, he's @weareliuna.bsky.social ORGANIZER 👏 OF 👏 THE 👏 YEAR Vicente Simbana. To low-road contractors who build worker exploitation into their bottom line, he's a bunch of things we can't repost here. Congratulations to one of the best #Union Organizers around!

LIUNA ORGANIZER OF THE YEAR and Local 79 member Vicente Simbana gives a rousing speech on what it takes to help non-union workers find their voice, seize their power, and organize for better conditions.

(from L to R) LIUNA General Secretary-Treasurer Michael F. Sabitoni, LIUNA Organizer of the Year and Local 79 member Vicente Simbana, LIUNA General President Brent Booker.

LIUNA Leadership pose for a photo after presenting Vicente with a plaque recognizing him as Organizer of the Year.

(From L to R) LIUNA Organizer of the Year and Local 79 member Vicente Simbana, LEROF Assistant Director Hector Fuentes, LIUNA Vice President and Eastern Region Manager Mike Hellstrom.

Vicente poses for a candid selfie from the main stage with Eastern Region leadership following his receipt of the Organizer of the Year award.

LIUNA Organizer of the Year and Local 79 member Vicente Simbana (center right, crouching) poses for a photo with his award, surrounded by the entire Eastern Region multiregional conference delegation.

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

💪 @weareliuna.bsky.social's March to a Million members is powered by hardworking #Laborers like YOU! At our multi-regional conference, GST Sabitoni, Asst. LIUNA ER Mgr. Bernard Callegari, Local 1029's Nicole Pilchard & LEROF Training Dir. Ana Taveras are showing how we make #solidarity a VERB.

LIUNA General Secretary-Treasurer Michael F. Sabitoni emphasizes how solidarity is our superpower during his remarks at the multiregional conference in Chicago, IL.

Assistant LIUNA Eastern Region Manager Bernard Callegari talks about how solidarity can give strength to Laborers struggling with mental health issues during his presentation at the multiregional conference in Chicago, IL.

LIUNA Local 1029 Business Manager Nicole Pilchard talks about how solidarity strengthens our resolve in the face of organized pushes to strip collective bargaining rights from our non-construction brothers and sisters during the multiregional conference in Chicago, IL.

During a panel at the multiregional conference in Chicago, IL, LEROF Training Director Ana Taveras describes how teaching labor's long history of solidarity empowers rank-and-file LIUNA members to become leaders in the field and in their union halls.

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

#ToolboxTalks and daily huddles help keep us safe. But don't take our word for it. Watch John Sloat, GM of Wyndham Construction, on why he's "all bought in" on how safety briefings keep you from getting complacent. @weareliuna.bsky.social 🤝 our contractor-partners: keeping us #working safe!

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

💪 @weareliuna.bsky.social's March to a Million members is powered by hardworking #Laborers like YOU! At our multi-regional conference, GP Brent Booker, @uniontillidie.bsky.social, Dave Johnson & Taf Sourov are helping lay the groundwork for organizing wins & Union strength. WE ARE #LaborersRising!

LIUNA General President Brent Booker gives his keynote address to a packed crowd of LIUNA members and leadership during the multiregional conference in Chicago, IL.

LIUNA Vice President and Eastern Region Manager Mike Hellstrom hypes up the crowd of Laborers at the multiregional conference in Chicago, IL.

LIUNA Eastern Region Organizing Director Dave Johnson gives remarks to a room full of laborers and union leaders during the multiregional conference in Chicago, IL.

LIUNA Local 79 member and LIUNA Organizing Campaign Coordinator Tafadar Sourov delivers remarks at the multiregional conference in Chicago, IL.

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

✊ Our @jerseycitynj.bsky.social campaign is an effective #organizing & communications push helping workers on the ground & inspiring other @weareliuna.bsky.social organizers to take the fight to low-road developers. Thx to our #LIUNA Organizing Dept. for letting us share our success.

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

🎥 Low-road contractors putting profits over work-site safety harms #workers AND the public. @weareliuna.bsky.social knows that. And b/c of the structural failure at MetroLoft's job in Midtown, NYCers were reminded too. Thx NYC DOB for upping safety inspections: therealdeal.com/new-york/202...

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

🚨 Reminder, #JerseyBrigade members! Our POWER 201 #training is TONIGHT! Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM NEW Location: The Waterfront 2 Grafton Ave., Newark, NJ 07104 Sign up & learn more: unions4justice.com/jersey

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

As America marks 250 years, we're reminded that the promise of this country has always depended on the people who build it. At @weareliuna.bsky.social that vision continues to guide our work. See quote below:

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

✊ Our union needs YOU to grow our #movement. It goes beyond paying dues. It is about the choices we make everyday to keep our union strong (on the jobsite and beyond).

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

🎆 Happy #IndependenceDay brothers and sisters! On our country's 250th anniversary, we celebrate the strength & #solidarity of the American experiment. And we take a moment to celebrate OUR part in history, building America @weareliuna.bsky.social strong for past, present & future generations.

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

🎉 This #IndependenceDay is special. America turns 250! Let's celebrate with #unionmade products that support the working families who've been the backbone of our nation since its founding.

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🎓 Congrats to the 7 recipients of the 2026 Raymond M. Pocino Scholarship Award! The future looks $140,000 brighter for these hard-working young scholars thx to support from their immediate & extended @weareliuna.bsky.social family. Their #college success is another way we keep #LaborersRising!

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

✉️ This #NationalPostalWorkerDay, we salute our brothers & sisters in the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU), a division of @weareliuna.bsky.social, who transport, prepare, sort & containerize 165 Billion pieces of mail for distribution & delivery annually. More: www.npmhu.org

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🍁 Wishing our Brothers and Sisters in #LIUNA Canada a safe, happy Canada Day! Together, we work to build North America @weareliuna.bsky.social strong. Together, we are Labourers Rising!

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🌡️ #CalorExtremo en toda la región hasta el sábado; temperaturas +100° F. Conozca los síntomas Agotamiento: -Mareos/desmayos -Sudor excesivo -Piel fría y pegajosa - Nausea/Vómitos -Calambres Insolación -Piel caliente y seca - Sin sudor - Confusión y pérdida del conocimiento

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🌡️ #HeatAdvisory region-wide thru Sat., w/temps over 100°F—KNOW YOUR #HEATILLNESS SIGNS! Heat Exhaustion: • Faint/dizzy • Excessive sweating • Cool/Clammy skin • Nausea/vomiting • Muscle cramps Heat Stroke: • Hot/dry skin • No sweating • Confusion/loss of consciousness

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🗣️ @weareliuna.bsky.social, PG Brent Booker, sobre la decisión de la Corte Suprema acerca del TPS. Para leer las declaraciones visite: es.liuna.org/news/story/statement-o…

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

@weareliuna.bsky.social GP Booker on the Supreme Court allowing termination of Temporary Protected Status or #TPS: "The Supreme Court’s decision... will have devastating consequences for #workingfamilies, our economy and our communities." More: www.liuna.org/news/story/s...

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

✅ Skilled. Safe. @weareliuna.bsky.social Strong (you'd better believe it)! If you want the job done *RIGHT,* there's only one way to do it—with LIUNA & the rest of NABTU. That's the power of Laborers Rising www.laborersrising.org

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

🗳️ Today #NY has primary elections. Go out and #vote! For a list of our @weareliuna.bsky.social-backed candidates, go to: liuna-ny.org/vote Las elecciones primarias en NY son hoy. Para una lista de los candidatos respaldados por LiUNA, ingrese a: liuna-ny.org/vote

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

✊ The #JerseyBrigade is back with new trainings! Our "When We Fight, We Win!" class focused on recent wins in @jerseycitynj.bsky.social & @gatewayprogram.bsky.social & how we turn #Union Power into work hours. Join the Brigade & keep the fight going: unions4justice.com/jersey-brigade

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

☀️ Happy #FirstDayofSummer, Brothers & Sisters! As the weather warms: • Remember your heat stress training • #hydrate, Hydrate, HYDRATE & • Work safe! Check out @lhsfna.bsky.social's sun safety post: lhsfna.org/the-sun-sense-plus-campa…

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

👷‍♂️ #HappyFathersDay to all our brothers who are fathers! And Happy #FathersDay to all the dads of our brothers & sisters! Doing some fun dad stuff today? Share a photo in the comments and tag us! Enjoy your day!

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

🎉 Congrats to @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local3 member Chris Capers on becoming @jerseycitynj.bsky.social's newest Planning Board member! Read our full interview with Chris here: www.njlaborers.org/news/2026/06/19/…

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

✊🏿 Today is #Juneteenth —the 161st anniversary of the moment in 1865 when news of #emancipation reached enslaved people in Galveston, TX, ending slavery as an institution in the US. This year, we honor Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth": nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/who-o…

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

🎥 Ahead of tomorrow's @nascar.com race, watch @weareliuna.bsky.social VP @uniontillidie.bsky.social & Tyler Ankrum on why Tyler races under the #LIUNA banner: "To promote all hard-working, blue collar workers, giving them a better way of life. "LIUNA isn't a product, it's a better way of living."

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LIUNA Eastern Region @liunaeasternreg.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

🚨 Brigade Training Alert 🚨 📅 Tomorrow, June 18 @ 6 PM 📍 NEW LOCATION: 2 Grafton Ave, Newark, NJ 07104 Join us to learn how we turn protest into work hours and how YOU can get involved. unions4justice.com/jersey-brigade

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