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Related, Carpenters Unions Hail New Partnership, Building Trades Counter with Union-Busting Charge

The deal reached between Related and the UBC and NYCDCC will be initially implemented on the 2.9-million-square-foot 50 Hudson Yards office tower project.

Bruce Beal, Jr., president of Related Companies said, praised the carpenter’s unions and “their willingness to think outside the box in a progressive way.” Bruce Beal, Jr., president of Related Companies said, praised the carpenter’s unions and “their willingness to think outside the box in a progressive way.”

NEW YORK CITY—The Related Companies, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and the New York City District Council of Carpenters have reached a labor agreement on the 50 Hudson Yards project that they say will foster the creation of millions of man-hours for union carpenters.

Related has no such agreement with other organized trades under the umbrella of the Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, which in a statement scoffed at Related’s deal with the carpenter’s unions and in fact stated that Related is using the carpenters “as a public relations pawn to engage in union busting.”

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