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Chris Beatrice, Union Member of Carpentry Union, on Job Creation and Fair Wages at Willets Point Soccer Stadium Project

3:11:52

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Chris Beatrice advocates for high-quality jobs and family-sustaining wages at the Willets Point Soccer Stadium project in Queens.

  • Emphasizes the importance of good jobs for dignity, stability, and community prosperity
  • Argues that fair compensation allows workers to contribute more to the local economy
  • Stresses that the project is an opportunity for economic growth and community betterment
  • Calls for jobs that uplift the community, empower workers, and inspire future generations
  • Highlights union values of fairness, equality, and opportunity in job creation
Chris Beatrice
3:11:52
Thank you very much.
3:11:53
My name is Chris Batrice.
3:11:54
I'm a proud resident of Queen's and a very union member of a Carbon New Union.
3:11:58
I stand before you today to advocate for job creations.
3:12:02
Family sustaining wages at the Welsh 1 sucker sucker standing project.
3:12:07
This endeavor present a remarkable opportunity in large not just for economic economic growth, but for the betterment of the entire community.
3:12:15
1st and foremost, let's recognize the power of the good jobs There's no there's not just about paychecks.
3:12:22
They're about dignity, stability, and prosperity for our families.
3:12:26
By ensuring that the jobs created at the Willis Point, soccer stadium are high quality.
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We're not only securing a brighter future for ourselves, but also for of generations to come.
3:12:37
Moreover, invest in good job.
3:12:40
It's investing in our community as well-being.
3:12:43
When workers are treated fairly and compensated justly.
3:12:46
Just can contribute more meaningful to our local economy.
3:12:51
They can afford to shop in our businesses, invest in our schools, and train the fabric of our neighborhoods.
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But this is isn't about economics.
3:13:01
It's about values.
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As a union member, I know firsthand the importance of furnace, equality, and open tendly by standing up for for good jobs at the Willes Point Soccer Stadium.
3:13:14
We're standing up for these principles we're saying that every worker deserves respect, every family deserves security, and every community deserves prosperity.
3:13:23
So let's since this moment, to build something to the remarkable.
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Let's ensure that the jobs created at the Willis Point Suckers Stadium Project.
3:13:32
I don't know.
3:13:33
Choose any jobs, but good jobs, jobs that uplift our community and power our work power workers and inspire our future.
3:13:42
Together, let's make this vision reality.
3:13:44
Thank you very much.
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