TESTIMONY
Testimony by Jeanette Abbott, Pipefitter Apprentice from Enterprise Association of the NYCFC Stadium Project
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Jeanette Abbott, a second-year apprentice pipefitter from Local 638, shares how union jobs have positively impacted her life and the community. She emphasizes the importance of union work in providing safe jobs and supporting the local economy. Additional points:
0 Abbott highlights the personal financial benefits of her union apprenticeship, allowing her to support her entire family. - She expresses pride in being part of a project committed to 100% affordable housing in Queens. - Abbott advocates for strengthening the community and economy through union work and affordable housing projects.
Jeanette Abbott
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Hello.
3:07:04
Hello?
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Okay.
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Hello, and good afternoon.
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My name is Jeanette Abbott, and I am a member of local 638.
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I'm currently in the apprenticeship program as the 2nd year apprentice.
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And wow it has truly changed my life tremendously.
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I've gone from working then in jobs to basically being catapulted into being able to support my entire family.
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And that is I mean, speaks leaps and bounds.
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Union jobs take someone like me, like I said before, and catapults us up to a new level.
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Union work means safe and reliable construction being built by skilled and experienced men and women like myself.
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The Willis Point project is vital to 6:38.
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It means more than jobs.
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It means building our economy and putting money back into the city, and that is the way things should be done.
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Being being I'm sorry.
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Being from Queens, I am extremely proud to be a part of a project that will be truly committed to providing a 100 percent affordable housing, which is vital to our community.
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To come to our community, We are New York City, and now it is time to show the rest of the country how not to just build buildings, but to also build and strengthen our entire community and our economy.
Kevin Riley
3:08:16
Thank you, Miss Abbott.