About
Greater New York LECET (Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust) is a labor-management partnership between our affiliated LiUNA Laborers’ locals and their signatory contractors. We work together to address issues of mutual interest, so we can continue to secure and grow our market share.
GNY LECET is a one-stop shop for innovative marketing and advertising strategies, government agency relationships, market-related legislation and regulatory initiatives, community and business alliances, and a variety of project and job tracking strategies.
We know our contractors are the most competitive in the industry, completing projects ahead of schedule, under budget, and of the highest quality possible. Our workforce is also highly trained, ensuring safety and efficiency. Our mission is to make sure everyone else knows, too. Our goals are always set toward how best to increase union-sector market share. When labor and management work together, we all win.
Trustees
John O’Hare
Chairman – Management Trustee
Stephen Flanagan
Co-Chair – Labor Trustee
Robert Bonanza
Labor Trustee
John Virga
Management Trustee
Raymond M. Pocino
Labor Trustee
Michael Prohaska
Labor Trustee
Staff
Patrick Purcell Jr.
Executive Director
Paul Drazen
Associate Director Special Projects
Richard Weiss
Assistant Director Communications
Bernard Callegari
Market Share Development Field Representative
Karla Cruz
Assistant Director of Legislation & Policy
Joe Montalbano
Market Share Development Field Representative
Sandra Moran
Market Share Development Field Representative
Rebecca Lamorte
Legislative & Communications Coordinator
Nadja Barlera
Community Development & Marketing Representative
Jeff Rae
New Media Communications Coordinator
Unions
Laborers’ Local 79
Construction and General Building Laborers’ Local 79 serves the five boroughs of New York City. Local 79 currently has more than 9,000 active and retired members, and is the largest Laborers’ Local in North America.
Laborers’ Local 78
LIUNA Local 78 represents asbestos, lead, and hazardous waste handlers in New York City, Long Island and New Jersey. The Local’s 4,000 members are the hard-working employees of nearly 200 signatory environmental contractors, performing 90% of all asbestos removal in the area.
Laborers’ Local 66
Laborers’ Local 66 has more than 1,000 members in both Nassau and Suffolk Counties. They are Long Island’s most highly trained, skilled, and dependable construction union laborers.