Rebuilding the World Trade Center the Union Way (updated links)

[Omaha Steve]

We’ve just launched an amazing video that tells the stories of military veterans who got good jobs and careers to be proud of through the building trades’ Helmets to Hardhats initiative. Today they’re rebuilding the World Trade Center, where the final steel beam was placed atop Building 4 yesterday.



This moving video is part of our efforts to showcase the difference the union movement makes in the lives of workers, communities and our nation. I hope you will help us get this out as widely as possible by sharing, tweeting and e-mailing the link to your contacts.



“I had just arrived at my duty station when Sept. 11 happened,” says Lawrence Gotti, Ironworkers Local 40, a U.S. Army Veteran. “Being from New York and going through what I’ve gone through, It’s just an honor—it’s a point of personal pride to be here now working on any part of the World Trade Center.”



Enjoy—and please share:

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Video page http://bit.ly/OkGQlq




Thank you!

[dregstudios]

1. Legacy of Fear

The view from atop of this new building won’t be any clearer for America and the real effects on our society from the original towers being dropped in what is largely considered a False Flag Operation. Under the guise of fighting terrorism, the Patriot Act was adopted WITHOUT public approval or vote just weeks after the events of 9/11. A mere 3 criminal charges of terrorism a year are attributed to this act, which is mainly used for no-knock raids leading to drug-related arrests without proper cause for search and seizure. The laws are simply a means to spy on our own citizens and to detain and torture dissidents without trial or a right to council. You can read much more about living in this Orwellian society of fear and see my visual response to these measures on my artist’s blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/09/living-in-society-of-fear-ten-years.html