2010 Labor Day Parade Update

2010-09-07, Tue:
Thank you to all who attended the 2010 Labor Day Rally. We truly appreciate your time, effort, and mindfulness of the significance of Labor Day.


2010-09-05, Sun:
I did not get an amplified sound permit. A sound permit would have needed to be filed at least five days prior to the event. Also, the rally is taking place within 500 feet of a church while services are being conducted (and a hospital? at any time), so a sound permit would not have been issued anyway. See http://24.97.137.100/nyc/AdCode/Title10C1_10-108.asp.

If you wish to speak, play musical instruments, provide literature, bring anything, or participate in anyway, please email or call me so so that we can better coordinate the rally. Thank you.

Finally, here's a flyer:
2010 Labor Day Rally Flyer 2
2010 Labor Day Rally Flyer 3 (Being worked upon)

Sorry for not updating yesterday. I was busy renovating my bathroom, was on the phone for few hours, and attended a Labor Day barbecue. I have another Labor Day party to attend today. However, I will be checking for voicemail and email messages often all day. Tomorrow is very important. So do not feel as if your bothering me by contacting me about any concern regarding tomorrow's Labor Day Rally.

If you would like to provide any additional information, such as telling us that you'll be there and what you're bringing or suggestions on what others should bring, wear, etc., please make a COMMENT to this post. The COMMENT link can be found at the bottom of this post.


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2010-09-03, Fri:
Trades that were faxed and/or emailed Labor Day Rally information:
NYC Central Labor CouncilNYCDCC: By email: Spencer; Ballantyne; Donohue
Carpenters' Local Union 20
Carpenters' Local Union 45
Carpenters' Local Union 157
Carpenters' Local Union 608
Carpenters' Local Union 740
Carpenters' Local Union 926
Carpenters' Local Union 1456
Carpenters' Local Union 1536
Carpenters' Local Union 2090
Carpenters' Local Union 2287
Carpenters' Local Union 2870
BOILER MAKERS LOCAL NO. 5
BUILDING TRADES MAINTENANCE DIVISION
CEMENT MASONS NO. 780
CONCRETE WORKERS DISTRICT COUNCIL NO. 16
DERRICKMEN AND RIGGERS CONCRETE WORKERS
DRYWALL TAPERS 1974
ELECTRICAL LOCAL NO. 3
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS NO. 1
ENGINEERS LOCAL UNION NO. 14
ENGINEERS NO. 15, 15A, 15B, 15C, 15D
ENGINEERS NO. 30
ENGINEERS NO. 94
GLAZERS NO. 1281
HEAT & FROST INSULATORS AND ASBESTOS WORKERS LOCAL UNION NO. 12
HEAT FROST INSULATORS LOCAL UNION NO. 12A
IRON WORKERS DISTRICT COUNCIL
IRON WORKERS NO. 40
IRON WORKERS NO. 361
LABORERS LOCAL NO. 78 ASBESTOS & LEAD ABATEMENT
LABORERS, CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL BUILDING NO. 79
LATHERS METAL LOCAL NO. 46
MASON TENDERS DISTRICT COUNCIL
METAL POLISHERS LOCAL UNION NO. 8A
ORNAMENTAL IRON WORKERS NO. 580
PAINTERS DISTRICT COUNCIL NO. 9
PAINTERS STRUCTURAL STEEL NO. 806
PAVERS & ROAD BUILDERS DISTRICT COUNCIL NO. 1
PLASTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 262
PLUMBERS NO. 1
PRIVATE SANITATION LOCAL NO. 813
SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL NO. 28
SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL No. 137
STEAMFITTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 638
TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION 282
TILE, MARBLE & TERRAZO B.A.C. LOCAL UNION 7

RO Dennis M. Walsh
National Lawyers Guild, New York City Chapter


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2010-09-02, Thu:
Bad News: Due to the massive requirements of the 43rd Annual West Indian Carnival Festival-2010 in Brooklyn on Labor Day and having sent the application with such short notice, the NYPD declined to approve the permit for the 2010 Labor Day Parade.
Good News: After about 40 phone calls to and from the NYPD's Office of the Chief of Department Investigation Review Section, Parade Permits, in Brooklyn, the 5th, the 1st and the 9th Precincts in Manhattan, we have obtained approval to hold an "informational rally" at Cooper Square, Monday, September 6, 2010, from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM! The streets will closed-off and traffic re-routed for us. If you'd like, you may bring tables (and chairs), "literature", and food and drink. (Please clean-up after yourselves, and of course, no alcohol! Thank you.). The NYPD have been very courteous and helpful to me and therefore to us. Please return the favor on Monday. Please be courteous to the police as well as to each other. Thank you. Hope to see you there!

I will update this page again by tomorrow morning with more information.


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2010-09-01, Wed:
Go to http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/googlemap.html to see a New York City Labor History map.


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2010-08-31, Tue:
Dear Unionists/Labor Activists:


Here's our chance to walk on Labor Day! Let's do it together to pay tribute to all those that came before us who fought and died so that we could have our labor unions! Will you be able to make it this coming Monday, September 6, Labor Day? Let us know. We'd really appreciate if you would attend and walk at least some of the route. Spread the message and walk with us.


In solidarity,
Daniel J. Franco
LU157, UBCJA



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2010-08-31, Tue:
Laws of the CITY OF NEW YORKRules of the City of New York. http://24.97.137.100/nyc/

Some rules of New York City associated with parades:

Title 10, Public Safety
§10–108 Regulation of sound devices or apparatus. http://24.97.137.100/nyc/AdCode/Title10C1_10-108.asp
§10–110 Processions and parades. http://24.97.137.100/nyc/AdCode/Title10C1_10-110.asp

Title 38, Police Department
§19-01 Definitions of Disorderly Parade and Occasions of Extraordinary Public Interest. http://24.97.137.100/nyc/RCNY/Title38_19-01.asp
§19-02 Definitions. http://24.97.137.100/nyc/RCNY/Title38_19-02.asp
§19-03 Applications. http://24.97.137.100/nyc/RCNY/Title38_19-03.asp
§19-04 Approval/Disapproval Procedures. http://24.97.137.100/nyc/RCNY/Title38_19-04.asp


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2010-08-30, Mon:
Called NYCCLC. Spoke with Vinny. I explained to him that I called to at least notify the NYCCLC that a few of the rank and file carpenters were going to march and if possible to be supported. Additionally, he explained to me that he has coordinated the NYC Labor Day Parades for the last 20 years and he thinks that the reason that there is no Labor Day Parade this year is that the NYPD was unwilling to provide the permit on 9/11.

Called NYCDCC. Notified Ed McWilliam, via secretary, and John Ballantyne, via voicemail, that I called to at least notify the NYCDCC that a few of the rank and file carpenters were going to march and if possible to be supported.


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2010-08-28, Sat: Mailed at post office, NYPD Parade Permit Application in triplicate with one copy notarized as required. See http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/permits/parade_permits.shtml.



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Dear Unionists/Labor Activists:



2010 Labor Day Parade Update 2: Route Change: I have been told that a parade route should flow preferably in the direction traffic normally would. Therefore, since W Broadway only travels south at the World Trade Center area and due to concerns with walking distance, the following, and (hopefully) final route was submitted for the parade permit. Original date, time, and start location are still in effect - Monday, September 6, 2010, 8:30 AM line-up, 9:30 AM march, starting from 1 World Trade Center. (Initially, I erroneously stated the date as September 5. This occurred because when I created the first 2010 Labor Day Parade post I had in mind the date of the first Labor Day Parade in NYC, which was September 5, 1882.)

The complete date, time, and route are now Monday, September 6, 2010, 8:30 AM line-up, 9:30 AM march, starting from 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10006, to Worth St via Church St, turn right at Worth St, to Centre St via Worth St, turn right at Center St, After Broome St, Centre St becomes Lafayette St, to Astor Pl via Lafayette St, to 3rd Ave (passing Cooper Union) via Astor Pl, to E 23rd St via 3rd Ave, to Madison Ave via E 23rd St, to 67th St via Madison Ave, to 5th Ave via 67th St, into Central Park via 5th Ave arriving at about 12:00 PM.

Why pass Cooper Union? For starters, see http://www.carpenters.org/WhoWeAre/History.aspx and http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/history/history/mcguire.cfm.



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By Google Maps calculation, the route and duration are approximately 5.3 miles and 1h 46m. Realistic estimated walk time: 2 hours 40 minutes. Use the following to map the route:
(A) 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10006
(B) Worth St and Church St
(C) Centre St and Worth St
(D) Astor Pl and Lafayette St
(E) 3rd Ave and Astor Pl
(F) E 23rd St and 3rd Ave
(G) Madison Ave and E 23rd St
(H) 67th St and Madison Ave
(I) 5th Ave and 67th St

If the route seems a little too long for you , that's OK. You can bicycle it or walk a shorter segment of the route. Here are a few example route segments:
(A) 3rd Ave and Astor Pl
(B) E 23rd St and 3rd Ave
(C) Madison Ave and E 23rd St
(D) 67th St and Madison Ave
(E) 5th Ave and 67th St
Google Maps: 3.3 miles, 1 hour 6 minutes. Realistic estimated walk time: 1 hour 40 minutes.

(A) 3rd Ave and Astor Pl
(B) E 23rd St and 3rd Ave
(C) Madison Ave and E 23rd St
(D) 42nd St and Madison Ave
Google Maps: 2.0 miles, 39 minutes. Realistic estimated walk time: 1 hour.

(A) 42nd St and Madison Ave
(B) 67th St and Madison Ave
(C) 5th Ave and 67th St
Google Maps: 1.3 miles, 26 minutes. Realistic estimated walk time: 40 minutes.

We're going to have to do the 2010 Labor Day Parade old-style, so start decorating your own t-shirts, signs, and banners. Some suggestions are: "Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves the much higher compensation.", Abraham Lincoln, State of the Union, 1861; “Unions: The Folks That Brought You the 40 Hour Workweek, Overtime Pay and the Weekend”; “Which side are you on?”; and many others.


In solidarity,
Daniel J. Franco
LU157, UBCJA


Go to http://danieljfranco1.blogspot.com/2010/08/2010-labor-day-parade.html for original post.

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