2024-11-14T11:40:12-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150079218/hundreds-of-construction-workers-protest-hudson-yards-developer-steve-ross-calling-on-nfl-to-remove-him-from-commitee Mackenzie Goldberg 2018-08-24T13:31:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6b/6bbdb9056eafcbead25945268e298bb4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Thousands of <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/149997468/who-builds-your-architecture-a-critical-field-guide" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">union construction workers</a> gathered Wednesday at the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/18557/nfl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NFL</a> HQ in New York City to protest the founder of&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53805/related-companies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Related Companies</a>, the developer behind the&nbsp;large-scale redevelopment of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53803/hudson-yards" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hudson Yards</a>. Wearing t-shirts that read "Step down Steve Ross," the workers were calling on the organization to remove Ross, who is also the owner of the Miami Dolphins, from the NFL's Social &amp; Racial Justice Committee.</p> <p>Organized by the Building and Construction Trades Council and its "Count Me In" campaign, the&nbsp;city's 100,000-member unionized&nbsp;workforce has been protesting the development company's use of nonunion labor at Hudson Yards. Wednesday's action at the NFL Headquarters&mdash;where over <a href="https://therealdeal.com/2018/08/23/hundreds-of-protesters-call-on-nfl-to-boot-relateds-steve-ross-from-committee/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">50 construction workers were arrested</a> after temporarily blocking traffic on Park Avenue&mdash;was followed&nbsp;the next day&nbsp;with further protests held outside of Hudson Yards. The union has been holding demonstrations at the site every week since last year.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/16/169204e65ed10f389c97d4f6009943cb.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/16/169204e65ed10f389c97d4f6009943cb.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Thousands of union construction workers rallied calling on Steve...</figcaption></figure> https://archinect.com/news/article/136806530/passive-aggressive-no-californians-stickers-cropping-up-on-portland-s-for-sale-signs Julia Ingalls 2015-09-16T14:25:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/za/zajrit1jwhjt0xsf.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Portlanders apparently upset with the direction of the local housing market are slapping "no Californians" stickers on For Sale signs in the city, real estate agents say.</p></em><br /><br /><p><a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/3435/portland" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Portland</a>, Oregon denizens are apparently worried that a tightening real estate market is partly the fault of monied Californians, who allegedly start bidding wars and make already scarce housing inventory even <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/136641724/map-shows-the-best-neighborhoods-in-the-world-s-top-cities-are-still-cheaper-than-nyc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">more expensive</a>. This fear is manifesting in the appearance of a wordless, red and black sticker on real estate signs that appears to ban the state of <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/615/california" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">California</a>, a la a "No Smoking" sign. As realtor Lori&nbsp;Fenwick noted, Portlanders who don't like current real estate rates "can just go ahead and voice their opinions wherever they want, but it sucks that they're doing that."</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/ns/nsurkww3h8fkqpwe.jpg"></p>