🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 member Derrick Healy answers what would happen if the Trump Admin fails to fund the #GatewayTunnel:
"We ain't got a job.
"We're out here giving everything we got. They came looking for us for a vote. They got the vote. Now what?
"It's seriously frustrating."
"We ain't got a job.
"We're out here giving everything we got. They came looking for us for a vote. They got the vote. Now what?
"It's seriously frustrating."
January 30, 2026 at 2:47 PM
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 member Derrick Healy answers what would happen if the Trump Admin fails to fund the #GatewayTunnel:
"We ain't got a job.
"We're out here giving everything we got. They came looking for us for a vote. They got the vote. Now what?
"It's seriously frustrating."
"We ain't got a job.
"We're out here giving everything we got. They came looking for us for a vote. They got the vote. Now what?
"It's seriously frustrating."
💪You can't build the largest #infrastructure project in the US w/o @weareliuna.bsky.social!
The Palisades Tunnel part of @gatewayprogram.bsky.social continues taking shape thx to dozens of skilled trade unionists, incl. #Local472 Laborers.
Have a quick look at the progress & history being made!
The Palisades Tunnel part of @gatewayprogram.bsky.social continues taking shape thx to dozens of skilled trade unionists, incl. #Local472 Laborers.
Have a quick look at the progress & history being made!
August 19, 2026 at 8:22 PM
💪You can't build the largest #infrastructure project in the US w/o @weareliuna.bsky.social!
The Palisades Tunnel part of @gatewayprogram.bsky.social continues taking shape thx to dozens of skilled trade unionists, incl. #Local472 Laborers.
Have a quick look at the progress & history being made!
The Palisades Tunnel part of @gatewayprogram.bsky.social continues taking shape thx to dozens of skilled trade unionists, incl. #Local472 Laborers.
Have a quick look at the progress & history being made!
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 member Mike Hellstrom III on impacts of the Trump not funding @gatewayprogram.bsky.social:
"It puts a pause on everything. I have plans for the future & I can't plan if I don't know if I'm gonna have a job next week.
"We just want to work & build this tunnel."
"It puts a pause on everything. I have plans for the future & I can't plan if I don't know if I'm gonna have a job next week.
"We just want to work & build this tunnel."
February 4, 2026 at 12:30 AM
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 member Mike Hellstrom III on impacts of the Trump not funding @gatewayprogram.bsky.social:
"It puts a pause on everything. I have plans for the future & I can't plan if I don't know if I'm gonna have a job next week.
"We just want to work & build this tunnel."
"It puts a pause on everything. I have plans for the future & I can't plan if I don't know if I'm gonna have a job next week.
"We just want to work & build this tunnel."
💪 A very New Jersey, very blue collar chat between @pallone.house.gov & @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 member (and laid off @gatewayprogram.bsky.social #Laborer) Derrick Healy ahead of tonight's State of the Union address.
I asked my guest what he wants to hear at the State of the Union tonight, and he said: “when do we go back to work?”
February 25, 2026 at 12:23 AM
💪 A very New Jersey, very blue collar chat between @pallone.house.gov & @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 member (and laid off @gatewayprogram.bsky.social #Laborer) Derrick Healy ahead of tonight's State of the Union address.
💪 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 members are hard at work building the largest #infrastructure project in the country.
@gatewayprogram.bsky.social 's scope, complexity, and benefit to commuters is historic.
We're thrilled to see their work featured & love seeing the progress since February.
@gatewayprogram.bsky.social 's scope, complexity, and benefit to commuters is historic.
We're thrilled to see their work featured & love seeing the progress since February.
“I’ve always wanted to teach history, and now I get to make history.”
Members of @weareliuna.bsky.social Local 472 are preparing for tunnel boring at the Palisades Portal. They shared what the opportunity to work on the Hudson Tunnel Project means to them.
Members of @weareliuna.bsky.social Local 472 are preparing for tunnel boring at the Palisades Portal. They shared what the opportunity to work on the Hudson Tunnel Project means to them.
August 10, 2026 at 7:06 PM
💪 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 members are hard at work building the largest #infrastructure project in the country.
@gatewayprogram.bsky.social 's scope, complexity, and benefit to commuters is historic.
We're thrilled to see their work featured & love seeing the progress since February.
@gatewayprogram.bsky.social 's scope, complexity, and benefit to commuters is historic.
We're thrilled to see their work featured & love seeing the progress since February.
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 #Apprentice Edwin Way on the personal impact of Pres. Trump not funding @gatewayprogram.bsky.social:
"It's going to be hard to make my hours so I can become a Journeyman.
"I might not make the cut to get insurance this year b/c the job is going to be shut down."
"It's going to be hard to make my hours so I can become a Journeyman.
"I might not make the cut to get insurance this year b/c the job is going to be shut down."
February 5, 2026 at 9:42 PM
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 #Apprentice Edwin Way on the personal impact of Pres. Trump not funding @gatewayprogram.bsky.social:
"It's going to be hard to make my hours so I can become a Journeyman.
"I might not make the cut to get insurance this year b/c the job is going to be shut down."
"It's going to be hard to make my hours so I can become a Journeyman.
"I might not make the cut to get insurance this year b/c the job is going to be shut down."
💪 From spraying shotcrete to rock drilling, @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 members are hard at work building @gatewayprogram.bsky.social in N. Bergen, continuing to prep the site for tunneling.
#LIUNA VP @uniontillidie.bsky.social & @lhsfna.bsky.social NJ dropped for a safety toolbox talk, too.
#LIUNA VP @uniontillidie.bsky.social & @lhsfna.bsky.social NJ dropped for a safety toolbox talk, too.
August 17, 2026 at 10:52 PM
💪 From spraying shotcrete to rock drilling, @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 members are hard at work building @gatewayprogram.bsky.social in N. Bergen, continuing to prep the site for tunneling.
#LIUNA VP @uniontillidie.bsky.social & @lhsfna.bsky.social NJ dropped for a safety toolbox talk, too.
#LIUNA VP @uniontillidie.bsky.social & @lhsfna.bsky.social NJ dropped for a safety toolbox talk, too.
✊ Derrick & Justin of @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 are repping us as @pallone.house.gov & @repnellie.bsky.social's guests at STOU.
Derrick: "Is it politics as usual w/Pres. Trump saying one thing & doing another?"
Justin: "@gatewayprogram.bsky.social shouldn't have stopped. It's upsetting."
Derrick: "Is it politics as usual w/Pres. Trump saying one thing & doing another?"
Justin: "@gatewayprogram.bsky.social shouldn't have stopped. It's upsetting."
![Derrick Healy, LIUNA Local 472 Gateway Tunnel Union Laborer:
"I know a lot of you jokers out there. We had a lot of fun on these jobs, but we gotta keep it going. I said, remember one thing.
"When Trump campaigned, what did he campaign for? Make America Great Again. What's he doing? Exactly [the opposite]. So is this a political scheme where it's just politics as usual, and a guy's going to say one thing and do something different?
"And who pays for it? The blue collar working class. Here again, we're always the guy at the short end of the stick.
"So, if everybody sticks together like we do here, we won't be the short end of the stick. We are the stick."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6we6qkkre2xas36abadbuz2m/bafkreifp7kvq6vaf2ua2cqtlbbkykhqtmtaomkplewsftf3lsstnceeyxi)
![Justin Fowler, LIUNA Local 472 Gateway Tunnel Union Laborer:
"You know, I put my boots on just like the rest of y'all. [But] this isn't a great America.
"Gateway shouldn't have been stopped. We all have mouths to feed, and this is just upsetting.
"It's really upsetting."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6we6qkkre2xas36abadbuz2m/bafkreicichowphtnrsvfnhkjqp45pfemhge4twxtqevtnyxu2f2qqth3vm)
February 24, 2026 at 8:51 PM
✊ Derrick & Justin of @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 are repping us as @pallone.house.gov & @repnellie.bsky.social's guests at STOU.
Derrick: "Is it politics as usual w/Pres. Trump saying one thing & doing another?"
Justin: "@gatewayprogram.bsky.social shouldn't have stopped. It's upsetting."
Derrick: "Is it politics as usual w/Pres. Trump saying one thing & doing another?"
Justin: "@gatewayprogram.bsky.social shouldn't have stopped. It's upsetting."
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 members are keeping the momentum building at @gatewayprogram.bsky.social. Just listen to 472 Labor Foreman AJ Bagni:
"We need to keep going. We can't stop.
"We gotta do this big [concrete] pour on this slope. It's a pretty steep angle, so it's gonna be fun."
"We need to keep going. We can't stop.
"We gotta do this big [concrete] pour on this slope. It's a pretty steep angle, so it's gonna be fun."
June 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 members are keeping the momentum building at @gatewayprogram.bsky.social. Just listen to 472 Labor Foreman AJ Bagni:
"We need to keep going. We can't stop.
"We gotta do this big [concrete] pour on this slope. It's a pretty steep angle, so it's gonna be fun."
"We need to keep going. We can't stop.
"We gotta do this big [concrete] pour on this slope. It's a pretty steep angle, so it's gonna be fun."
👷♂️ @weareliuna.bsky.social builds #infrastructure on-time & on-budget, like Portal North Bridge, Phase 1 of @gatewayprogram.bsky.social.
The new span replaces a 116-yr-old bridge that caused headaches for @amtrak.com & NJTRANSIT commuters.
#Local472 members rode the first train over the new span.
The new span replaces a 116-yr-old bridge that caused headaches for @amtrak.com & NJTRANSIT commuters.
#Local472 members rode the first train over the new span.
March 23, 2026 at 9:48 PM
👷♂️ @weareliuna.bsky.social builds #infrastructure on-time & on-budget, like Portal North Bridge, Phase 1 of @gatewayprogram.bsky.social.
The new span replaces a 116-yr-old bridge that caused headaches for @amtrak.com & NJTRANSIT commuters.
#Local472 members rode the first train over the new span.
The new span replaces a 116-yr-old bridge that caused headaches for @amtrak.com & NJTRANSIT commuters.
#Local472 members rode the first train over the new span.
🎥 Gov. Mikie Sherrill highlights @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 @gatewayprogram.bsky.social Laborer Tracy Porter during her FY27 Budget Address.
Gov. Sherrill's been fighting for #Gateway & NJ affordability since Day 1.
LIUNA doesn't just have a seat at her table—we helped build the damn thing.
Gov. Sherrill's been fighting for #Gateway & NJ affordability since Day 1.
LIUNA doesn't just have a seat at her table—we helped build the damn thing.
March 10, 2026 at 8:27 PM
🎥 Gov. Mikie Sherrill highlights @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 @gatewayprogram.bsky.social Laborer Tracy Porter during her FY27 Budget Address.
Gov. Sherrill's been fighting for #Gateway & NJ affordability since Day 1.
LIUNA doesn't just have a seat at her table—we helped build the damn thing.
Gov. Sherrill's been fighting for #Gateway & NJ affordability since Day 1.
LIUNA doesn't just have a seat at her table—we helped build the damn thing.
🎥 "As hard as it is to hand out layoff checks, it comes full circle when you get to call the guys back and let them know that they're going to have a job again."— @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 #Laborer Daniel Horvath on @gatewayprogram.bsky.social project resuming, putting members back to work.
March 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
🎥 "As hard as it is to hand out layoff checks, it comes full circle when you get to call the guys back and let them know that they're going to have a job again."— @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 #Laborer Daniel Horvath on @gatewayprogram.bsky.social project resuming, putting members back to work.
When we fight, we win! 💪
A long-form look back at our fight to keep
@gatewayprogram.bsky.social funded, told through the voices of @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 members on the job and our legislative partners who are pro- #Union, pro-LIUNA, and pro-infrastructure.
vimeo.com/1169639412
A long-form look back at our fight to keep
@gatewayprogram.bsky.social funded, told through the voices of @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 members on the job and our legislative partners who are pro- #Union, pro-LIUNA, and pro-infrastructure.
vimeo.com/1169639412
LIUNA's Fight to Keep Gateway Funded
When we fight, we win! A long-form look back at our fight to keep the Gateway Tunnel project funded, told through the voices of LIUNA Local 472 members on the job…
vimeo.com
March 4, 2026 at 2:10 PM
When we fight, we win! 💪
A long-form look back at our fight to keep
@gatewayprogram.bsky.social funded, told through the voices of @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 members on the job and our legislative partners who are pro- #Union, pro-LIUNA, and pro-infrastructure.
vimeo.com/1169639412
A long-form look back at our fight to keep
@gatewayprogram.bsky.social funded, told through the voices of @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 members on the job and our legislative partners who are pro- #Union, pro-LIUNA, and pro-infrastructure.
vimeo.com/1169639412
Thank you for standing with @gatewayprogram.bsky.social #workers & for honoring one of our own @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 journeyworkers, Derrick Healy! 💪
February 24, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Thank you for standing with @gatewayprogram.bsky.social #workers & for honoring one of our own @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 journeyworkers, Derrick Healy! 💪
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 Bus. Agent Derek Brooks has a message for Pres. Trump & his refusal to release
@gatewayprogram.bsky.social funding:
"The money's already funded. Stop holding us up and do your job.
"We out here doing our job. You need to get to the table and do yours."
@gatewayprogram.bsky.social funding:
"The money's already funded. Stop holding us up and do your job.
"We out here doing our job. You need to get to the table and do yours."
February 6, 2026 at 11:39 PM
🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 Bus. Agent Derek Brooks has a message for Pres. Trump & his refusal to release
@gatewayprogram.bsky.social funding:
"The money's already funded. Stop holding us up and do your job.
"We out here doing our job. You need to get to the table and do yours."
@gatewayprogram.bsky.social funding:
"The money's already funded. Stop holding us up and do your job.
"We out here doing our job. You need to get to the table and do yours."