Construction workers show support for war.More than 50,000 construction workers and off-duty New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. police officers and firefighters, joined former U.S. Senator Bob Dole, New York Governor George Pataki, veterans, and family members of service men and women at a Ground Zero rally to show their support for U.S. troops in Iraq. The Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York (BCTC BCTC British Columbia Transmission Corporation (public electric utility) BCTC British Columbia Treaty Commission BCTC Bluegrass Community and Technical College (Kentucky) BCTC Battle Command Training Center ), an organization whose affiliated unions represent more than 100,000 working men and women in New York City, sponsored the event. "We owe it to the courageous men and women of the armed forces to support them as they protect the security of the United States and the freedom of people around the world," said Edward J. Malloy, president of the BCTC. "This is no time for equivocation. It's time to let every soldier and their family know we are fully behind them." The BCTC's executive board adopted a resolution in support of the U.S. Armed Forces at a meeting of its executive board on March 12. The centrist labor organization has historically demonstrated strong backing for American troops in times of war and crisis. Also attending today's rally was Dick Grasso, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. , Patrick Lynch, PBA president and Pete Gorman, president, Uniformed Fire Officers Association Uniformed Fire Officers Association is a union for fire officers in the Fire Department of New York. Battalion Chief Jack McDonnell is now the president. Peter Gorman was president from 1999-2007. . |
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