Thank you for visiting the web site of Laborers' Local Union No. 147. The leadership and members of Local 147 hope this website will be both informative and insightful.
Local 147, maybe better known as the Sandhogs, are part of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA). LIUNA is the most progressive, aggressive and fastest-growing union of construction workers, and one of the most diverse and effective unions representing over 800,000 men and women working towards better wages, benefits, safer job sites, and more opportunity.
Members of Local 147 are Tunnel Diggers and can be found working on
major projects throughout New York City. The Sandhogs have worked on
projects starting with the Brooklyn Bridge, Lincoln, Holland,
Queens-Midtown, and Brooklyn-Battery Tunnels, along with most of New
York City's subways, waterways, and sewers.
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