A growing group of laborers is trailing hurricanes and wildfires the way farmworkers follow crops, contracting for big disaster-recovery firms, and facing exploitation, injury, and death.

Included in the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill signed by President Biden is an $86B aid package for participants of about 185 to over 300 employer-union pension plans. These plans are part of a larger system of about 1500 multiemployer pension plans covering about 10 million workers. 

The project is part of a multi-phase redevelopment plan led by Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 38; it features a new union hall, a market-rate housing project, affordable housing, retail space, and a publicly accessible park.