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WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he believes in the labor movement, telling union construction workers he won't sign legislation in New York that's not fair to organized labor. Addressing a North America's Building Trades Unions conference on Tuesday, Cuomo says unions built the middle class in America and protect it, and that there's a growing anti-union movement in the country. The second-term Democrat tells the unionists that every state construction project in New York "is going to be built by organized labor, period." While he supports further affordable housing programs for New York, Cuomo criticized proposals to make government-subsidized construction projects open shops where workers don't have to join a union. Cuomo and NABTU have both endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. She was scheduled to address the conference later Tuesday.

Cuomo vows to support organized labor in NY