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Fighting a Silent Epidemic: Gary LaBarbera on the NYC Building Trades’ Peer Support Network
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- May 7, 2026
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- 2880
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Summary
Construction suicide rates are 5x higher than job-site fatalities. NYC Building Trades President Gary LaBarbera joins the show to detail a groundbreaking, Cornell-developed peer support network designed to pull workers back from the edge and shatter the stigma of mental health in the trades.