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COVID-19

Phase 3 Employees Demand Better Workplace Protections As COVID-Reopening Progresses

Edwin Martínez for El Diario | July 17, 2020

As more and more workers returned to their jobs last week, activists and advocates are asking the city and state to create stricter protections for employees, including access to PPE and enforcement of social distancing in workplaces.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Wage Theft is a Criminal Act. Treat it as Such

Catalina Cruz and Diana Florence | July 16, 2020

Until prosecutors stop viewing the enforcement of these crimes as optional and start investigating them like other crimes, unscrupulous companies will continue to incorporate fraud into their business model.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Time for Albany to Harvest Long Overdue Crop of Justice for NYS Farmworkers

Olivia Heffernan | March 12, 2019

‘For the farmworkers of New York State, the Farmworkers Fair Labors Practices Act (FFLPA) is a promising remediation to exploitative labor practices, poor living conditions and a pernicious exemption from legal protections or mechanisms to fight against it.’

agriculture

Lawsuit Seeks to Win Organizing Rights for New York’s Farmworkers

Kate Pastor | July 7, 2017

A former dairy worker is leading the push to close a loophole in labor laws. Agriculture businesses claim farmworkers are trying an end run through the courts after repeatedly failing to make their case in the state legislature.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

CityViews: State Board’s Decision Leaves Low-Wage Workers in Peril

Andy Morrison and Rachel Laforest | March 27, 2017

The Cuomo administration must appeal the gutting of rules to protect workers from paying exorbitant fees to receive their own wages.

No Backspace

No Backspace:
Workers Against NYC’s Growing ‘Gig Economy’

Katie Unger | January 25, 2016

The changing relationship between employees and employers is sometimes billed as a family-friendly boost. In fact, it’s largely an affront to basic economic justice—which is why some workers are fighting back.

Child Welfare

Report: Lack of Parental Leave Has Deep Effects on Families

Rachel Blustain | May 19, 2015

Family finances, child health and mother-child attachment are affected when a mother lacks access to paid maternity leave, according to the new research.

City Council

City Weighs Reining in Private Garbage Collectors

Cole Rosengren | May 19, 2015

Waste from New York’s businesses is not picked up by DSNY but by a industry of for-profit companies who, critics say, serve inefficient routes and treat their workers poorly.

Bill de Blasio

Advocates Hail NYC Credit-Check Ban as Strongest in the U.S.

Jarrett Murphy | April 17, 2015

The measure, which received Council approval this week, was amended to exempt some jobs—but not nearly as many as the business sector wanted.

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