Home care advocates let down by budget
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Despite seeing pay increases in the state budget, home care workers need a larger wage increase in order to stave off the growing labor shortage, lawmakers and advocates say.
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Hochul signs labor protections into law
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"On Labor Day every year, we're reminded of the vital contributions of organized labor to building New York.”
Leaders call on Hochul to ensure HERO Act goes into effect
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“The delay in HERO Act implementation has resulted in preventable danger of coronavirus spread in workplaces.”
Read MoreGilded Age labor struggles and how Steinway & Sons moved to Astoria
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How did Steinway & Sons end up in Astoria? The answer is tied up in the greater history of the American labor struggle, particularly the emerging union and eight-hour work day workers’ movements of Gilded Age America.
Read MoreUnions stress need for change over parade pageantry
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“We had sicknesses, we had deaths and now we deserve the hazard pay.”
Read MoreBill to protect construction workers from wage theft passes Senate
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The bill takes aim at contractors and ensures they would assume liability if any of their subcontractors steal wages from their workers.
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