ALIGN in Action Newsletter: March 2023
Newsletter for the Movement for Economic, Climate, and Racial Justice
It’s budget season in New York, and the Senate and Assembly have released their one-house proposals.…
ALIGN Statement on One-House Budget Proposals
Lucas Shapiro, Interim Executive Director of ALIGN, a leader in the NY Renews and Raise Up NY coalitions, released the following statement today in response to the one-house budget proposals:
ALIGN in Action Newsletter: February 2023
Newsletter for the Movement for Economic, Climate, and Racial Justice
Governor Hochul’s budget speech signals that our calls for labor and climate justice are being heard.…
Interim Executive Director Lucas Shapiro named one of City & State Labor Power 100
The labor movement in New York is vibrant and strong, in part because of how it evolves. Young workers in recent years have been unafraid to challenge corporate giants, such as the baristas at a Buffalo Starbucks whose unionization campaign has spread like wildfire.…
Labor leaders call on Legislature to make green energy union friendly
After Gov. Kathy Hochul raised some eyebrows by excluding labor standards as part of her green energy proposal in the executive budget, a group of unions have signed on to a letter asking the Legislature to step in and include them as part of their one-house proposals.…