In response to Governor Hochul signing the Climate Change Superfund Act into law, Theodore A. Moore, ALIGN Executive Director, released the following statement
Unions and community organizations from the New Yorkers for a Fair Economy coalition celebrated action today on the Warehouse Worker Injury Reduction Act (S5081C/A8907A), signed into law last night by Governor Hochul.
Five years ago, the City Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio passed major legislation promising to reform New York City’s private sanitation system—an industry notorious for worker exploitation, dumping waste in outer-borough environmental justice communities, confusing or nonexistent recycling services, unsafe trucks and driving practices, and poor customer service.…
In response to a Senate investigation revealing that Amazon ignored internal injury data, Lucas Shapiro, ALIGN Deputy Director and leader of the New Yorkers for a Fair Economy coalition released the following statement: