ALIGN to State Leadership: It’s Not Too Late to Do Right by Workers
In response to the New York State Senate and Assembly one-house budget proposals, ALIGN released the following statement:
Advocates seek minimum wage parity for upstate workers
“There’s only one New York; I’ve looked at a map, trust me. So because there’s only one New York, there should only be one minimum wage,” Theodore Moore, the executive director of the Alliance for a Greater New York, said at a recent rally in Albany.…
New York legislative Labor Committee chairs renew effort for minimum wage parity between upstate, downstate
On Monday, New York state lawmakers and advocates will join together at the Capitol to announce that the newly minted chair of the Assembly Labor Committee, Rochester’s Harry Bronson, will be the prime Assembly sponsor of legislation that would create a minimum wage parity between upstate and downstate New York.…
February Newsletter – ALIGN in Action: The Zigs-and-Zags of Our Movement
Newsletter for the Movement for Economic, Climate, and Racial Justice
A new report by Columbia University and Robin Hood shows that 1 in 4 children in NYC lived in poverty in 2022, the highest rate since 2015.…
ALIGN to Mayor Adams: It’s Time to #GetStuffDone on Climate
In response to Mayor Adams’ Green Economy Action Plan announcement, ALIGN: The Alliance for a Greater New York, released the following statement:
1 of every 10 workers at Amazon’s distribution center in Clay was injured in 2022
Syracuse, N.Y. — One of every 10 workers at Amazon’s giant distribution center in Clay gets injured on the job, according to a report by a coalition of labor unions and community advocates.…
NYC climate activists say the city isn’t doing enough to fight for green schools
As students at New York City schools increasingly experience the impact of environmental injustice, climate activists are urging Mayor Eric Adams to electrify, ventilate, and retrofit hundreds of public school buildings in the city by 2030.…
How Climate Change is Hitting NYC Public Schools
In Sept. 29, Gabriel Fontes was on his way to teach 10th grade English when he was met with a river of sewage-infested stormwater at an intersection outside his school.…
January newsletter — ALIGN in Action: Our Most Ambitious Labor and Climate Agenda Yet
Newsletter for the Movement for Economic, Climate, and Racial Justice
We started the new year strong by releasing our most ambitious climate and labor agenda ever, extending our commitment to social justice and solidarity across our borders, and continuing to build a team dedicated to a people’s vision of economic, climate, and racial justice.…
Waging battle on the minimum wage
Another battle is looming over the minimum wage in New York.
Influential labor union 32BJ is teaming up with the Teamsters and Democratic state lawmakers to seek changes to the minimum wage law less than a year after an overhaul was approved — and as the 213-member state Legislature gears up for reelection.…