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Labor Unions, Advocates Applaud NY State Senate for Passing Warehouse Safety Bill; Urge Assembly, Governor Hochul to Take Action Warehouse Worker Injury Reduction Act would require warehouse worksites to be designed for safety over profit ALBANY, NY (June 7, 2023) – Today, unions and advocates applauded the New York State Senate for passing the Warehouse Worker Injury Reduction Act (WWIRA), legislation that will hold employers accountable for workplace safety and design warehouses to protect workers first.…

Click “buy” and a box arrives at your doorstep within a couple days. New Yorkers have gotten used to free and fast shipping, but few think about the workers who make it possible.…

A bill that would end the state tax break under the Qualified Opportunity Zone program cleared the state Senate on Wednesday as New York lawmakers seek to unwind a Trump-era tax break.…

May 30, 2023 – In response to a proliferation of warehouse jobs around New York, advocates for warehouse workers are looking to build on legislative successes in 2022 with new labor protections.…

Elected officials, unions, and advocates from the New Yorkers for a Fair Economy and TEMP Bill coalitions united in Albany today to hold a press conference calling for common-sense workplace safety legislation in dangerous industries like warehousing, agriculture, construction, and commercial trucking.

Newsletter for the Movement for Economic, Climate, and Racial Justice The diversity and breadth of today’s labor movement was on full display on International Workers’ Day.…

Union members and worker advocates took their fight on behalf of Amazon and other warehouse workers to Jeff Bezos’ doorstep on Thursday morning in front of the building of his Flatiron District penthouse.…

Unions, advocates, and community organizations from the New Yorkers for a Fair Economy coalition launched a campaign for the Warehouse Worker Injury Reduction Act (WWIRA), legislation that will hold employers accountable for workplace safety and design warehouses to protect workers first. 

The worker injury rate at Amazon warehouses and logistics facilities continues to outpace that of non-Amazon facilities in New York, according to a new report by the National Employment Law Project shared exclusively with City & State.…

New York is continuously making strides towards a more sustainable future for us all. With offshore wind projects breaking ground and a goal set to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by the year 2050, New York’s future is looking greener.…