|
Hi ,
Saturday was May Day—an historic day to celebrate workers and amp up the fight to win better protections for workers. We want to share some ways you can take action for workers: fighting against wage theft and expanding unemployment benefits. We also have some additional news below, including a know your rights resource for New Yorkers who can soon get driver's licenses reinstated if they were suspended for unpaid traffic tickets.
Join the Fight to Expand Unemployment
We need to make sure that over 600,000 part-time workers in New York can get the benefits they deserve. Currently, New York’s unemployment insurance system disincentives' part-time workers from returning to work by withholding benefits even when these workers make meager earnings. To fix this, the legislature has passed a bill, S1042-A / A2355-A. Now we need to get Governor Cuomo to sign it into law.
Send Governor Cuomo a letter to urge him to sign this bill and get part-time workers the compensation they deserve. If passed, $208 million per month could go to workers doing their part to revitalize our economy.
Take Action to Stop Wage Theft
Employers are stealing workers’ wages by not paying minimum wage, overtime, or sick time taken for COVID-19 recovery. That’s why NCLEJ is part of the Securing Wages Earned Against Theft (SWEAT) Coalition, which is pushing the SWEAT bill through to Governor Cuomo to make employers accountable to New York’s wage laws.
Support the fight by signing this SWEAT petition. The more signatures we receive, the better chance we have to get this crucial bill through the House to Governor Cuomo’s desk. Wage theft was a problem before COVID-19 and it’s only getting worse during the pandemic.
|
