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Dear Friend,
Adhikaar is the country’s only women-led community and workers’ center that provides direct services to the Nepali-speaking community and organizes low-income workers, including nail salon workers. For years our nail salon members have documented labor rights violations at their workplace– conditions which have worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With no proper ventilation and personal protective equipment (PPE), nail salon workers are risking their lives and barely making ends meet.
The recent Cornell report “Unvarnished: Precarity & Poor Working Conditions for Nail Salon Workers in New York State,” confirms what we have known for years: low wages and no benefits make it "difficult to survive". Nail salon workers in NYC are paid $13.74/hour in violation of the $15 mandatory minimum passed for the industry in 2019. To address these challenges, we partnered with with the New York Healthy Nail Salon Coalition, NYS Senator Jessica Ramos, and Assemblymember Harry Bronson to launch a #AllHandsIn campaign to raise the floor for ALL in the Nail Salon industry. |
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Over the last two years, we've spoken with worker centers, labor partners, and legal experts around the country to learn about sector-wide responses to similar low-wage industries. Throughout it all, our members have been leading this fight---guiding the conception, drafting, and launch of this groundbreaking bill to improve the industry.
This is a snapshot of our transformative work advancing the rights of nail salon workers. To learn more, including updates on our Healthcare program and organizational-wide highlights from the past quarter, check out our recent newsletter.
Please consider a donation to support our work. Your donation helps Adhikaar meet the challenges of today and work to build a system that works for all of us. |
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In solidarity,
Pabitra Khati Benjamin, Executive Director, Adhikaar
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