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TAKE ACTION: Raise and Index the Minimum Wage

New Yorkers need wages they can live on. The minimum wage has lagged far behind the cost of living as prices continue rising at the fastest rate in 40 years. Send this letter to your state legislators to show your support for raising and indexing the minimum wage.

New York State AFL-CIO

Helping Working Families Achieve a Better Life

The New York State AFL-CIO is a federation of 3,000 affiliated public sector, private sector, and building trades unions throughout the state, representing 2.5 million members, retirees and their families.  Our members live and work in every community in our state, and reflect the diversity that makes New York great.

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COPE Day at the Races

Save the date! The 2023 COPE Day at the Races will take place on Thursday, July 20, 2023.

COPE Day at the Races

How To Form A Union

Forming a union with your coworkers gives you the right to negotiate with your employer for the wages, benefits and working conditions that you deserve.

How To Form A Union

Check Out the Union Strong Podcast

Get the latest on NY's union movement. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or watch on the New York State AFL-CIO YouTube channel.

Check Out the Union Strong Podcast

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Union Strong Night at the Albany Firewolves!

Have a fun night out with your union family at Union Strong Night: Albany FireWolves vs Georgia Swarm!

11:00AM - 6:00PM

Saratoga Race Course 
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Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

COPE Day at the Races

Save the date! The 2023 COPE Day at the Races will take place on Thursday, July 20, 2023. Tickets will go on sale this spring.