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Gig Economy Workers Deserve Rights

A growing population of the workforce now gets employment through app platforms and that number is expected to grow exponentially over the next decade. Many of these gig economy workers currently do this to supplement their wages but more workers are using this as their primary source of income.

Gig Economy Workers Deserve Rights

Episode 8: Fix Our Public Works Law

In Ep. 8 – If contractors are receiving taxpayer resources on construction projects in New York State then they ought to be paying prevailing wages and benefits to the men and women working on those projects.

Episode 8: Fix Our Public Works Law

Podcast Episode 7: Farmworker Rights

For decades the New York State AFL-CIO has pursued a legislative strategy to secure the same rights for farmworkers that all other classifications of workers currently enjoy including the right to organize.

Podcast Episode 7: Farmworker Rights

30th Annual NYS AFL-CIO Day At The Races

Details on our event at https://nysaflcio.org/races

Thank you for your support!

30th Annual NYS AFL-CIO Day At The Races

Podcast Episode 6: A Day in History that Changed Workplace Safety

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire took place on March 25, 1911 in New York City killing 146 people. It was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in U.S. history.

On Episode 6 – a look at how the tragedy changed workplace safety and strengthened the labor movement.

Podcast Episode 6: A Day in History that Changed Workplace Safety