At least 10 states permit workers to put a lien on an employer’s property in connection with a wage claim. By Chris Fuchs After waiting nearly a decade, Jin Ming Cao still hasn’t seen his money. Cao, a 36-year-old former waiter in Manhattan, had joined some of his co-workers in 2008 to sue their employer, a […]
***Media Release*** For immediate Release: June 18, 2019 Contact:Sarah Ahn, Flushing Workers Center – 646-409-8056Kristin Brown, Empire Justice Center – 518-852-5766 Statewide Coalition of Workers Rights Organizations, Legal Services, Labor Unions, and many impacted New Yorkers Applaud the Passing of the SWEAT ACT, A486/S2844 in the State Legislature; Urge Governor Cuomo to Sign the Critical […]
***Media Release*** For immediate Release: June 14, 2019 Contact:Sarah Ahn, Flushing Workers Center – 646-409-8056Kristin Brown, Empire Justice Center – 518-852-5766 Statewide Coalition of Workers Rights Organizations, Legal Services, Labor Unions, and many impacted New Yorkers Applaud the Passing of the SWEAT ACT, S2844 in the State Senate; Urge Assembly to Pass A486 and Governor Cuomo to Sign the Critical Act […]
Op-ed by Richard Blum, staff attorney with the Employment Law Unit at The Legal Aid Society Read op-ed
Join the SWEAT Coalition by endorsing the A766/S2762 SWEAT bill to end wage theft! Current Members of the SWEAT Coalition A Better Balance AAPI Migrant Workers’ Coalition (w/ Red Canary Song) Achievement First Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice Ain’t I a Woman Campaign?! Alianza Laboral de Westchester Anderson Dodson, P.C. Asian American Legal […]
Why NYS needs the SWEAT bill now! Read full article.
The SWEAT bill is on the floor of both the Assembly and the Senate but it needs your help to become law so workers can stop getting cheated of their hard-earned wages. 1. Call your Senator, Assemblymember and Albany leaders. Let them know you support the SWEAT bill, A486/S2844 because employers who cheat their workers […]