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***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

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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 […]

Time change: May 21, 12 noon, LCA Pressroom, Legislative Office Building

The bill is on the floor of the Senate and Assembly but there is a lot of opposition from unscrupulous employers who want to keep the loopholes in the laws so they can continue to get away with cheating their workers. Make sure your state legislator hears from you- working people in NYS who say […]

by Scott Simone Reposted from Gothamist When Miguel Romero Lara quit his job as a milkman in Tlaxcala, Mexico, nearly 30 years ago and said goodbye to his pregnant wife and two young children, he went in search of better paying work to support his family. He thought he had found just the right position […]

Condolences on the death of Senator Jose Peralta from the Securing Wages Earned Against Theft Coalition (SWEAT) November 26, 2018 The SWEAT Coalition, comprised of numerous labor organizers, poverty advocates and low-wage workers are deeply saddened by the news of the untimely death of Senator Jose Peralta. The coalition has worked closely over the years […]

Help us get the SWEAT Bill passed by sharing this photo on Twitter and Facebook!   Twitter: @JohnBonacic @LeaderFlanagan @JeffKleinNY Pass SWEAT in the Senate to help workers and good businesses! #StopWageTheft #PassTheSWEATbill Facebook:  Wage theft like this happens way too often in New York state. The SWEAT bill will help workers collect the wages they […]