Johan Sheridan at News Nation reports Labor Leaders and Community Groups say New York Governor Kathy Hochul and the State Legislature should act now to protect Working Families. Against the backdrop of a looming Trump Administration, they outlined how to keep New Yorkers from getting left behind.  Advocates demanded relief from rising costs and safeguards in the form of: Wage increases; Statewide wage parity; Unemployment reform; Better benefits for excluded Workers; Publicly funded child care; Fair pay for Home Care Workers; Permanent affordable housing; and Higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy.  Among those Labor Groups signing the Coalition’s letter to the Governor and the State Legislature were District Council 37 AFSCME (American Federation of State, County & Municipal Workers), the Food Chain Workers Alliance, the Tompkins County Workers’ Center, the Coalition for Economic Justice, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and the Worker Justice Centers of New York, to name just a few.

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