A growing network of retail workers dedicated to improving opportunities, workplace standards and fighting for living wages, benefits and respect.
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Retail Action Project retweeted
VICTORY: @GovKathyHochul just signed the #RetailWorkerSafety Act into law! This first-of-its-kind bill requires corporate retail employers to adopt a violence prevention plan, train workers in de-escalation and active shooters, and large employers must install panic buttons.
ALT a photo of union leaders surrounding Governor Kathy Hochul as she signs the Retail Worker Safety Act into law, overlaid with a red gradient, and white text reading: “RETAIL WORKER SAFETY WINS IN NEW YORK Historic Retail Worker Safety Act Signed Into Law By NY Gov Hochul.”
Retail Action Project retweeted
Retail worker safety WINS today in New York! The #RetailWorkerSafety Act has now PASSED the @NYSenate! Thanks to our bill sponsors @jessicaramosqns and @KarinesReyes87 for their leadership on this important issue. The bill now moves to @GovKathyHochul's desk!
ALT a photo of workers and RWDSU leaders in Albany raising their fists and holding RWDSU and Retail Worker Safety Act signs during a press conference for the Retail Worker Safety Act. The image is overlaid with a red gradient and black and white text overlays the image: “RETAIL WORKER SAFETY ACT PASSES IN NEW YORK - HEADS TO GOVERNOR FOR SIGNATURE INTO LAW.”
Retail Action Project retweeted
Eno Awotoye from @RetailAction Project mourns those we have lost over the past year, and calls for the passage of the #RetailWorkerSafety Act to protect retail workers in New York! #WorkersMemorialDay
ALT Eno Awotoye speaks at the podium during workers memorial day
Retail Action Project retweeted
Only half of New Yorkers earn a living wage.
Hochul's minimum wage deal for $17/hr by 2026, while leaving upstate behind, is not a pathway to affordability.
The first real step is $17/hr statewide & guaranteed cost of living raises. #RaiseUpNY
nystateofpolitics.com/state-…
Retail Action Project retweeted
Retail workers like Debby Ryan are begging NYS legislators to pass the #RetailWorkerSafety Act this session!
Listen to Debby’s story, and then contact your legislators to pass this crucial bill: bit.ly/RSAFETY
Retail Action Project retweeted
Retail violence is on the rise and companies are not doing enough to protect their workers - making the #RetailWorkerSafety Act more important than ever. Companies will be held accountable & required to take steps to combat retail violence. We must have Retail Worker Safety NOW!
ALT A red, white, and black graphic with the RWDSU logo and bold text: “WE DEMAND RETAIL WORKER SAFETY NOW PASS S.8358/A.8947.”
Retail Action Project retweeted
We’re in Albany fighting to protect the minimum wage!
NY used to be a minimum wage leader. But the minimum wage increase—$17 downstate and $16 upstate by 2026—leaves millions of workers behind.
Workers upstate deserve a real raise, and last year’s deal doesn’t cut it #RaiseUpNY
Retail Action Project retweeted
“Attacks on retail workers is something I’ve seen over and over again — from my own experiences and the workers I work with now.” -Eno Awotoye, Coordinator at @RetailAction and former retail worker, speaks in support of the Retail Worker Safety Act.
ALT Eno speaks in front of a podium in front of the macys store with signs
Retail Action Project retweeted
The @RWDSU proudly joined our allies @ShaunAbreu, @NAAFAofficial, and @RetailAction to witness the historic moment @NYCMayor signed into law a ban on height and weight discrimination in the workplace! "This law will change countless workers’ lives for the better." -@sappelbaum
ALT coalition members with Retail Action Project, NAAFA, and RWDSU stand around Mayor Eric Adams at NYC City Hall as he signs into law a bill banning height and weight discrimination in New York City
Retail Action Project retweeted
New York City is now the largest municipality in the country — and the world — to ban size discrimination!
Thank you @NAAFAofficial, @RWDSU, @RetailAction, @CMNantashaW, and all the advocates for getting this monumental civil rights legislation across the finish line.
Retail Action Project retweeted
🚨Emergency action!
@GovKathyHochul is proposing a minimum wage increase to $17 that will lock in poverty wages. This is NOT enough.
Call Governor Hochul 518-474-8390 and tell her $17 is NOT enough. She must do better in the final budget!
Retail Action Project retweeted
$17 is not enough. Workers need a $21.25 minimum wage to survive our historic cost of living crisis. Anything less won’t cut it. #RaiseUpNY
Retail Action Project retweeted
Raising and indexing the minimum wage would stimulate the economy, creating more tax dollars to pay for health care, education, transportation, sanitation, etc. All 20 million New Yorkers would benefit. news10.com/news/budget-negot…
Retail Action Project retweeted
All eyes are on Albany as NY's budget negotiations continue past the deadline.
Raising the #MinimumWage is popular. It's good for business. It's good for families. It's good for the economy.
@GovKathyHochul, do right by NYers: #RaiseTheWage to $21.25. ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/ins…
Retail Action Project retweeted
I have constituents who live in shelters, despite working multiple minimum wage jobs for the wealthiest corporations.
$44,000 a year is not a radical wage in New York State. It’s sound economics to lift from the bottom and #RaiseTheWage.
Retail Action Project retweeted
Size discrimination keeps people out of jobs that they’re perfectly capable of performing. It stops people from accessing public services paid for with their hard-earned tax dollars.
And we’re going to ban it.
Read this @washingtonpost story ⬇️.
washingtonpost.com/politics/…
Retail Action Project retweeted
NEW: Councilmembers and County Legislators from New York City, Newburgh, Albany, Putnam, Dutchess, & Orange County have joined our fight to Raise The Wage!
Elected officials across the state know New Yorkers are feeling the squeeze. We need $21.25 and indexing to #RaiseUpNY!
Retail Action Project retweeted
To restore the value of the minimum wage, we need to catch it up to $21.25 before indexing.
Thank you @AndreaSCousins & @CarlHeastie for fighting for living wages in our final budget. #RaiseTheWage
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…
Retail Action Project retweeted
Join the #RaiseUpNY coalition this Saturday 3/11 in Albany at SOMOS to learn how we can win the #RaiseTheWage Act and raise wages for three million New Yorkers!
Don't miss this incredible lineup: @jessicaramos, @JoinJoyner, @1199SEIU, @CCSMNY, @MinimumWageBiz, @CenterNYC, @CUFFH
