Governor Kathy Hochul today highlighted New York's labor and workforce accomplishments, in celebration of Labor Day. In her first year in office, the Governor worked diligently to enact a nation-leading worker agenda, including: increasing wages and benefits, strengthening paid family leave, expanding prevailing wage to cover more workers, connecting job seekers to employment opportunities, helping ensure retirement security for private sector workers and closing loopholes to more effectively fight wage theft. Additionally, the Governor's administration is protecting workers from discrimination, harassment, abuse, and the dangers of COVID-19 in the workplace; aiding New Yorkers who were shut out of pandemic aid; establishing a new Office of Strategic Workforce Development and creating training opportunities for all New Yorkers.
"On Labor Day, we honor the American organized labor movement's fight for workers' rights and protections, as we recommit to the fight for fair wages, quality health care, and the dignity and respect all New York workers deserve," Governor Hochul said. "The State of New York has made tremendous progress in strengthening the rights and protections of our workforce, but we are far from over. Millions of New York families, including my own, were lifted out of poverty because they held a union card, and my administration will continue making sure all New Yorkers have the benefits and opportunities they need and deserve."
IMPROVED WAGES AND BENEFITS
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