New York State Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon has accepted a recommendation by the Farm Laborers Wage Board to lower the farmworker overtime threshold from 60 to 40 hours per week. The order follows years of debate and a 2-to-1 vote by the body in September. The change will be phased-in over a decade. Advocates say it’s overdue, but some elected officials from both parties and agricultural groups oppose the move, saying it will decimate small farms. Emma Kreyche is with the Worker Justice Center of New York, which supported the move.
New York State Republican Committee Chairman Nick Langworthy is in Charlotte, North Carolina this week for the Republican National Convention. On Monday, New York’s...
We talk COVID-19 with New York Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, Mona Golub of the Price Chopper grocery chain, and Siena College Prof. Vera Eccarius-Kelly.
We speak with Howie Hawkins, who is running for president on the Green Party line. Hawkins is a retired Teamster from Syracuse who has...