Sentences with phrase «for nail salon workers»

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan told reporters following the Tuesday evening leaders» meeting that an agreement would come soon for protections for nail salon workers.

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Workers in restaurants, nail salons and car washes rallied to kick off a campaign to push for one single minimum wage, instead of the $ 7.50 to $ 8.65 tipped workers currently take home, which is below the state's minimum wage of $ 10.40 to $ 13, depending on the area of theWorkers in restaurants, nail salons and car washes rallied to kick off a campaign to push for one single minimum wage, instead of the $ 7.50 to $ 8.65 tipped workers currently take home, which is below the state's minimum wage of $ 10.40 to $ 13, depending on the area of theworkers currently take home, which is below the state's minimum wage of $ 10.40 to $ 13, depending on the area of the state.

Industries such as restaurants, nail salons and car washes face a tipping point with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to examine changing the state's rules for compensating their workers.

Cuomo gave James credit for trying to raise awareness of labor conditions, noting she held a press conference on nail salon worker safety last September 2014 and later introduced legislation on salon conditions to the NYC Council.

Many nail salon workers were on hand for the bill signing in the Bronx, CBS2's Alive Gainer reported.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Governor Andrew Cuomo said that his Task Force To Combat Worker Exploitation is going to do more to make car washes and nail salons safer for their mostly immigrant workers.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Thursday aimed at providing greater protections for workers in New York's nail salons.

Two trade groups representing Chinese and Korean nail salons plan to sue the Cuomo administration over the new requirement that they purchase wage bonds as security for any unpaid wages, following a high - profile report of alleged worker abuse and exploitation.

Cuomo's national strategy also explains other high - profile actions, including his belated embrace of a «women's agenda,» his refusal to permit «fracking» for natural gas even after repeatedly promising to do so, his anti-gun Safe Act, his embrace of the teachers unions he had once sharply criticized, and his recent high - profile crackdown on Korean - owned nail salons in the city that, according to a deeply flawed report in the New York Times, were exploiting their immigrant workers, said the source.

The Senate left late Thursday evening, while the Assembly remained for a few hours on Friday, to approve a bill to protect abused workers at nail salons, one of the few agreements reached in the past several weeks.

Charito Cisneros, founder, Hispanic Cosmetology and Beauty Chamber of Commerce, said: «I applaud Governor Cuomo for his leadership in ensuring that all nail salon workers are properly trained and licensed, which will improve our industry as a whole.»

The project, funded by the Law Foundation of Ontario, will focus on training people who are not traditional conduits for legal information but who in fact might have the greatest access to trafficked people — taxi drivers, hair and nail salon staff, and restaurant and hotel workers.