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Last week the New York Times ran two excellent pieces called «The Price of Nice Nails» and «Perfect Nails, Poisoned Workers», which document the abuse of nail salon workers in the New York City area.

Legislation Protecting Nail Salon Workers On Thursday morning, Governor Cuomo signed legislation protecting and supporting nail salon workers in New York.

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Many nail salons show bent over workers wearing masks, because of long hours of exposure to the chemicals in the cosmetics applied.

One year after launching a task force to look into abusive work conditions in nail salons throughout the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered the payment of $ 2 million to hundreds of workers who have been denied overtime and paid less than minimum wage.

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.

Cuomo also announced new measures to protect workers from dangerous on - the - job chemicals, including new ventilation requirements in nail salons that will go into effect on August 1.

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

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

At noon, tipped wage workers — restaurant servers, nail salon technicians, and car wash workers — alongside advocates, labor leaders, and elected officials — will kick - off the One Fair Wage campaign in New York.

«Nail salon workers, like many people in low wage positions, can suffer exploitation that puts themselves and others at risk.

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.»

It's nail salons today — but every business out there should know we are watching and we will not tolerate the mistreatment of any worker in New York State.»

Cuomo appeared at the South Bronx's Hostos Community College to sign legislation intended to protect nail salon workers and to announce a state government task force «to root out worker exploitation issues in multiple industries in New York State.»

The air in nail polish salons can be hazardous to both customers and workers.

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.