Terri Gerstein

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Director, NYU Wagner Labor Initiative at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Workers rights lawyer. Sometimes writer. Mom of two people taller than me. Brooklynite.

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The owner of Grimaldi’s Pizzeria and the manager of its Manhattan branch were arrested on Thursday and charged with stealing more than $20,000 in wages from at least seven employees.

Owner and Manager of Grimaldi’s Pizzeria Are Charged With Wage Theftwww.nytimes.com The men bilked seven employees of more than $20,000 in wages, the Manhattan district attorney said. Workers sent desperate text messages.

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How states could step into the gap, step up enforcement of child labor laws. @erikgunn.bsky.social interviews @terrigerstein.bsky.social, author of new Economic Policy Institute & NYU Wagner Labor Initiative report. wisconsinexaminer.com/2024/02/28/r...

Report urges states to step into the gap, step up enforcement of child labor laws - Wisconsin Examinerwisconsinexaminer.com A report recommends increased funding for enforcement of child labor laws and increasing civil and criminal penalties for violators.

How can we stop unethical employers from hiring 14-year-olds at meatpacking plants & construction sites? Here's a new report I wrote on state policies to deter #ChildLabor violations. www.epi.org/publication/...

Policies for states and localities to fight oppressive child laborwww.epi.org Executive summary This is a joint project with the NYU Wagner Labor Initiative. State governments can play a critical role in enacting policies to combat the recent marked rise in child labor violatio...

How absurd has the “gig” economy become? Denver’s labor agency cited 2 companies for treating restaurant *dishwashers* & others as independent contractors rather than employees w/ rights. We need more gov’t action to fight this. My latest in NY Times. www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/o...

Opinion | More People Are Being Classified as Gig Workers. That’s Bad for Everyone.www.nytimes.com The gig economy is expanding and exploiting more workers.

“the "administrative state" -- the power of federal agencies like OSHA, MSHA, EPA & many other…agencies to issue regulations protecting workers, consumers & the environment -- is often the only thing that prevents total corporate dominance over Americans' lives.” jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

Ugh I just ran into a horrendously anti-Semitic poster on here. Reported him but it was so nice to not be on Twitter and be free of Jew haters for a while.

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It's really something to see the party of Jewish space lasers, Soros-backed protests, Camp Auschwitz, and Jews Will Not Replace Us suddenly so concerned about other people's antisemitism.

Haley warns college presidents after ‘disgusting’ testimony on Jewish genocidewww.google.com Republican presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is threatening to nix the tax-exempt status of three top colleges after their leaders on Tuesday refused to state unequivoca…

Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub will have to pay their New York delivery workers $18/hour after losing a court appeal to block a minimum wage rule fortune.com/2023/12/01/u...

“Rideshare drivers say alternate companies could step in if Uber, Lyft leave due to proposed Minneapolis ordinances” sahanjournal.com/business-wor...

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A reminder that every vote matters abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...

More than 43,000 people went to the polls in Louisiana. A candidate won by 1 voteabcnews.go.com In the northwest corner of Louisiana, a candidate for parish sheriff is demanding a recount after losing by a single vote in an election where more than 43,000 people voted

Urban life.

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Reuters documented 600+ previously unreported workplace injuries at Musk’s rocket co: crushed limbs, amputations, electrocutions, head & eye wounds & 1 death. SpaceX employees say they’re paying price for the billionaire’s push to colonize space at breakneck speed www.reuters.com/investigates...

At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Marswww.reuters.com Reuters documented more than 600 workplace injuries at SpaceX. Employees say they’re paying the price for Elon Musk’s push to reach Mars at breakneck speed.

Anti-union "persuaders" must file forms w the labor department describing their arrangement with a company. This Amazon "persuader" says it has a "verbal arrangement to provide professional consulting services...as may be needed from time to time." A *verbal* agreement?! Did they also pinky swear?

Amazing!

!! UAW just reached a tentative deal with Stellantis, with about 25% raises in a deal that mirror’s this week’s deal with Ford t.co/kDC4e5fsFM

AP Sources: Auto workers and Stellantis reach tentative contract deal that follows model set by Fordt.co Jeep maker Stellantis has reached a tentative contract agreement with the UAW union that follows a template set earlier this week by Ford.

Hi everyone! A Q for those who are on here & also on Twitter: do you use the 2 sites differently? Or just post the same thing on each? I know this is likely to be less wild weird & troll-filled, but how does that affect how you post, engage, converse, interact w ppl on here? Thanks!

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