As the budget wraps + we shift our attention, the #FashionWorkersAct must pass this legislative session.

Thank you, Shaina Danziger, for sharing your story and representing the Model Alliance.

This week, we joined Assembly Member Assembly Member Karines Reyes, R.N. and Senator Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal at the State Capitol to raise awareness and support for the #FashionWorkersAct , which would finally give models basic rights and protections as workers.

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Thank you Assembly Member Karines Reyes, R.N. for co-sponsoring the #FashionWorkersAct (A.5631D) a pro-labor bill that will bring management agencies into regulation and establish basic labor protections for models working in NY’s fashion industry!

“I think the use of AI to distort racial representation and marginalize actual models of color reveals this troubling gap between the industry’s declared intentions and their real actions,” ⁦Sara Ziff⁩ told ⁦Claire Savage⁩. #FashionWorkersAct apnews.com/article/ai-fas…

Thank you Harvey Epstein for working to champion labor rights in the fashion industry! Let’s pass the #FashionWorkersAct

Thank you Lachlan Cartwright for highlighting the courage & integrity of Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, who declined a $150K offer by the National Enquirer to buy – and bury – an exclusive interview about the abuse she faced as a young model by Harvey Weinstein.

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Lawmakers must pass the #FashionWorkersAct this legislative session.

'The industry is not regulated, and it’s a widely known secret that if you’re hired on a job, you’re basically being passed off to a photographer to be trafficked,' said actor and former model Alan Ritchson.

#FashionWorkersAct Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal Assembly Member Karines Reyes, R.N. Governor Kathy Hochul