Terri Gerstein
@terrigerstein
Workers' rights lawyer. Sometimes writer. Director, @NYUWagner Labor Initiative. Fmr: @CLJEHarvard @EconomicPolicy @NewYorkStateAG. Mom of 2 ppl taller than me.
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.Colorado Attorney General on #LaborDay2024: They created the office's first ever workers' rights unit. πππ
.Illinois Attorney General has been a champion of workers' rights, fighting #WageTheft, misclassification, labor market unfairness, and more. Check out this video and his office's 2024 Labor Day report!
.SF City Attorney created a dedicated worker protection unit that's been actively fighting for workers' rights, including filing a lawsuit against gig company Qwick & winning a settlement requiring Qwick to re-classify all workers in CA as employees not independent contractors.
.Office of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander has been a champion for NYC's workers. Along w/ enforcing prevailing wage laws & using shareholder power to pressure companies on labor policy, his team created a dashboard of labor violations & an Employer Wall of Shame to highlight especially bad violators.
.Attorney General Keith Ellison created the first-ever unit in the MN AG's office to fight #WageTheft. He's been a fierce labor champion, bringing cases to protect farmworkers, construction workers, security guards & more, & led the charge for new laws to prevent #misclassification. #LaborDay2024
A 30% increase in ridership on weekdays. A 38% increase in ridership on weekends. A 38.9% reduction in assaults on bus operators. Sen. Mike Gianaris and I write in The Nation about the successes of the fare-free bus pilot. thenation.com/article/societβ¦
Every labor union & worker should be outraged that anti-union billionaires are using their huge financial might to donate hundreds of millions to elect Trump. These billionaires badly warp our democracy. To save our democracy, we need to limit their power theguardian.com/us-news/articlβ¦
Join us β Iβll be discussing the impact of our reporting on wage theft in NY for Documented and ProPublica
Job alert: Two attorney positions at PA Department of Labor & Industry working with a terrific team: ogc.pa.gov/Careers/Documeβ¦
Check this out: The first ever "Working for Workers" report from the office of Minnesota's AG Attorney General Keith Ellison - all about the work his team has done fighting #WageTheft #misclassification #NonCompetes and generally standing up for workers!