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New York City Labor Bills Would Decrease Workplace Flexibility, Part-Time Job Opportunities: So-called "Empowerment" Bill Creates Mechanism for Collecting "Dues" from Fast Food Employees
March 2017 · ·
Washington D.C. – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) criticized a series of labor-related bills to be considered by the New York City Council this Friday in its Committee on Civil Service and Labor. EPI highlights how these bills would reduce job opportunities and flexibility as well as create a mechanism for union-aligned nonprofits to collect dues-like payments from fast food employees–without even taking a vote to unionize. There are six bills in…