“Fashion is one of New York's most important industries […] and yet the creative workforce behind the industry's success are not afforded basic labor protections in New York. The Fashion Workers Act changes that," Senator @bradhoylman told @roxierobinsonlic@fashionnetworkcom.
The #FashionWorkersAct would establish basic labor protections that most other workers take for granted, like payment within 45 days of doing a job and transparency into earnings. Management companies should not be exempt from acting in their models’ and creative artists’ interest, but currently they escape regulation.
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