![]() ![]() Suzanne Barki Amanda Vitti, Amanda Vitti Photographyīill Banfield is the assistant to the executive secretary-treasurer of the coalition of carpenter’s unions, which represents more than 30,000 industry workers. They are now seeking mediation to resolve their issues.Īssistant to the Executive Secretary-Treasurer New York Political Director, North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters She says the battle is still being waged, having met several times with management over the years. Barrera’s parents were Ecuadorian agricultural workers, so she knows what the Pindar workers are fighting for. She is helping the workers get basic rights promised under the law, including new rules governing the threshold at which farmworkers are paid overtime, a guaranteed 24-hour rest period, access to workers compensation and paid family leave. Barrera, who has been at Local 338 for 11 years, had helped with plenty of other organizing efforts before, but this was her first time leading the charge. Having worked at the vineyard for over 20 years, Zambrano became their de facto leader, according to Noemi Barrera, union organizer at RWDSU. Immediately afterward, Mártir Zambrano joined 15 other workers to organize at Pindar. In 2021, Pindar Vineyards workers on Long Island became the first to unionize under the state’s Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act, organizing under Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union Local 338, which, along with a number of other organizations, banded together to get the law passed. Union Organizer Farmworker RWDSU Local 338 Pindar Vineyards (The New York City Labor Power 100, published in September, has minimal overlap with this list.) The list also features government officials, advocates, activists, academics and others who play a key role in New York’s labor movement. This includes traditionally unionized professions like construction and education as well as those organizing for the first time, including immigrant farmworkers, warehouse stockers and legislative aides. The State Labor Power 100 – researched by City & State staff in partnership with writer Lon Cohen – identifies the top union leaders across New York who are fighting for better pay, demanding safer working conditions and standing up for members in a wide range of industries and sectors. ![]() And as union stalwarts like Kyle Bragg, Andrew Pallotta and Gerry Hudson wrap up their remarkable careers, others are taking up the mantle to lead a new generation of workers. New York nurses have gone on strike to secure better working conditions, with vocal support from allies in the labor movement. Young workers in recent years have been unafraid to challenge corporate giants, such as the baristas at a Buffalo Starbucks whose unionization campaign has spread like wildfire. The labor movement in New York is vibrant and strong, in part because of how it evolves. ![]()
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