Press release: After today’s release of the Farm Laborers Wage Board report, members of the Grow NY Farms Coalition called on Governor Hochul and Department of Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon to reject the report and maintain the current overtime threshold at 60 hours per week. Members of the Grow NY Farms Coalition stated that the report is the product of a flawed process.
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SCHODACK LANDING, NY – New York State Senators Sue Serino and Daphne Jordan today stood with Assembly Members Jake Ashby and Chris Tague and members of the local agriculture community calling on the Farm Labor Wage Board in Albany to reject a reduction of the overtime threshold from the current 60 hours to the proposed 40 hours.
“I govern by listening and when our family farmers and workers tell me that this change could devastate the agricultural industry that our state depends on, I take notice," said Senator Sue Serino.
SCHODACK LANDING, NY New York State Senators Sue Serino and Daphne Jordan today stood with Assembly Members Jake Ashby and Chris Tague and members of the local agriculture community calling on the Farm Labor Wage Board in Albany to reject a reduction of the overtime threshold from the current 60 hours to the proposed 40 hours.
“The Farm Laborers Wage Board must heed what they are being told as the future of New York’s farms is hinged on the Wage Board’s decision in just five days.
The state Farm Laborers Wage Board will meet next week to issue its final recommendations for lowering the overtime threshold from 60 to 40 hours a week.