Nail Salon Workers Making History
Press Releases and Letters of Support
Latest News
Absent Union Representation, NYC Nail Salon Workers Are Organizing Themselves
Truthout | February 13, 2024
How to Protect Millions of Workers Without a Union,
The New York Times | January 17, 2024
NYC nail salon chain must pay $300K in unpaid wages
The Chief | August 22, 2023
Wage theft nailed: Envy nails slapped with $300K fine for stiffing workers
Brooklyn Eagle | August 17, 2023
'I have not seen one cent’: billions stolen in wage theft from US workers
The Guardian | June 15, 2023
NYC nail salon ordered to pay $300,000 in unpaid wages
PIX11 | August 16, 2023
Exposure to chemicals puts nail salon workers' reproductive health at risk
Times Union | June 7, 2023
A New York Bill Would Make Nail Salons Safer for Workers - If It Passes in Time
The New Republic | June 5, 2023
New York passed an anti-wage theft law a decade ago. Theft still rampant, lawmakers say
USA Today/LoHud | May 30, 2023
Service workers say their jobs have only gotten worse since the pandemic
The Washington Post | May 25, 2023
Nail salon workers seek better pay and protections
The Chief Leader | May 25, 2023
Long hours, harmful chemicals, poor safety standards: NYC’s nail salon workers protest work conditions
Channel News Asia | May 22, 2023
NY State lawmaker supports bill for nail salon workers
WHEC-ROC (NBC) | April 29, 2023
NY bill to increase workplace safety at salons (Video)
WXXA (FOX) | April 28, 2023
Push for nail salon council in state government
News10 | April 27, 2023
Nail Standards Rally (Video)
WRGB (CBS) | April 25, 2023
Rallying for nail salon minimum standards (Video)
Spectrum News | April 25, 2023
Nail salon workers demand better working conditions in NY
El Diario | March 29, 2023
Nail salon workers demand better working conditions in NY
Morning Express | March 29, 2023
Sponsors of the Nail Salon Minimum Standards Council Act (S1800/A378)
SENATE
- Jessica Ramos (Prime Sponsor)
- Jamaal Bailey
- Jabari Brisport
- Samra G. Brouk
- Cordell Cleare
- Leroy Comrie
- Jeremy A. Cooney
- Nathalia Fernandez
- Michael Gianaris
- Kristen Gonzalez
- Andrew Gounardes
- Pete Harckham
- Brad Hoylman
- Robert Jackson
- Timothy Kennedy
- Rachel May
- Shelley Mayer
- Zellnor Myrie
- Gustavo Rivera
- Julia Salazar
- James Sanders Jr.
- Luis R. Sepúlveda
- Jose M. Serrano
- Kevin Thomas
- Lea Webb
ASSEMBLY
- Harry Bronson (Prime Sponsor)
- Sarah Clark
- William Colton
- Catalina Cruz
- Taylor Darling
- Manny De Los Santos
- Inez E. Dickens
- Jeffrey Dinowitz
- Harvey Epstein
- Emily Gallagher
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
- Andrew Hevesi
- Anna Kelles
- Jen Lunsford
- Zohran Mamdani
- Amy Paulin
- Steven Raga
- Karines Reyes
- Linda Rosenthal
- Rebecca Seawright
- Sarahana Shrestha
- Gina Sillitti
- Jo Anne Simon
- Phara Souffrant Forrest
- Phil Steck
- Yudelka Tapia
Resources
Nail Salon Minimum Standards Council Act (S8166/A9398)
→ Read the bill
All Hands In: Creating Just and Sustainable Nail Salons in NY
→ Read our one-pager
Unvarnished: Precarity and Poor Working Conditions for Nail Salon Workers in New York State, Cornell University, ILR School, The Worker Institute, 2022
→ Read the report
