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Discussion on gaps in New York City's retail scheduling protections
0:42:37
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Council Member Cabán inquires about gaps in New York City's retail scheduling protections, particularly for workers in retail delivery services and Amazon fulfillment centers. DCWP representatives acknowledge the need to examine and potentially extend these protections.
- Current laws may not apply to all workers in the retail industry
- DCWP is open to exploring extensions of Fair Workweek scheduling protections
- Collaboration with City Council to improve worker protections is emphasized
Tiffany Cabán
0:42:37
I I wanna start by asking about gaps in New York City's retail scheduling protections.
0:42:41
You know, specifically, we know that these laws play an important role in protecting retail workers at stores across the city.
0:42:46
But what we're hearing from labor organizers and certainly what I'm hearing from labor organizers in the sector is that they don't necessarily apply to all workers involved in the retail industry.
0:42:54
So for example, retail delivery services and Amazon fulfillment centers.
0:42:58
And my question for y'all is, like, do do you do these laws need to be extended?
Vilda Vera Mayuga
0:43:11
Thank thank you, council member.
0:43:13
I'm gonna have my assistant commissioner of external affairs share a little bit more detail about where we are, what we've seen, what we're finding, and where we see collaboration with the city council to improve worker protections.
Carlos Ortiz
0:43:25
Well, think, justice Stress, I think your what you're hearing is absolutely correct, council member, in the sense that there are know, certain retail, places across the city, retail warehouses where, existing Fair Workweek scheduling productions don't necessarily apply, perhaps because at the time of Fair Workweek first being enacted that those were just not a they were not a norm for the city.
0:43:45
And I think to the extent that that workers are are in those spaces and that they have analogous roles and analogous positions as what fair work we contemplated in the original legislation, I think that's something we'd love to look into in coordination with with you folks.