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NYS Paid Leave and Minimum Wage Increase

July 28, 2016 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Making Work Work For Families: A Forum on New York State Paid Leave and Minimum Wage Increase

Hosted by: NY State Assemblymember Shelley Mayer, NY State Senator and Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and Westchester Women’s Agenda

New York State recently enacted paid family leave and an increase in the minimum wage. Learn about the measures, how they will affect employees, employers, and next steps that can be taken to improve them.

Guest speakers: Janel Quarless of the non-profit Working Families Organization and Sheryl Leiwant, co-president an co-founder of A Better Balance

Date: Thursday, July 28th
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Place: Yonkers Riverfront Library
1 Larkin Center, Yonkers, NY 10701 (Community Room)

Free & open to the public

RSVP to mayers@nyassembly.gov or 914-779-8805

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Sue Bartolone sbartolone@gmail.com
Elizabeth Saenger SaengerEB@aol.com
Myra Saul myrals@aol.com
Diane Torstrup dtee42@gmail.com
Susan Van Dolsen svandolsen@gmail.com

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Date:
July 28, 2016
Time:
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm