
Labor
︎︎︎︎︎︎Platform ︎
- Partnering with local businesses & CBOS to create intra-community job opportunities for youth, specifically those who have a history with the SYEP program.
- Expand SYEP funding and access to funding for CBOs in the district
- Lobby for the creation of jobs for NYCHA residents and encourage local hiring and job-seeking
- Mom and pop
- Franchises
- Regional/local mid-sized firms
- Education/Community
- Teaching artists
- Community Center Counselors
- Mediation & de-escalators
- Harm reduction specialists
- Partner with Community Based Organizations to create more job attainment programs and training
- Raising the awareness of union Jobs within the district. Providing constituents with portals to find jobs supported by a robust union.
- Repost civil service, guild and union jobs
- Raising awareness of trade schools and apprenticeships
- Create a green energy task force. A citywide initiative focusing on retrofitting according to the Green New Deal standards and maintaining other spaces to mitigate climate change.
- Through this program, we would also create an apprentice program that would incentivize youth throughout the district to enter a progressive working field.
- Encourage all non-union workers to unionize. Unionizing will help protect families and keep incomes parallel to rising costs.
- Assess and develops fiscal models for freelance/gig workers ability to receive unemployment aid
Actions ︎
- Creating new civil service positions for DFTA through legislation
- Enforcement agents who will review, report and recommend senior facilities. And this division should fall under DC37 - Professional
- Encouraging gig work and jobs in the arts
- Raise awareness of NYFA and other opportunities
- Using local businesses to support their employees
- Working with union shops for merchandise & print materials