This Labor Day, New York City’s union members, activists and leaders will be celebrating the critical achievements of the labor movement. Labor unions have fought for and won major victories like the 40-hour work week, workplace safety standards, higher wages and retirement benefits. Union members are the backbone of our city and have made it the epicenter of our nation’s labor movement, a place where workers wield more power than anywhere else.

Our unions fight for good jobs and fair treatment every single day, but in a place as expensive as New York City, we also have to take aim at broader affordability issues facing working families, like the cost of rent, childcare, healthcare and transportation. But, for issues as big as these, we can’t find solutions without government leaders who

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