Union and community organizations from the New Yorkers for a Fair Economy coalition were given a reason to celebrate after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Warehouse Worker Injury Reduction Act into law on Sunday, Dec. 22.
The legislation will go into effect on June 1, 2025, to reduce warehouse injuries in New York, where one in nine workers is hurt on the job every year. The 2023 Bureau of Labor Statistics data revealed that this was more than double the national average.
