Portside

At a picket, dozens demand action from the New York State Department of Labor to fast track approvals for whistleblowers and victims of labor law violations before Trump takes office in January.

'Without enforcement, worker protections exist in name only. Companies should think twice before committing violations against their employees,' said Stuart Appelbaum, president of RWDSU.

Residential senior care homes profit handsomely by paying their workers poverty wages. The profit margins can be huge and, for violators of labor laws, hinge on the widespread exploitation of thousands of caretakers, many of them poor