Model Alliance Urges Lawmakers to Pass Fashion Workers Act to Regulate $2.5T Industry

Senate Labor Committee Passed the FWA Last Week for 2nd Year in a Row

ALBANY, NY (05/22/2023) (readMedia)-- On Tuesday, the Model Alliance will head to Albany to urge lawmakers to pass the Fashion Workers Act – a piece of pro-labor legislation that would regulate predatory management agencies in New York that currently operate without oversight in the $2.5 trillion fashion industry. Last week, the Senate Labor Committee passed the bill for the second year in a row. The group will be joined by bill sponsors Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Assembly Member Karines Reyes, models Mari Malek who has appeared in Kenneth Cole and Lanvin campaigns, Robyn Lawley who's graced the cover of Sports Illustrated and Vogue Italia, L'Oréal Global ambassador Nidhi Sunil, Freelancers Union President Rafael Espinal, along with dozens other models, content creators.

WATCH the announcement on the Model Alliance Instagram.

Fashion is big business in New York – Fashion Week alone generates close to $600 million in income each year for the State. And yet, fashion workers – in particular, the models who are literally the faces of the industry – are not afforded basic labor protections in New York. The Fashion Workers Act would close this loophole and create basic protections for fashion's creative workforce.

WHO:

Sara Ziff, Model Alliance

Nidhi Sunil, L’Oréal Global Ambassador

Alex Shanklin, model

Mari Malek, model

Robyn Lawley, model

Sen. Hoylman-Sigal

Assembly Member Karines Reyes

Rafael Espinal, Freelancers’ Union

WHAT:

Model Alliance Urges Lawmakers to Pass Fashion Workers Act to Regulate $2.5T Industry  

WHEN: Tuesday May 23, 2023 at 12:30PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: Senate Terrace 4th floor
State Capitol
Albany, New York
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