Sara Ziff
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Founder and Executive Director @ModelAllianceNY.
New York, NY
Joined July 2010
Today, NY passed the #FashionWorkersAct! Thank you, @bradhoylman & @karinesreyes87 for being our champions, my colleague @syddgio, team @JessSchafroth @AmandaLCav @agrenell @beckytalksfast, our @modelallianceny Worker Council & everyone else who made this possible. We did it!
A note from our Founder & Executive Director @saraziff 🧵 I'm overjoyed to share that today, for the first time, the New York Assembly and Senate both passed the #FashionWorkersAct! Now, the bill heads to @GovKathyHochul's desk to sign it into law.
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We did it! 🎉 @GovKathyHochul has signed the #FashionWorkersAct into law. Read reflections from our executive director @saraziff
https://t.co/z7GgCgrU3l
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Cuomo's defamation suit against Charlotte Bennett is nothing more than a tactic to deflect public attention from the fact that he's wasted more than 16M in taxpayer money to legally harass the women whose rights he violated under the laws he signed.
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The #FashionWorkersAct “can help prove that we don’t have to choose between technological innovation and worker power; technological progress and worker protections can coexist.” Thank you, Shereen Wu and @FastCompany! @GovKathyHochul
New York’s Fashion Workers Act would create basic labor protections for models—including around digital replicas and AI-generated content.
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Thank you @bof for highlighting our open letter to @GovKathyHochul urging her to sign the #FashionWorkersAct ahead of the 12/24 deadline. “Candidly, many of us have risked our livelihoods to campaign for this bill, and we simply cannot wait any longer.”
businessoffashion.com
More than 200 models and industry leaders have written an open letter to New York governor Kathy Hochul urging her to sign a bill designed to protect models from exploitation.
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We’re proud to stand with @CTurlington, @AngelAlessandra, @ambervalletta and 200 other models urging @GovKathyHochul to sign the #FashionWorkersAct into law immediately. https://t.co/rKZ5Wxue19
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.@GovKathyHochul it's time to pass the #FashionWorkersAct as championed through the legislature by @bradhoylman & @KarinesReyes87
200 NY models, including Christy Turlington, Alessandra Ambrosio & Helena Christensen + industry advocates are sending an open letter to @GovKathyHochul urging her to sign the Fashion Workers Act. Bill gives basic labor protections to models.
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.@GovKathyHochul, we stood with you when you signed the #AdultSurvivorsAct into law. You know how vulnerable fashion workers are to exploitation and sexual abuse in the industry. We look forward to cheering you on again. Please sign the #FashionWorkerAct into law today.
.@GovKathyHochul has called up the #FashionWorkersAct, which will protect models – mostly young, immigrant women – from a notoriously predatory industry. It's time to meaningfully regulate model management companies and give models labor rights. @bradhoylman @karinesreyes87
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.@GovKathyHochul has called up 2 bills that will improve the lives of trafficking victims - the Fashion Workers Act & SAFE Shelter Act. We hope she will sign both bills w/o delay. Survivors are counting on her leadership.
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While Trump promises to elevate alleged sexual predators to cabinet positions and throw away basically all national labor standards and enforcement, @GovKathyHochul must sign the #FashionWorkersAct into law ASAP. My op-ed in today’s @NYDailyNews:
nydailynews.com
Many survivors report “freezing” during a sexual assault. This involuntary response to a threat prevents a victim from actively resisting, as the brain switches into survival mode. Perpetrators oft…
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Human trafficking is a heinous crime that we must do more to curb. That's why the Fashion Workers Act must be signed into law. The bill would establish overdue labor protections for models to create an environment of accountability in NY's fashion industry. The time is now.
Federal prosecutor Breon Peace alleges former Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries — along with Matthew Smith, his romantic partner, and James Jacobson, described as a recruiter — operated an "international sex trafficking and prostitution business" for years. https://t.co/VsS5EKy87L
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We commend all the brave men who have come forward about their experiences of sex trafficking under the guise of modeling opportunities for #Abercrombie. @GovKathyHochul, you can prevent this abuse by signing the #FashionWorkersAct into law in NY.
Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries was arrested Tuesday on charges of sex trafficking and prostitution, prosecutors said. Jeffries allegedly leveraged his position as CEO to lure young men into sex by suggesting they could become models for the fashion company.
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It’s time for @GovKathyHochul to sign the #FashionWorkersAct into law. Young people who aspire to work in New York’s modeling industry should not be so vulnerable to sex trafficking.
Former Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries and his two associates were arrested today in connection with a federal sex-trafficking and interstate prostitution case. https://t.co/jlu272LdG4
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The highly aspirational nature of modeling, coupled with the industry’s lack of regulation, creates a breeding ground for abuse. We urge @govkathyhochul to sign the #FashionWorkersAct into law as soon as possible so that we can prevent such abuse from happening in the future.
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We stand with the thousands of women workers across South and Southeast Asia who are organizing for equality and living wages in @Nike's supply chain. @global_labor @AsiaFloorWage06
SHARE: @Nike puts strong women in its commercials. But what about us? It’s time to turn the camera on the powerful women workers who make Nike shoes. “We’re fighting you, Nike. For decent pay, for equality, for a living wage.” #JustDoIt #NikeInequality
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Congratulations to all the winners of our Freelance Awards! We are so excited to present our honorees with these awards at our celebration and fundraiser event tomorrow night at @RobertasPizza !
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Yesterday I had the honor of meeting @POTUS at the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act. It meant so much to thank him, join survivors and advocates from across the country, and see @modelallianceny’s work in the context of this historic fight.
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We stood outside @govkathyhochul’s Manhattan office during New York Fashion Week and urged her to sign the #FashionWorkersAct into law. It's time that the faces of #NYFW, which generates close to $600 million annually, are afforded basic rights and protections as workers!
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This #NYFW, our ED @saraziff participated in the UN Fashion & Lifestyle Network’s discussion, "Fashion with Integrity: The Imperative of Fair Labor Practices," with @jasminchua, Emily Stochl @remakeourworld, Roopa Pemmaraju from Refugee Atelier, and Delphine Williot @Fash_Rev
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FRIENDS! VP @KamalaHarris & Gov @Tim_Walz are champions who know that our families & our economy rely on care. And when they win, care wins. 53 million family caregivers 9 million care workers 33 million parents of young children 11 million in the sandwich generation That’s
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Quite a photo of Tim Walz And here's a story on Why Harris's Choice of Tim Walz Is So Good for America's Workers and Unions https://t.co/yuLsH6JFdB
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