• Fighting for fair wages and against wage theft.

• Expanding union jobs and worker protections.

• Securing pension equity and healthcare for workers.

• Standing on the front lines of organizing.

As an elected official, Yuh-Line has fought unapologetically for pro-union policies and has always put workers’ interests above corporate interests. In the State Assembly, she supported investments in public goods and advocated against austerity budgets. She worked closely with various labor unions throughout her tenure in the Assembly and plans to continue these partnerships as a State Senator. She has also committed to supporting union organizing drives in SD-27 through joining picket lines and encouraging members of the public to participate in union organizing activities.

Yuh-Line was an early co-sponsor of prevailing wage legislation in the Assembly. As a State Senator, she will sign on to the Jobs and Housing Act, A.3996, a bill spearheading the creation of affordable housing while offering prevailing wage union jobs in the construction industry. She will also support the EMPIRE Act for Worker Protection, which would allow workers to file claims on behalf of the state and hold employers accountable for violating workplace protections and committing wage theft.

Yuh-Line will support pension equity for Tier 5 and 6 workers in New York, ensuring that those in the public sector receive adequate retirement benefits that match those of their coworkers in Tier 4. She also is a proponent of premium-free, affordable health insurance coverage for workers and retirees. Yuh-Line looks forward to partnering with unions to support stronger labor legislation in Albany.

Yuh-Line also understands the need for a living wage in all of New York, and is committed to fight for a statewide $30 minimum wage by 2030. Yuh-Line is also determined to expand these wage protections to all workers. While the NYC prevailing wage law guarantees a wage floor and benefits for public good construction projects, the definition includes many exceptions and has only applied to 6 new projects in the past 5 years. Yuh-Line would co-sponsor S.6378 to expand the definition of "public good" to cover affordable housing construction, renewable energy development, and all projects that include tax breaks, among many others. This legislation is key to ensuring all construction work is compensated fairly. In addition, Yuh-Line will work to crack down on employers committing wage theft. In 2024, a Westchester contractor was convicted of wage theft but was able to continue business under a different name despite the pending criminal trial. Yuh-Line would co-sponsor S.2078, preventing employers from reincorporating under a different name if a criminal wage-theft trial is ongoing and revoking an employer's business license if they are convicted of wage theft.