The de Blasio administration allowed one of the city’s most powerful unions to jointly write legislation affecting more than 1,000 non-union fast-food workers, it was disclosed Thursday.
The veto power was given to Local 32 BJ of the Service Employees International, according to e-mails obtained by the conservative Employment Policies Institute and first reported by Politico.
The documents showed that city officials and union reps jointly edited a bill that would require fast-food employers to give their employees two weeks’ advance notice of their schedules.
Employment Policies Institute spokesman Michael Saltzman accused de Blasio of putting “Big Labor” in charge of city government.
“Who died and left 32 BJ the elected officials in New York? It’s Big Labor pulling the strings in New York and Mayor de Blasio is following their lead,” Saltzman charged.
Mayoral spokeswoman Freddi Goldstein responded that city officials consulted with all key players on the legislation “from fast food workers to McDonald’s management.”