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A generous donor is MATCHING donations up to $30K this month to support our Know Your Rights campaign for the new law. Double your impact today: modelalliance.org/donate
Our Board Chair, Ben Skinner, commended our community for their courageous organizing and stressed the importance of investing in our nonprofit at this critical time.
Worker Council members shared their experiences and why the #FashionWorkersAct is meaningful to them.
“Laws are only effective when they are enforced,” explained Ziff. “That’s why we aim to run a Know Your Rights campaign to ensure those who work in New York’s modeling industry understand their newfound rights and feel empowered to exercise them once the law takes effect in June.”
Teen Vogue style director Alyssa Hardy and our executive director Sara Ziff then led a fireside chat about the significance of the #FashionWorkersAct and the work ahead.
Our host Steph Stephenson, co-chair of the Cordes Foundation, kicked off the celebration by sharing our unified vision of a more equitable and sustainable fashion industry.
Hosted by the Cordes Foundation and models Kenza Fourati, Liris Crosse, and Madhulika Sharma, the intimate event was a special opportunity to recognize our progress, hear reflections from worker leaders, and raise funds for the work ahead.
This week, the Model Alliance community came together to celebrate the passage of the #FashionWorkersAct, our signature law that will establish essential rights and protections for models working in New York's fashion industry beginning this June.
We’re raising $60K this month for our Know Your Rights campaign, which will help models understand their newfound rights once the law takes effect in June.
Donate by May 1 and your gift will be matched dollar for dollar up to $30K!
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We invited members of our Worker Council to reflect on their journey campaigning for the #FashionWorkersAct — and to share what they hope it will mean for the future.
Video by Shaina Danziger
We spoke with @theguardian.com yesterday about how the forthcoming protections under the #FashionWorkersAct couldn't be more timely in light of H&M's plans to use AI "digital twins" of real models.
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
On Friday, we spoke with @nytimes.com about our concerns with H&M's plans to create AI digital twins for their marketing campaigns and how our signature law, the #FashionWorkersAct, will give models greater control over their careers once it takes effect in June.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/t...
We stand with the 1,000+ garment workers across South and Southeast Asia who are courageously showing their faces for the first time to demand the pay and recognition they deserve from Nike. #SeeUsNike
2) Pledge to amplify garment workers’ message to Nike demanding wage increases and labor rights protections. Over 1,000 workers will be showing their faces publicly for the first time on 3/21, and they need your help to ensure Nike hears them.
bit.ly/nikePAYup
1) Pitch in toward our $50K fundraising goal by 4/1 to support our #KnowYourRights campaign for the #FashionWorkersAct, which will ensure models are aware of their newfound rights and how to exercise them once the law takes effect in June.
modelalliance.org/donate
Tomorrow is #InternationalWomensDay! We’re celebrating our community of mainly young, immigrant women and girls who are courageously organizing for safer and more dignified working conditions across fashion’s supply chain – and invite you to take action:
Speaking to fashion lawyers & law students, Ziff highlighted the troubling history of fashion workers facing abuse due to the lack of regulation in the industry and how models will be empowered to assert their rights once the #FashionWorkersAct takes effect in June. Learn more: modelalliance.org/fwa
Last week, our ED Sara Ziff delivered the keynote address at the Federal Bar Association’s Fashion Law Conference, hosted at Dunnington Bartholow & Miller LLP in NYC.
Our ED Sara Ziff highlighted the #FashionWorkersAct as one of the first laws to protect workers against the misuse of AI and mentioned our research with @datasociety.bsky.social and the Worker Institute @cornellilr.bsky.social on the impact of AI on fashion workers.
modelalliance.org/research
We joined Congressman @khanna.house.gov and reps from Google, Meta, @seiu.org and @sagaftra.org, among others, for a discussion hosted by our partner @omidyarnetwork.bsky.social in Silicon Valley about the impact of AI on the future of work.
Photo courtesy of Omidyar
This #NYFW is the last show season models will go without basic labor rights. In June 2025, the #FashionWorkersAct will bring crucial protections to models working in New York’s fashion industry. Download our explainer of the law and subscribe to our newsletter for updates: modelalliance.org/fwa
