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Is the Nail-Salon Industry Any Better for Workers Now?

A manicure is a cheap beauty luxury of city life, but the service bears hidden costs below the surface. Nail salons have become big business for immigrant communities—and pose big risks for immigrant workers. In 2015, The New York Times exposed widespread labor abuses in New York nail salons, revealing brutal and coercive conditions in […]

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Nail Salon Workers Are Still Fighting the Same Toxic Conditions

On Tuesday morning, Yanelia Raminerz, a manicurist who has worked for Envy Nails for the last eight years, stood outside one of the New York chain’s Bronx locations. The shop’s sign, rendered in a delicate curlicued script, rose behind her. “If I am afraid, and I don’t speak out,” she said in Spanish translated by […]

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THE NAIL SALON INDUSTRY IS RIFE WITH EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE

A manicure Is the Nail-Salon Industry Any Better for Workers Now? one of the few cosmetic indulgences an average working woman in New York can afford. Dropping $12 for a silk wrap in Queens can put a touch of instant glamour on your fingertips. But there’s a reason getting your nails done is cheap: Your […]

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