Democratic New York governor Kathy Hochul could immediately require Amazon to pay its workers a $30 minimum wage, as demanded by the upstart Amazon Labor Union (ALU) that is organizing across New York and beyond, according to our new analysis. As the top elected official of a state that boasts one of the largest economies in the world, she could also take additional actions to strengthen labor organizers’ position with the retail giant, which has so far refused to recognize the union.

As a first step, Hochul could sign newly passed legislation that would crack down on brutal productivity quotas at employers like Amazon.

Hochul took to Twitter on April 1 to congratulate the union on a historic labor victory at a Staten Island warehouse, declaring that “New York is and always will be union strong.” But since then, the governor has refused to take action to help organizers — even as Amazon has reportedly ramped up its union-busting activities, in possible violation of subsidy deals worth hundreds of millions the company has acquired in the state.