2006 New York Code - Labor not a commodity; hours and wages in public work; right to organize and bargain collectively.

 
    §  17.  Labor  of  human  beings  is not a commodity nor an article of
  commerce and shall never be so considered or construed.
    No laborer, worker or mechanic, in  the  employ  of  a  contractor  or
  sub-contractor  engaged  in the performance of any public work, shall be
  permitted to work more than eight hours in any day  or  more  than  five
  days  in any week, except in cases of extraordinary emergency; nor shall
  he or she be paid less than the rate of wages  prevailing  in  the  same
  trade  or  occupation in the locality within the state where such public
  work is to be situated, erected or used.
    Employees shall have the right to organize and to bargain collectively
  through representatives of their own choosing.