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Join Us to Protest Governor Hochul on Wednesday, October 8
Does Gov. Hochul protect immigrants from Trump’s deportation machine only to exploit them?! Home care workers, most of whom are immigrants, are rallying with workers across all industries on Wednesday, October 8 to protest Governor Kathy Hochul’s upholding of violent 24-hour workdays and rampant wage theft. Hochul’s promotion of these exploitative conditions in home care has destroyed the…
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End the criminalization of working people!
Join us to write to Gov. Gavin Newsom, applauding his resistance to Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and the violent ICE raids and urge him to further call on Trump to end the criminalization of working people! Trump’s latest policies, such as deportations of green card holders and revocation of birthright citizenship, threaten both immigrants and…
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Testimony Submitted to New York State Community Commission on Reparations
Home care worker and NMASS member Margarita Benedict gave testimony this month to The New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies. Established by legislation, the Commission examines the history of slavery in New York and its lasting effects, as well as patterns of racial discrimination against people of African descent. It reports findings and…
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Coalition to Fight for Our Health & Lives
On May Day, hundreds of workers across age, race, industry, and immigration status came together at City Hall to launch a people-first agenda. Alberto Neri spoke, describing the sources of the Coalition to Fight for Our Health & Lives. I’m Alberto and I’m a working artist here in New York City. I’m here today representing…
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Reina Caba Speaks Out: Why I am Joining the Citywide Fight for People-First Demands
NMASS member Reina Caba spoke out on May Day at City Hall about why she is fighting for people-first demands: “I worked 24-hour shifts for six years. 24-hour shifts destroyed my health. They are a form of torture. This is why we are fighting to end 24-hour shifts. I am retired, but I don’t want…
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May Day Rally!
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United Jewish Council: Stop promoting racism and antisemitism in our community!
UJCES Home Care forces its Latina home care workers to work brutal 24-hour shifts, often back-to-back. These 24-hour workdays destroy workers’ mental health, physical health, marriages, and families. For this backbreaking work, UJCES illegally pays only 13 hours of every 24-hour shift, and owes its workers millions of dollars in stolen wages. For protection, UJCES colludes with both the…
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Sign Our Pledge and Join Us on the Picket Line!
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Home Attendants to Governor Hochul: Stop Supporting Violence Against Women
Four hundred home care workers and supporters amassed outside the midtown office of Governor Hochul on March 12th to protest her protection of the racist and sexist exploitation of the 24-hour workday and the rampant theft of women’s wages. They denounced Hochul for illegally awarding a multi-billion dollar CDPAP contract to the Chinese American Planning…
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Our Ability to Organize is Under Attack! What Do We Do? Fight Back!
Home care agencies such as CPC and UJC claim immigrant women home attendants like working 24 hours, while celebrity restaurant boss Jeremy Wladis intimidates immigrants for speaking out against racism. In NYC, immigrant workers are uniting all workers against the racism that is fueling divisions nationally. Rather than being silent, workers are rising up against…
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