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Don’t have healthcare? Healthcare you have too expensive? Can’t get the care you need?
Homecare workers are mobilizing to pass the NY Health Act! Whether we’re uninsured, or on employer or union insurance, Medicaid, or marketplace insurance, all of us are trapped in worsening working conditions—longer hours that destroy health and decrease wages. Join the WorkingPeople4Health Campaign!
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NMASS demands more than what special interests say is possible — and wins.
Just two years ago, people said that our Ain’t I A Woman coalition would never end the 24-hour workday.
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Court Orders Hochul’s Dept. of Labor to Reopen Home Care Workers’ Wage Theft Complaints
Home care workers celebrated a court victory this month requiring the NY State Department of Labor to re-open wage theft cases it illegally dropped, and to enforce the labor law. In an article on the decision, Documented NY reported that, in 2019, in response to “widespread noncompliance with the law, the New York Court of Appeals ruled that…
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Governor Hochul, Enforce the Law, or Resign!
Workers protested outside @govkathyhochul‘s office in Manhattan Dec. 17th to condemn her collusion with insurance and home care companies, and to demand billions of dollars in back wages. Their chant? “Governor Hochul, Enforce the Law, or Resign!” Antonio Delgado @delgadoforny, Lieutenant Governor of New York State, sent his statement of support. “Home care workers – overwhelmingly women-of-color…
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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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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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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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