To learn more about our current campaigns, subscribe to our online newsletter, “Fighting the Sweatshop Nation,” where our members will post writings addressing the conditions facing working people today and how workers are organizing to fight to win back control over our time and lives. Our aim is to share our perspective developed with the members of our workers center through our day-to-day struggles and connect it to current campaigns.
-
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 Read more
-
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 Read more
-
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 Read more
-
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 Read more
-
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 Read more
NMASS 