Hunger strike draws attention to workers excluded from COVID-19 relief
Leave your thoughtsBy the morning of March 19, when Tony Romero arrived at the Church of the Ascension on Fifth Avenue in…
Category: Workplace Justice
Jackson Heights ‘excluded worker’ participates in hunger striker demanding COVID-19 economic relief
Leave your thoughtsA Jackson Heights woman was among the half dozen “excluded workers” from Queens to go on a hunger strike Tuesday,…
Denied COVID economic relief, N.Y.-based immigrant and excluded workers plan hunger strike
Leave your thoughtsThese workers are starving for some relief. A coalition of immigrants and supporters will take part in a hunger strike…
‘Fast for the forgotten:’ Workers in Manhattan go on hunger strike for more state aid
Leave your thoughtsWorkers excluded from the state’s pandemic relief programs are demanding funding from Albany — and going on a hunger strike…
NY hunger strike to raise awareness for workers denied COVID-19 relief
Leave your thoughtsWorkers who have been left out of federal and state pandemic relief launched a hunger strike Tuesday to demand $3.5…
March to #FundExcludedWorkers Shut Down Brooklyn, Manhattan Bridges
Leave your thoughtsThis morning local politicians, community leaders, and what appeared to be hundreds of supporters marched over and blocked the Manhattan…
‘We need this help’ — Immigrant workers march across NYC bridges demanding economic relief
Leave your thoughtsHundreds of workers who say they’ve been shut out of economic relief during the pandemic took to the streets of…
Watch Protesters Close 2 N.Y.C. Bridges in Support of Essential Workers
Leave your thoughtsProtesters chanting, “The workers united will never be defeated!” shut down sections of the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges this morning.…
Stiffing Workers on Wages Grows Worse With Recession
Leave your thoughtsFredy Moreno had been working as a house painter for a few weeks in March when he began to suspect…
Commentary: Lawmakers must act to protect workers from wage theft
Leave your thoughtsCOVID-19 has not only endangered lives and livelihoods around the world, it is exacerbating a crisis in labor law enforcement,…