Friday, July 31, Disability Justice for NoMore24 held a press conference outside New York City Hall, next to the workers continuing Day 3 of their hunger strike. Formed by disabled people and allies who demand an end to the 24 hr workday, the Disability Justice for NoMore24 called out Speaker Menin for torturing workers and endangering disabled people.
Next
Saturday (Aug 2) at noon communities will organize music to support hunger strikers at City Hall. This large rally at noon will be centered on working women protesting Speaker Menin for both continuing the sexist and racist 24-hr workdays and unabashedly spitting on care work and caregivers:Hope to see you there!
Call Speaker Menin today and everyday and tell her to pass the No More 24!
Speaker Menin: (212) 788-7210
How You Can Help
Sign up for hunger strike support shifts: nomore24.org/hungerstrike
Find resources and things you can do in the Hunger Strike Toolkit
Help us raise funds so we can spread the word even more and sustain the strike! nomore24.org/donate
Today’s HighlightsCharles Barron, former member of NYC City Council & NYS Assembly“Working 24 hours, that can give you a stroke, can create chronic exhaustion and separation anxiety with your family. How can City Council care more about horses than human beings?”Christopher Marte, Council Member of District 1“What we have here is the worst working conditions we have seen in New York CIty in a long time. The United Nations has sent a letter to our leaders to say what is happening in NYC is slave-like labor, and a crime against women and children. They also mention the way to end it is by passing intro 303, the No More 24 Act?”
The Ain’t I a Woman Campaign is sponsored by Chinese Staff & Workers Association, Disability Education & Advocacy Network of WNY, Flushing Workers Center, National Organization for Women NYS, NYC DSA Socialist Feminists, Staten Island DSA, National Mobilization Against SweatShops, Downtown Independent Democrats & Gabriela NY
Ain’t I a Woman?! Campaign, 345 Grand St. #1E, New York, NY 10002 * (212) 358-0295 * [email protected]