No More 24!

HUNGER STRIKE DAY 6 RECAP – WOMEN’S RALLY AGAINST MENIN: August 2, 2026


HUNGER STRIKE DAY 6 (8/2): WOMEN’S RALLY AGAINST MENIN
Today, international women’s rights organizations, activists, queer, trans women and men, caregivers, mothers and daughters, gathered to support home care workers’ hunger strike, speak out against the sexist violence of 24 hr workdays, and demand Menin to bring the original No More 24 Act to a vote.

Despite having “women in power,” NYC is the only city in the world that has government-sponsored 24-hour workdays for women. After the United Nations denounced it as torture & devaluation of care work, NYC Speaker Julie Menin still tried to sabotage the No More 24 Act to legitimize this torture. Julie Menin’s sabotaging of the bill is an insult to working women and their loved ones; the rally called on people from all genders and backgrounds to stand with home care workers. 
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

1. Tomorrow’s (Aug 3) program begins at 12pm and will be a Healthcare Workers for NoMore24 program.

2. Tuesday’s rally (Aug 4) will mark Day 8 and one full week of the hunger strike. Please join us for a program that will begin at 12pm at City Hall. 

3. October 3rd: At the end of today’s rally, home care workers announced that they will begin mobilization for a big protest on October 3rd. More to come!
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

Sign up for hunger strike support shifts: nomore24.org/hungerstrike

Help us raise funds so we can spread the word even more and sustain the strike! nomore24.org/donate
Today’s Highlights
Xue Zhen Chen, mother & home care worker“Most of us home attendants are women; when we return home, we still have to care for our own families—there is no rest! This has caused me to suffer from cervical spine pain and severe stomach ailments! Today, we say: the 24-hour workday is not only an act of violence against home attendants but also demeans everyone who provides care—including mothers and sisters everywhere! We call upon women and mothers everywhere to come out for a massive protest on October 3rd!”
Lisa Goldenberg Corn, Downtown Nasty Women“It seems that when the NYC government talks about giving dignity to union workers, they are only talking about men in hard hats. Why are they abandoning the women union workers? Women deserve dignity too! Our government is stealing the wages, the time, the health, and the lives of these women. How much longer will Speaker Menin allow the government to keep stealing from these women?”
San San Lin, representative for Councilmember Julie Won (District 26)“No one should have to choose between their health and their livelihood. No worker should be expected to endure exhausting 24-hour shifts. Home care workers do some of the most essential work in our city. They take care of our loved ones and neighbors. Pass this bill now.”
Kathryn Freed, former City Councilmember”Home care agencies do not care about women’s lives. They do not even care that the UN says it is torture, because our city hall, our speaker, says it is okay. This society does not value the work of women. How come home care workers are not as valuable as the guys who use and abuse others and gets rich? It is time, we have to get this bill signed, the right version which covers union workers.”
Ayo Harrington, Coalition for a District Alternative“In 2026, women of color workers are still being asked to endure. They are the backbone of our long-term care system. The fact that these women of color workers are expected to work 24 hours, is unacceptable. It is a painful reminder that the work women do, especially giving care, is undervalued and under-protected.”
Nyierre Edwards, Brothas Express“Women are the most overlooked, ignored, undervalued workers and people in the world. We’re told because 24-hour shifts are done out of the kindness of their heart, we don’t need to end 24-hour home care shifts for these primarily women of color. That is a lie. Nobody wants to work 24 hours outside their home, drained of energy, separated from their families. Julie Menin doesn’t support women.”
Aly, Gabriela“Filipino migrant home care workers work long hours, losing sleep and skipping meals – not because we consent to the 24-hour workday – but because we’re left with very few options under this rotten economic system. As Filipino workers, we deserve lasting solutions to address the abuse and exploitation we face in the workplace.”
Shirley Ranz, National Organization of Women (NOW)“This is a woman’s issue and NOW supports the No More 24 Act. They are ashamed that a woman, who is head of the City Council, is trying to undermine it.”
Tenzin Namgyal, union member at University of Utah“The 24-hour workday is violence against women. Speaker Menin can’t hide and perpetuate this culture of silence. If you don’t pass the No More 24 Bill, you will go down as the woman who tortures other women, and who says that in New York City, violence against women is acceptable.”
Alexandra, from the Chinese immigrant trans community”Julie Menin, we have been here for a week, the workers are starving, and we know you are watching. How dare you just see women’s bodies being destroyed and do nothing about it? Your anti-woman politics are dehumanizing care work and the women who are caring for our communities. Your silence is complicity, and your hands are in the blood of exploited women. Pass the No More 24 Act, abolish the 24-hour workday!”
c/o Ain’t I a Woman?! Campaign, 345 Grand St. #1E, New York, NY 10002 * (212) 358-0295 * [email protected]

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