HUNGER STRIKE DAY 8 (8/4): WRAP UP & OCT 3RD MOBILIZATIONToday marked day 8, the final day of the home care workers’ hunger strike. Home attendants concluded their eight-day hunger strike, which has led to significant developments in the fight to end the 24-hour workdays:1. Governor Hochul has agreed to open wage theft cases for unionized workers – this is […]

HUNGER STRIKE DAY 7 (8/3): HEALTHCARE WORKERS FOR NO MORE 24 Today marked day 7 of the home care workers’ hunger strike. Healthcare workers and students came out to support the strike and called out how Julie Menin’s refusal to act dehumanizes and degrades care work for all workers.  Shame on Menin for continuing the […]

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 […]

HUNGER STRIKE DAY 3 (7/30): Labor Leaders Demand Speaker Menin Submit Int. 303 Now! Today, labor leaders, union members, retiree organizations, workers’ centers, and labor coalition activists converged on the steps of City Hall to call for the abolition of the 24-hour workday, demanding that Speaker Julie Menin keep her promise and allow a vote on […]

HUNGER STRIKE DAY 2 (7/29): MAJOR VICTORY WITH THE DOL! Today marked the second day of the home care workers’ continued hunger strike. After a rainy night, the weather cleared up just in time for the People’s Hearing and Open Mic. Many speakers came up to testify in support of the No More 24 bill […]

HUNGER STRIKE RESUMES: DAY 1 RECAP Today, home care workers resumed their hunger strike outside of City Hall. Hundreds of supporters from across the city came out to the kickoff rally. After Speaker Julie Menin betrayed workers by not submitting the original No More 24 bill to a vote, home care workers have no choice but to continue […]