- Quotes from the Final Day of the Hunger StrikeThe Chinese Staff and Workers Association (CSWA) published a summary of the final day of the Hunger Strike, August 4.
- HUNGER STRIKE DAY 8 & CONCLUSION RECAP: August 4, 2026HUNGER 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 a huge step to ending 24-hr shifts for unionized workers, as agencies previously faced no consequence when assigning them 24-hr shifts.2. This week, the United Nations directly sent Speaker Menin, Governor Hochul, and Mayor… Read more: HUNGER STRIKE DAY 8 & CONCLUSION RECAP: August 4, 2026
- HUNGER STRIKE DAY 7 RECAP – HEALTH CARE WORKERS FOR NO MORE 24: August 3, 2026HUNGER 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 torture of 24-hr workdays and destroying the health & lives of our caregivers!MARK YOUR CALENDARS! 1. Tomorrow’s (Aug 4) program begins at 12pm at City Hall and home care workers will make a very… Read more: HUNGER STRIKE DAY 7 RECAP – HEALTH CARE WORKERS FOR NO MORE 24: August 3, 2026
- HUNGER STRIKE DAY 6 RECAP – WOMEN’S RALLY AGAINST MENIN: August 2, 2026HUNGER 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,… Read more: HUNGER STRIKE DAY 6 RECAP – WOMEN’S RALLY AGAINST MENIN: August 2, 2026
- HUNGER STRIKE DAY 4 RECAP – DISABILITY JUSTICE JOINS NO MORE 24: July 31, 2026Friday, July 31, Disability Justice for NoMore24 held a press conference outside New York City Hall, with the workers continuing Day 3 of their hunger strike.
- HUNGER STRIKE DAY 3 RECAP – LABOR LEADERS FOR NO MORE 24: July 30, 2026HUNGER 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 New York City Council original Intro 303, the No More 24 Act. Home care workers continue to endure conditions that no other sector of the labor movement would tolerate. Yet, Speaker Menin has proposed that… Read more: HUNGER STRIKE DAY 3 RECAP – LABOR LEADERS FOR NO MORE 24: July 30, 2026
- HUNGER STRIKE DAY 2 RECAP: July 29, 2026HUNGER 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 and call out Speaker Julie Menin’s betrayal. From students to tech workers to faith leaders to artists, the city is united against the 24 hr workday. Additionally, we announced a major development in our fight… Read more: HUNGER STRIKE DAY 2 RECAP: July 29, 2026
- APRIL HUNGER STRIKE RESUMES RECAP DAY 1: July 28, 2026HUNGER 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 their hunger strike. Julie Menin is showing her true colors and exposing herself as no better than Governor Kathy Hochul, who colludes with greedy insurance companies and home care sweatshops to exploit torture women.The hunger strike follows… Read more: APRIL HUNGER STRIKE RESUMES RECAP DAY 1: July 28, 2026
Press Coverage
NYC home care workers urge end to ‘torture’ of 24-hour shifts
Home care workers are ramping up protests to end 24-hour work shifts they liken to “torture” and to pressure New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin to advance a local law capping their shifts at 12 hours.
The Gothamist, August 3, 2026
‘Stop killing us’: New York’s home care providers near hunger strike over wage injustice
Home care workers want the city council to end policy of 24-hour shifts for which they are paid for only 13 hours.
The Guardian, May 18, 2026
Home Health Care Aides Say It’s Time to End ‘Inhumane’ 24-Hour Shifts
The aides want the New York City Council to pass a law that would limit their shifts to 12 hours, except in the case of emergencies.
NY Times, March 19, 2026
- The Hunger Strike to End 24-Hour Shifts, New York Magazine, Mar 2024
- Home Care Aides Fight to End 24-Hour Shifts: ‘This Work Is Killing Them’, the New York Times, Mar 2024
- Ban the 24-hour Workday, the Nation, Nov 2023
- Inside NYC Home Care Workers’ Fight to End 24-Hour Work Shifts, In These Times, Dec 2023
- New York City home care aides push to end 24-hour shifts: ‘Destroyed my body’, the Guardian, April 2023
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