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‘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 Last month, 15 home health workers camped outside New York’s city hall for six days. They refused to eat, only ending their hunger strike after securing a promise that the city council would vote on a bill to end their mandatory 24-hour workday. It’s a practice workers argue is both a labor rights violation and a quiet public health crisis. Now, a month later, a council vote for the No More 24 Act still has not materialized. Workers announced on Friday that they will go on another hunger strike. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, ‘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 Last month, 15 home health workers camped outside New York’s city hall for six days. They refused to eat, only ending their hunger strike after securing a promise that the city council would vote on a bill to end their mandatory 24-hour workday. It’s a practice workers argue is both a labor rights violation and a quiet public health crisis. Now, a month later, a council vote for the No More 24 Act still has not materialized. Workers announced on Friday that they will go on another hunger strike. Continue reading…
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- ‘Stop killing us’: New York’s home care providers near hunger strike over wage injusticeThe Guardian - 2026-05-18T12:00:46+00:00
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