Audio from an April 2023 rally in New York City with homecare workers and their supporters protesting 24-hour shifts paid for only 13 hours, sometimes for days in a row. City Council (now majority women and minority) promised to end this abuse and didn't. They are also getting screwed on a promised wage increase by the state. Speakers in various languages, with translation, include workers, organizers, feminists, former officials, and a tech worker with a similar problem.
Audio courtesy Building Bridges on WBAI-FM, NYC; additional information culled by Frieda Werden from sources including https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230212218_Organizing_Home_Health-Care_Workers https://www.littler.com/publication-press/publication/new-york-state-budget-brings-sweeping-changes-home-health-care https://www.nycaringmajority.org/?fbclid=IwAR1OdMYziC9KBl0KjjoH6CNORynr4_7oFIoH2DJjH3g_ff3liA9N7BWijrA https://inthesetimes.com/article/insurance-companies-are-destroying-new-yorks-home-care-industryhttps://www.amny.com/new-york/manhattan/neighborhoods/lower-manhattan/workers-rally-outside-city-hall-protest-24-hour-workday/
WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service has been covering the global women's movement and related issues for community radio since 1986, with help from producers around the world. Contact: wings@wings.org
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