With SWEAT, Labor Advocates Renew Push For Anti-Wage Theft Legislation
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No Casino! Protect Flushing!
Read more: No Casino! Protect Flushing!Steve Cohen, owner of the NY Mets, announced plans to build a casino in Willets Point, on the parking lots of Citi Field, just in time for New York State’s open applications for three casino licenses. To promote his casino, he is spending a lot of money on consultants and advertising, coinciding with the media’s…
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Title VI Complaint Against NYS DOL and DOH for Racial Discrimination against Immigrant Home Care Workers and Patients
Read more: Title VI Complaint Against NYS DOL and DOH for Racial Discrimination against Immigrant Home Care Workers and Patientshttps://gothamist.com/news/home-care-workers-file-federal-complaint-against-new-york-over-discriminatory-24-hour-shifts Pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq., and theimplementing regulations of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”), Chinese Staff and Workers’ Association (“CSWA”), National Mobilization Against Sweatshops (“NMASS”) and Flushing Workers’ Center…
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Home Attendants and Community Supporters Thank Assemblymember Ron Kim, Demand that Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) End the 24-hour Shifts and Pay Back $90M of the Wages Stolen over 10 Years
Read more: Home Attendants and Community Supporters Thank Assemblymember Ron Kim, Demand that Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) End the 24-hour Shifts and Pay Back $90M of the Wages Stolen over 10 YearsFor immediate release: When: Wednesday, January 12, 2:30PM Where: Queens Public Library at Flushing (41-17 Main St, Flushing, NY 11355) In light of Assemblymember Ron Kim’s 103-page groundbreaking report on CPC published on January 4, 2022, CPC home attendant workers and their supporters will gather in front of Flushing Library to applaud Assemblymember Kim’s investigation…
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AIW’s Urgent New Year Message: Scharome Cares Settlement of Owed Wages for Home Care Workers Sets New Standard
Read more: AIW’s Urgent New Year Message: Scharome Cares Settlement of Owed Wages for Home Care Workers Sets New StandardFor immediate release: January 3, 2022 As Ain’t I a Woman?! Campaign enters 2022, we look back to 2021 and highlight the recent unprecedented victory of six home care workers of the agency Scharome Cares: a settlement of $600,000 for unpaid minimum wages and overtime wages. This is a step forward in justice, and we…
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Home Care Workers Celebrate Unprecedented Settlement of 24-hour Wage Case with Scharome Cares, Inc.
Read more: Home Care Workers Celebrate Unprecedented Settlement of 24-hour Wage Case with Scharome Cares, Inc.For immediate release: December 21, 2021 New York – Six home care workers of Scharome Cares and the Ain’t I a Woman?! Campaign celebrate a great victory: the settlement of $600,000 for unpaid minimum wages and overtime wages, in particular, the unpaid 11 night hours in a 24-hour shift. This victory is shared by all…
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Home Care Workers Tell Employer United Jewish Council: 24-Hour Workdays Are Killing Us – And Our Lives Matter!
Read more: Home Care Workers Tell Employer United Jewish Council: 24-Hour Workdays Are Killing Us – And Our Lives Matter!For immediate release: December 16, 2021 When: Thursday, December 16, 11AM Where: in front of United Jewish Council, 500A Grand Street, NY, NY New York – Contrary to United Jewish Council’s “stated mission to preserve and service the community”, UJC forces home care workers to work 24-hour work shifts for days on end, destroying the…
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