With SWEAT, Labor Advocates Renew Push For Anti-Wage Theft Legislation
-
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Home Care Agencies Settle on Backpay for 24-hour Workdays, Workers Urge Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) to Follow Suit
Read more: Home Care Agencies Settle on Backpay for 24-hour Workdays, Workers Urge Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) to Follow SuitFor immediate release: WHEN: Wednesday, 9/15 at 11am WHERE: 150 Elizabeth St, in front of CPC New York – Recently, several home care agencies have started to pay back the owed wages for home attendants who have worked illegal 24-hour workdays with only 13 hours of pay. This is a significant step forward not just…
-
Washington State Outpaces New York State in Protecting Workers’ Wages
Read more: Washington State Outpaces New York State in Protecting Workers’ WagesOn April 16, Washington State became the latest state to add a wage lien statute to their laws. The state legislature passed and Governor Inslee signed the bill, ensuring workers in Washington will no longer have their rights stripped from them. In an op-ed written by the State’s Labor Committee chairs, legislators commented that their…
English