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Home Health Workers Protest 24-Hour Shifts with Unpaid “Sleep Breaks”

Chinese Planning Council home health attendants say that receiving only 13 hours of pay for 24-hour shifts is unfair, and detrimental to their health.

Chinese Planning Council home health attendants say that receiving only 13 hours of pay for 24-hour shifts is unfair and detrimental to them.

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Developers Want to Make One Of NYC’s Most Dangerous Jobs Even Riskier

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The Scaffold Law is a protection for immigrants who "feel pressured by the employers to do things that we know are dangerous."

NYC Enforcement Against Street Vendors Picks Up Again After Pandemic Lull

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The Secret Price of a Life

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Undocumented Construction Worker Falls to His Death and Developers Deny It

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New Limitation Makes Excluded Workers Fund “Nearly Impossible” to Access

By Rommel H. Ojeda Politics Primary category in which blog post is published
Immigration advocates, immigrants, and elected officials gathered in front of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office in the City to rally against the regulations for the Excluded Workers Fund (EWF).

Street Vendors Protest Exorbitant Fines as City Reopens

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Street vendors hold signs in Spanish, English and other languages in a protest against undue fines in the Bronx.
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Hundreds Turned to Street Vending After Losing Their Jobs. Now, They Face $1,000 Fines.

Lucio, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, was fined $2,050 for selling tacos without a permit or a license. A vendor association and elected officials say fines have increased as the City has reopened

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How Green Empire Farms Failed to Stop One of New York’s Biggest COVID-19 Outbreaks

Last year, more than 170 migrant farmworkers caught COVID-19 at Green Empire Farms, an Upstate New York greenhouse.

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Immigrant Workers on Strike for Higher Wages at Catsimatidis’ Oil Company

The company has sent letters to three of the workers on strike stating that they have been permanently replaced. Neither UMEC nor Catsimatidis himself responded to Documented’s request for comment.

The company already sent letters to some of the workers on strike stating that they have been permanently replaced.
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These Laundromat Workers Were Fired After Forming a Union. Now They’re Fighting Back

Six immigrant women formed the first storefront laundromat union in the City. Their company hired a "Union Avoidance" consultant to dissuade them and fired them anyway.

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Excluded Workers Fund: How Undocumented Immigrants Can Apply

Applications for the Excluded Workers Fund are now open. Here is everything you need to know, and how undocumented immigrants can apply.

Some 300,000 undocumented New Yorkers are now eligible for help under the historic Excluded Workers Fund established in the state budget. But there are still some more hurdles to get the cash. Here’s a breakdown.
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West African Hair Braiding Industry Is Being Destroyed by the Pandemic

As the COVID pandemic continues to harm businesses in New York City, West African hair braiders find other ways to survive.

The hair braiding profession has found it especially difficult to recover from the pandemic. This industry is a lifeline that is turning into a dead-end
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Meet the Immigrant Women on Hunger Strike for Pandemic Relief

Undocumented workers still aren't eligible for pandemic relief, so some have decided to stop eating to get Albany's attention

The immigrant women are prepared to continue the strike after the legislative session if the bill does not pass.
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Immigrant Delivery Workers Organize To Fight Rampant E-Bike Theft

Delivery workers contend with long days traveling far distances in the city; the companies they work for stealing their tips; lack of bathrooms and other amenities, and increasingly: armed robberies.

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Food Delivery Workers, Street Vendors Launch Hunger Strike Demanding More Relief for Undocumented Workers

The weeklong “Fast for the Forgotten” aims to put pressure on lawmakers to fully fund cash assistance for residents who haven’t been able to access stimulus checks or unemployment insurance.

The weeklong “Fast for the Forgotten” aims to put pressure on lawmakers to fully fund cash assistance for residents who haven’t been able to access stimulus checks or unemployment insurance.