Following a nearly month-long hunger strike, excluded workers in New York are still striving to ensure eligible community members get their fair share.
After primarily immigrant essential workers conducted several protests, marches, rallies, and even a hunger strike that lasted 23 days in an effort to raise awareness of their exclusion from Governmental COVID-19 relief, their battle was won with the addition of $2.1 billion into the New York State budget for the Excluded Workers Fund back in April — now it is almost time to cash out.
On Monday, July 12, the Fund Excluded Workers (FEW) Coalition held a rally alongside elected officials, Make the Road New York, and others at the NYS Department of Labor office on 75 Varick St. to make certain everyone who can apply to the Excluded Workers Fund has the information necessary before the application becomes available in August.
