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Art Against Displacement invites you to join us tomorrow,
Monday, May 1st, at 12pm
to rally with the Ain't I A Woman?! Campaign to end the 24 hour work day for care workers!
Together we will demand that Speaker Adams put the No More 24 Act to a vote!
Read more about this issue from the recent Ain't A Woman?! Campaign mailer:Many of you came out April 12 and during the 3-day sit-in at City Hall to demand Speaker Adams bring the No More 24 Act (Int 175) to a vote and immediately replace it with two 12-hour shifts. Together, we made it known, New Yorkers will no longer tolerate being the only city to have the racist and inhumane 24-hour workday.
In response to our actions, Speaker Adams revealed her dirty deal to protect insurance companies’ profits: she claims that the City needs to pay at least $1 billion a year. We ask: to whom? To the insurance companies and home care agencies? Is it to offset their loss from not being able to keep stealing our hard-earned wages? If this is not corruption and racism, then why does Adams fight tooth and nail to stall Int 175 despite community outcry?!
The federal and state governments already contract insurance companies to cover patients' care. Splitting the 24-hour care only makes insurance companies – not the City – pay more, and make less profit. The No More 24 Act will protect the worker’s health, create more jobs, increase the City’s tax revenue, and guarantee the safety of the patients.www.aintiawoman.org
Manhattan Community Board 3's Transportation committee has voted unanimously to co-name Mosco Street for Corky Lee.
Art Against Displacement joined 25+ organizations to write a letter of support in this effort and we are so glad that this be be coming to fruition in the near future!