Hundreds of fuming home care workers rallied outside of City Hall on Monday to demand an end to the 24-hour workday while also denouncing City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams for failing to pass a bill halting the long labor hours.
Marching up and down Broadway and Murray Streets, the group—made up of primarily women of color—took out their frustration with Adams by yelling “No more 24!” as they repeatedly passed the government building. According to home attendants themselves, they are forced to care for the sick and elderly for days on end without being relieved, creating a never-ending cycle.
“We think there’s a lot of colluding with insurance companies and homecare agencies, you know, they’re trying to make it a budget fight. The money is there,” Marte told amNewYork Metro. “It’s something that, financially, can be done and so now we’re just hoping that the speaker can pay attention to these women and pass this bill.”
Other proponents of the bill include New York State Representative Ron Kim who has voiced frustration over the suffering of home attendants for years now.“New York City, the only place in America this is happening. It is insane that is happening here in our city. They’re making billions and billions of dollars off of the backs of our hard-working immigrant women workers and I say no,” Kim said.
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