On February 23, 2022, DID members passed a Resolution advocating for Justice for Home-Care Workers
February 23, 2021
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Hons. Yuh-Line Niou |
Hon. Deborah Glick |
Hon. Charles Fall |
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Hon. Brian Kavanagh |
Hon. Brad Hoylman |
Hon. Carl Heastie |
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Hon. Andrea Stewart-Cousins |
Hon. Kathy Hochul |
Hon. Tish James |
Dear Assembly Members Niou, Glick, and Fall, Sens. Kavanagh and Hoylman, Speaker Heastie, Leader Stewart-Cousins, Gov. Hochul, and AG James,
Enclosed please find a Resolution approved by Downtown Independent Democrats General Membership on February 23, 2022:
In NYC, most home attendants working 24-hour shifts are immigrant women of color, especially from China, Latin America, and Africa. 24-hour shifts have debilitating physical effects, yet the Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) has been exploiting the cruel 24-hour shift in order to steal their workers wages. CPC is the third-largest home care agency in New York, and they are taking the lead in labor violations and racist violence for other agencies to follow. DID stands in solidarity with home-care workers in Chinatown, the Lower East Side, and across New York State.
DID demands elected officials end 24-hour shifts immediately, and replace with, at minimum, two 12-hour shifts, and require organizations to distribute back-pay and overtime funds. DID also asks AG James to conduct investigations into the Chinese-American Planning Council and SEIU 1199 for the allegations in Assembly member Ron Kim's report.
Sincerely,
Richard Corman
President, Downtown Independent Democrats
Enclosure
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cc: Mary T. Bassett, NYS Dept. of Health Commissioner |
Hon. Carolyn Maloney, U.S. Representative |