General

Home Care Workers Launch Hunger Strike as 24-Hour Work Shifts Persist

The Cityby Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Lilly SabellaApril 16, 2026

Fifteen home health aides started what they called an indefinite hunger strike on Thursday after the City Council failed to advance a bill banning 24-hour shifts, an issue that has roiled the mostly immigrant women working in the home care industry and the vulnerable patients who rely on their round

Source: The CityOpen original

Article not loading? Some sites restrict embedding.

Read on The City

Related Articles

Advertisement
You might also like
Advertisement