Proposed New York budget includes excluded workers fund

Édité par Ed Newman
2021-04-07 21:26:53

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New York, April 7 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers struck a deal to create a $2.1 billion assistance fund for workers excluded from federal

Image Credit: Fund Excluded Workers Coalition

benefits during the pandemic, many of them undocumented. 

Excluded workers organized for months, with some taking part in a hunger strike over the past three weeks to protest the unjust system.  Advocates hailed the deal, which is part of the state’s proposed $212 billion budget, as a major victory, but some warn the measure contains burdensome proof-of-employment requirements, which can be harder for undocumented workers and those in informal jobs to provide. 



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