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March 29, 2021

New York's Excluded Workers Complete Hunger Strike to Demand Pandemic Relief
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In New York, a group of activists and workers excluded from pandemic
relief are completing 14 days on hunger strike today. Excluded workers
include undocumented people - many of them in essential services - and
people recently released from prison. They're calling on New York
lawmakers to approve $3.5 billion in funding for financial relief and
healthcare for those shut out of the current system. This is one of the
hunger strikers.

Rubiela: "I want the world to know that we need help. We're human
beings. We have so much debt because of the pandemic. We can't even
enter our homes in comfort because they're waiting for us at the door to
evict us."



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