Thread by @Documentedny

Immigrant workers are facing increased exploitation during the pandemic. In NYC, they're fighting back. Here's what we've seen happen in 2021 when workers come together. 🧵THREAD

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Food vendors and delivery workers are on hunger strike to demand that New York #FundExcludedWorkers who have been left out of public COVID-19 relief packages.

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These women have been fasting for nearly two weeks to put pressure on New York to pass a $3.5B fund that would provide emergency aid to undocumented workers.

They'll find out if their voices have been heard when the state budget is settled on April 1.

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Delivery workers who feel unprotected by NYPD are taking matters into their own hands. Los Deliveristas Unidos raise money for hospital bills and replacement e-bikes for their comrades who have been harmed by a recent surge of armed robberies.

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In early 2021, teamsters of the world's largest wholesale produce market won a wage increase. Most of the warehouse's 20,000 workers are immigrants.

"It’s not about the money but it’s about our lives," said an organizer.

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Members of the city's only Chinese restaurant workers union are reacting to the closing of Chinatown's famed Jing Fong dining hall. (P.S., union president Nelson Mar join us for a panel today at 4:30 EST ➡️ docu.nyc/immigrant-labo…)

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New York's farmworkers, most of whom are undocumented, suddenly had their vaccine eligibility revoked.

Agricultural workers are very vulnerable to COVID-19 — upstate New York's worst outbreak swept across a greenhouse where 139 workers tested positive.

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Our investigation found that @MTA subway cleaners are underpaid and overworked.

"The abuse is real. They are taking advantage of our undocumented status," said one worker who could only endure the job's horrific conditions for two weeks.

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This thread of our coverage is a glimpse into what immigrant workers face during the pandemic. Join us at 4:30 EST today for a panel discussion with organizers from @LWC_workers, @AintIAWomanNY, @FlushingWorkers & 318 Restaurant Workers Union. ➡️ Register: docu.nyc/immigrant-labo…