Caregivers against 24-hour work days join feminist scholar Silvia Federici in round table discussion

Sunday 9/13 4:30-6:30pm
Location: Woodbine 414 Broadway, 3rd Floor. New York, NY 10013.

Sunday 9/27 4:30-6:30pmLocation: Church of the Village 201 W. 13th St., New York, NY 10011

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Caregivers join feminist author and activist Silvia Federici in roundtable discussions to discuss why care work has historically been devalued in our society and how the No More 24 movement to end the 24-hour workday is an important struggle for the liberation of women and working people in general.

These two events come on the heels of an 8-day hunger strike that home care workers held at City Hall, where they demanded that Speaker Julie Menin end the 24-hour workday, a powerful protest built upon years of organizing. In response, the United Nations issued an allegation letter denouncing the 24-hour workday as a form of torture and cruely, and raised concerns about the undervaluing of care work done primarily by women inside and outside the home, and its repercussions for those in need of care.

The events will be co-hosted by the PKI Workers Learning Center which is a national forum for workers/organizers to learn from one another, drawing lessons from and strengthening the organizing that we're engaged in.

Participants include members of the No More 24 Campaign, which brings together working people of all backgrounds to fight to end the 24-hour workday, an extreme illustration of the devaluation of care work. Only in New York City does the government promote and fund the 24-hour workday in home care, destroying the health and families of many women, and depriving elderly and disabled individuals the full care that they need. All the participants are care workers in different forms and/or care recipients.