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Sleep-out for essential workers demanding higher pay

06/29/2023
A coalition of organizers and the Human Services Council (HSC) spent a particularly chilly June night sleeping outside City Hall last week to demand “JustPay” for “underpaid, city-contracted essential workers.”
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Opinion: New York City should give human services workers a pay raise

06/26/2023
A New York City without human services workers would be a bleaker city. There would be nobody to staff our food pantries, nobody to help survivors at domestic violence shelters, nobody to watch children after school…
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Nonprofits make final appeals as New York City budget deadline nears

06/23/2023
Homeless service providers stood outside the gate to New York City Hall on Thursday handing out flyers to City Council members reading, in large bold type: “DON’T ALLOW THE BUDGET TO CUT HOMELESS SERVICES.”
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Nonprofit workers camp outside City Hall for higher wages

06/22/2023
Dozens of nonprofit executives camped out at City Hall Wednesday night to rally for higher pay and end government-sanctioned poverty wages.
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Beyond the “Noble Narrative” – The Indispensable Role of Human Service Workers

06/01/2023
In the bustling metropolis of New York City, a hidden army of compassionate individuals labors tirelessly to uplift the most vulnerable members of our society.
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Human services workers push Mayor Adams to include 6.5% pay bump in budget

05/26/2023
More than 100 human services organizations from around the city closed about 30% of their programming on Thursday to protest consistently low wages for the sector's workers.
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NYC child care, after-school workers pause programs to protest low wages

05/25/2023
Many city-contracted early childhood, after-school and other organizations paused or cut back programs Thursday as thousands of human services workers stepped out to protest low wages.
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NYC human services workers demand better pay

05/25/2023
Thousands of human services workers gathered Thursday outside City Hall in Manhattan with a message for Mayor Eric Adams: give us more money or imagine life in New York City without essential services.
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'A Day Without Human Services': Nonprofits Protest Lack of City Funding

05/25/2023
The organizations that New York City contracts to deliver everything from essential health and homeless services to youth and senior programing are striking for better compensation in the next city budget.
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