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Title: #FundExcludedWorkers

URL: https://fundexcludedworkers.org/

Collection: Tamiment-Wagner: NYC COVID-19 Web Activism

Description: The Fund Excluded Workers (FEW) Coalition is a coalition of labor and activist groups demanding covid relief funding for undocumented workers and those who have recently been released from incarceration, both of whom are being excluded from relief packages. Their campaign calls for the creation of an Excluded Worker Fund, develop through a tax on the wealthy, to "provide direct income support, equivalent to unemployment benefits." On March 16th, 2021, members of the coalition began a hunger strike demanding that legislators in Albany fund excluded workers, which led to a $2.1 billion Excluded Workers Fund.. In March 2022, the coalition marched to Albany to promote their platform that called for $3 billion to replenish the Exclude Workers Fund, street vendor legalization, health coverage for all, fair wages, and worker protections.

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Title: #FundExcludedWorkers Hunger Strike

URL: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcTzjQEoNsgrTFB1YLKvo0cZRQ1gwnv9p

Collection: Tamiment-Wagner: NYC COVID-19 Web Activism

Description: In March-April 2021, excluded workers went on a 23-day hunger strike to demand that legislators in Albany fund excluded workers. On April, the strike ended when the Excluded Workers Fund was passed. This website consists of a playlists of videos from the strike.

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