WORKER'S JUSTICE PROJECT (WJP) is a membership organization whose mission is to win better working conditions for low-wage, immigrant New Yorkers.
How has the COVID-19 crisis affected our members?
At the moment, WJP members are fighting to survive at the Epicenter of the Coronavirus. In New York City, food delivery workers, day laborers and domestic workers are getting sick without access to health care, paid sick leave or unemployment insurance. The closure of workplaces (like restaurants, offices, and construction sites), is having an unprecedented impact on the lives of our members.
Food delivery workers, domestic workers and day laborers have no social safety net to fall back on, and they are bracing themselves for weeks of uncertainty with nowhere to turn. Most workers have not option but to work in increasingly unsafe conditions, and are risking their health and lives on a daily basis.
"When the city was shut down, we were the ones running the restaurants, we were carrying that industry on our backs." - William Sian, a Delivery Worker & WJP Member
“The city keeps saying we’re essential workers, and we want them to act like it and protect us” — Gustavo Ajche, a Delivery Worker & WJP member.
"Just you watch. With time, this is going to be a massive movement,” - Williams Sian, a delivery worker & WJP member.
As result, WJP launch the "WORKERS' FUND" campaign, which aims to raise $50,000 by December 31, 2020. The fund will provide organizing support to food delivery workers and house cleaners —who are fighting to win basic protections as essential workers in New Yorker City.
Will you chip-in today to support app-based food delivery workers and domestic workers?
Donate HERE: Bit.ly/FundWorkers
