NYU student hunger strikes for 52 hours in solidarity with taxi drivers
Karishma Chari, who ended her fast on Tuesday morning, participated in the New York Taxi Workers Alliance’s hunger strike alongside taxi drivers campaigning for debt relief and workers’ rights.
‘Loss is not an option’: New York’s taxi drivers begin hunger strike
The New York Taxi Workers Alliance began its hunger strike at City Hall on Oct. 20. They are protesting against a proposed debt relief plan that they say will hurt drivers more than it will help them.
Workers enter fourth week of hunger strike, protesting lack of unemployment benefits
Undocumented and recently incarcerated workers barred from accessing New York state unemployment benefits have been on an indefinite hunger strike since March 16.
