Freelancers, cash economy workers, formerly incarcerated people and undocumented workers are among the large swath of New Yorkers shut out of receiving unemployment protections that “traditional” workers take for granted.
The pandemic starkly revealed how undocumented immigrants in New York, despite providing essential labor for the state’s economy, are also among the state’s most vulnerable workers.
Connor said the Unemployment Bridge Program would especially benefit women who are often supporting families, including workers who didn’t qualify for the Excluded Workers Fund but would qualify for the new program.that Connor attended. She was working at a plant nursery in Syracuse when the pandemic began in March 2020. With business collapsing, she was fired by her boss.
Delfina told the press conference that she received assistance from community groups, but no unemployment relief from the state. Without unemployment support, says Connor, undocumented workers who are experiencing chronic pain or injury cannot afford to take time off, or even reveal to their employer that they’re sick. Sánchez says day laborers she works with “wouldn’t feel trapped in a system where they could face a lot of abuse” if they had greater access to unemployment insurance protections.
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