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The seven-day hunger strike by 14 injured workers in May exposed
NY State Gov. Pataki's assault on our health, highlighting longer
work hours, a failing workers' comp system and the cover-up of post-9-11
toxic air. The strikers won extensive coverage in the Spanish, Polish
and Chinese press, and pierced the blackout on these issues in many
other media forums. They also won attention from politicians. Most
important of all, however, the strikers won new allies to the fight
for workers health. In particular, many who learned about NMASS
through the hunger strike have been taking the message to communities
of faith. Riverside Church invited NMASS to meet with their congregation
on a regular basis. A hunger striker was also the main speaker at
a major Catholic Charities conference. Many more religious institutions
are finding new ways to work with us. Other groups are spreading
the word through their newspapers; one human rights group is considering
doing a human-rights investigation; another group may make workers'
health a programmatic priority in its next year's agenda.
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