named programs · 3 · from sources
What they call their work
Ain’t I a Woman?! Campaign
Organizing initiative led by home care workers to end the 24-hour workday, recover stolen wages, and combat racial and gender-based exploitation in home care
No More 24 Campaign
Grassroots effort to pass legislation ending the 24-hour work shift in home care and secure justice for workers subjected to inhumane conditions
SWEAT Bill Advocacy (Secure Wages Earned Against Theft)
Policy campaign to enable workers to freeze employer assets while recovering stolen wages, promoting enforcement of labor laws across industries
activities · 2 groups
What they do
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Worker Rights Advocacy & Wage Protection 3 activities
- Advocating for home care workers to end 24-hour shifts and recover unpaid wagesOrganizes and supports home care workers, particularly women of color and immigrants, in challenging exploitative 24-hour work shifts and recovering unpaid minimum wage, overtime, and spread-of-hours pay through legal action, public protests, and policy advocacy. Secured a $600,000 settlement for six workers in 2021 related to unpaid night hours during 24-hour shifts.
- Organizing community opposition to casino development in Willets Point, QueensLeads community organizing efforts to oppose proposed casino development in Willets Point, Queens, as part of broader advocacy for equitable community development and workers' rights.
- Supporting wage recovery and combating sweatshop labor conditionsProvides direct support to low-wage workers in recovering stolen wages and holding employers accountable for minimum wage and overtime violations, including organizing legal and advocacy campaigns such as the SWEAT bill to enable asset freezes against wage-thieving employers.
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Uncategorized 1 activity
- Advocating against discriminatory state policies affecting immigrant home care workersFiled a federal Title VI complaint against the New York State Department of Health and Department of Labor, alleging discriminatory policies that disproportionately harm immigrant home care workers and patients.
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financials · form 990EZ · fy2023
revenue
Total revenue$118K
Contributions & grants$118K100%
Program service revenue——
Investment income——
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expenses
Total expenses$52K
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Admin / overhead—
Fundraising—
Salaries & benefits$17K
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balance sheet
Total assets$148K
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Net assets$148K
2 years on record · 2022–2023 · YoY revenue +45.8%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2023
Who runs it
paid leadership · 1
| Name | Title | Hours/wk | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARAH AHN | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $17K |
board members · 5
- JIN BIN CHEN — DIRECTOR
- JINBIMG CAO — DIRECTOR
- JUNEIL KIM — DIRECTOR
- KATHY LU — DIRECTOR
- SOONSUK BANG — DIRECTOR
relationships · 20
Who they work with
- 1199 SEIU Partner — Interacted with 1199 SEIU in the context of legal efforts to block arbitration in home care workers' wage recovery lawsuit.
- Ain’t I A Woman campaign Partner — Collaborates to organize home care workers and demand an end to 24-hour shifts.
- Ain’t I a Woman Campaign Partner — Works with the Ain’t I a Woman Campaign to advocate for home attendant workers and quantify wage theft by the Chinese-American Planning Council.
- Ain’t I a Woman?! Campaign Partner — Collaborated with the Ain’t I a Woman?! Campaign to secure a wage settlement for home care workers and advocate against 24-hour shifts.
- Assemblymember Ron Kim Partner — Collaborated with Assemblymember Ron Kim by publicly supporting his investigation into wage theft by the Chinese-American Planning Council.
- Chinese Staff and Workers’ Association Partner — Co-filed a Title VI complaint against NYS DOL and DOH with Flushing Workers’ Center and other organizations.
- Chinese Staff and Workers’ Association Partner — Co-filed a Title VI complaint with Flushing Workers’ Center against NYS agencies.
- Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) Partner — Engaged in advocacy efforts to pressure CPC to end 24-hour workdays and provide backpay to home attendants.
- Emanuel Partner — Supported home attendants in securing backpay settlements for 24-hour work shifts.
- Incare Partner — Supported home attendants in securing backpay settlements for 24-hour work shifts.
- NY State Court’s Appellate Division of the First Department Government — Engaged legal system through court proceedings, resulting in a 2020 ruling allowing wage recovery lawsuit to proceed.
- NYS Court of Appeals Government — Higher court involved in legal process; denied UJC’s request to appeal wage recovery case in 2021.
- National Mobilization Against Sweatshops Partner — Co-filed a Title VI complaint against NYS DOL and DOH with Flushing Workers’ Center and other organizations.
- National Mobilization Against Sweatshops Partner — Co-filed a Title VI complaint with Flushing Workers’ Center against NYS agencies.
- New York City Council Government — Advocates for the passage of Intro 175 (No More 24 Act) in the City Council.
- Renaissance Partner — Supported home attendants in securing backpay settlements for 24-hour work shifts.
- SWEAT Partner — Labor advocacy partnership focused on advancing anti-wage theft legislation.
- Sandra Ung Government — Target of advocacy efforts regarding legislation to prevent exploitation of home care workers.
- Scharome Cares Partner — Supported workers from Scharome Cares in securing a wage theft settlement.
- United Jewish Council Partner — Engaged in advocacy and legal action targeting labor practices of United Jewish Council as employer of home care workers.
strategies · 4
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Civil Rights Legal Frameworks to Challenge Systemic Labor Inequitiesmethodology: civil_rights_advocacyBy applying civil rights laws like Title VI to labor and health policy, the organization challenges racially and ethnically disparate impacts in employment because legal frameworks can compel state and agency accountability where advocacy alone cannot.
- Policy-Driven Worker Empowerment and Wage Justicemethodology: policy_driven_worker_empowermentBy securing legal tools such as wage liens and using high-impact legal victories as benchmarks, the organization enables collective worker power and systemic wage restitution because enforceable policy mechanisms create structural leverage beyond individual claims.
- Shift Reform as a Labor Health and Dignity Interventionmethodology: shift_reformBy replacing 24-hour home care shifts with 12-hour split shifts, the organization improves worker health, care quality, and fairness because inhumane schedules are both a symptom and driver of systemic exploitation, particularly of marginalized women.
- Worker-Led Organizing and Litigation for Labor Justicemethodology: worker_led_litigationBy centering workers—particularly immigrant women of color—in legal action, data collection, and advocacy, the organization produces systemic change in labor conditions because lived experience drives more effective, legitimate, and high-impact campaigns that shift policy and practice.