COVID-19 Organizing Fund
Backing NYC food factory workers organizing for survival and long term power
Specialty food manufacturing workers are risking their lives to keep food in supply during the coronavirus pandemic. Workers need your solidarity to protect themselves now and to build power that lasts long after the crisis.
Thank you to the over 700 people who gave over $94,000 in April 2020. A special thanks to the fundraisers listed below who brought together community members in solidarity. Your support is sustaining worker-led organizing for safety and income support during the coronavirus crisis. Together, we will protect food workers on the frontlines while building power that endures for years to come.
Many of us recognize the sacrifice of food factory workers. But employers are largely ignoring workers’ needs, most of whom are immigrants and people of color. Many employers have been forcing workers to make and deliver food during the pandemic without adequate safety measures, hazard pay, or sick leave.
Many food factory workers have been devastated by reduced hours and layoffs as restaurants and catering close. Workers fear for how to put food on their own families’ table.
Each spring, immigrant food workers and allies come together to raise resources during the May Day Campaign. We’re dedicating the entire 2020 May Day Campaign to fund organizing amid COVID-19.

Thank you to everyone who helped raise funds for the 2020 May Day Campaign:
Adolfo Riffo
Anna Carbone, Bowen Spottswood, Meghan Kenia, & Yichu Xu
Anna Schlenz
Anne Clark
Barbara Helmick
Ben Robertson
Bulmaro Cruz
Caterina Barbera
Catherine Lea
Cathy Dang
Chia-Chia Wang
Christa Tandana
Cristóbal Tabilo
Daniel Gross
Daniel Ucko
Danielle Baca
David Garvin
Diana Marino
Diana Robinson
Elías Rojas
Eric Patel
Esmeralda Huerta
Frank Gattie
gabriel morales
Gowri Krishna
Ilya Geller
Janice Chua
Jay Casey
Jezz Bold
Joann Lo
Joel Brooks
Jose Garza
Juan Romero
Julia Bratburd
Juno Turner
Katherine Demby
Lewis Kaminski
Liam Bouquet
Linda Katz
Louis Nicastro
Marisa Holmes
Mary Kratz
Melody Lee
Meredith Whittaker
Michelle Flores
Monica Urrabazo
Naomi Heisler
Paul Duke
Rachel Nass
Rachel Schenk
Rachel Lears & Robin Blotnick
Raymundo Lara Molina
Robert Nixon
Rose Weiss
Sana Wiqas
Sarah Kaplan
Sean Reilly
Sebastian Bouknight
Veena Dubal
violet glaser
Winnie Zwick
Yasmine Shihab