Zhu Nu Jun has worked as a home care aide in New York City for eight years, working three 24-hour shifts a week. That increased to four 24-hour shifts a week last year. It can be brutal and intense work. “I’ve had enough of these long hours of very difficult work that have destroyed my body,” she said “My fingers are already deformed. I have a knee problem, my eyesight has worsened, my hair is falling out. I can’t even pick up a pen with my right arm due to all the work of carrying patients and this has happened to many workers I know. Only New York City has the 24-hour one shift.”
