Giant rat balloon at a demonstration in front of the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York

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Workers inflate a giant rat balloon at the demonstration of laundry workers from JVK laundry, who with supporters from the Teamsters, Workers United/ SEIU, and the Laundry, Distribution & Food Service Joint Board, protest in front of the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York on Tuesday, November 1, 2011. The workers allege that the laundry is a sweatshop with workers making poverty wages, no health insurance or sick days. The protesters want HSS to stop using the laundry until the company improves working conditions. (© Richard B. Levine)

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Size: 5120px × 3413px
Location: new york ny usa north america
Photo credit: © Richard Levine / Alamy / Afripics
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