“I think at most we expected him to say no — to deny the request for hazard pay — but we felt that it was worth it to try and assert what we feel we deserve as workers who are putting our health on the line," Kim said Thursday, adding that those who were now out of work are part of a newly organized group, the Riverwards Employee Coalition. It has pushed back against Finazzo’s actions and started an online fund-raiser to help support its laid-off workers.