Bailarinas denuncian abusos
Leave your thoughtsDejando de lado la sensualidad a la cual apelaban cada noche para ganarse la vida bailando por $2 dólares…
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Tenants Have Their Day in Court – City Council Backs New Safeguards For Renters
Leave your thoughtsPHOTO: Dozens of tenants rights activists and housing advocates** showed their support for the Tenant Protection Act at City Council.…
Seedy Queens Club Made us Slaves, Dancers Claim
Leave your thoughtsWorker arrives at Flamingo Club, a popular Queens club where women get paid $2 a song to dance with patrons.…
Dancers for Hire at Queens Club Claim Wage Violations
Leave your thoughtsEvery evening into the wee hours, lonely men slip into the dance clubs scattered under the el along Roosevelt Avenue…
Dancers, Workers, Elected Officials and Community Members Fight Back Against Sexually Exploitative Conditions, Psychological Abuse and Labor Law Violations at Popular Dollar Dance Club in Queens
Leave your thoughtsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 9th, 2008 Numerous Workers To File Suit On Their Own Behalf For Over Half A Million…
Restaurants: New York City Council Bill Would Tie Restaurant Permits to Labor Practices
Leave your thoughtsA restaurant’s record of labor law compliance would be considered as a condition of renewing its city operating permit as…
How to Say 'HPD' in Yiddish or Yoruba
Leave your thoughtsIn a polyglot city, public agencies struggle with exactly how multilingual they should be. A City Council bill intended to…
Marcha del 1 de mayo gana adeptos
Leave your thoughtsSentado con unos líderes de la comunidad latina de Nueva York, el afroamericano Charles Jenkins, vicepresidente de la Coalition of…
Community Residents to Protest Exploitative Supermarket that Owes its Workers Close to $2 million in Illegally Withheld Wages and Damages
Leave your thoughtsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 4th, 2008 Community pressure on Associated Supermarkets intensifies as community residents rally to sustain a successful…
New York City Schools in Crisis: Tell Mayor Bloomberg to Keep the Promises!
Leave your thoughtsCitywide Budget Cuts This January, the Mayor cut $100 million from the school budget, forcing schools to cut programs and…