Covid-19 Impact on Household Cleaners in NYC
Leave your thoughtsExecutive Summary In this report, we present data from a survey of household cleaners in NYC and Westchester conducted between…
Category: Workplace Justice
Proposals to aid undocumented workers face uphill battle in New York
Leave your thoughtsOlga Vazquez is an undocumented immigrant and a board member of the immigrants rights group Make the Road New York.…
1,000+ exclude workers, officials rally in Albany
Leave your thoughtsOn Wednesday, community members with Make the Road New York marched with more than 1,000 workers and elected officials in…
“¡Estoy muerto pero aquí ando!”: Marcha de excluidos que salió de Brooklyn hace 16 días llega a Albany
Leave your thoughtsEsta legislación ayudará a que todas las personas, sin importar su estatus de inmigración, puedan acceder a seguro médico en…
Excluded workers march to Capitol eyeing $3B more in benefits
Leave your thoughtsHundreds of advocates marched to the state Capitol on Wednesday, blocking roads along the way, as they pushed lawmakers to include…
Economics in Brief: White House Interns Will Be Paid for the First Time
Leave your thoughts“The coalition is going to fight like hell for the next two weeks to revive [the fund],” said Jose Lopez,…
Covid-19 relief for undocumented workers helped put dinner on the table. It also shut out tens of thousands.
Leave your thoughtsIn the early months of the Covid-19 emergency, Congress took rapid steps to widen the social safety net by increasing…
Protesters march across Brooklyn, Manhattan bridges, call for more pandemic relief for excluded workers
Leave your thoughtsAdvocates and undocumented workers marched across city bridges on Tuesday, calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul to provide more money for unemployment benefits.
Excluded workers’ protest disrupts traffic on Brooklyn, Manhattan bridges
Leave your thoughtsThe workers are calling for “an additional $3 billion for the Excluded Workers Fund and a permanent program dubbed ‘Excluded…
Marcha en demanda de más dinero para Fondo de Trabajadores Excluidos
Leave your thoughtsUna coalición de organizaciones que representan a los trabajadores excluidos y varios oficiales electos realizan una marcha masiva por los…