The Next Big Step in Stopping Wage Theft in the Construction Industry
Leave your thoughtsI’m an employment attorney at Make the Road New York, a community-based organization that helps low-wage and immigrant workers fight…
Category: Workplace Justice
Exigen flexibilizar requisitos para inicio de reclamos de cheques del Fondo de Trabajadores Excluidos en Nueva York
Leave your thoughtsÁngeles Solís, organizadora de Make the Road NY, explicó que los requisitos de documentación de prueba de empleo probablemente dejarán a miles…
Would-be Beneficiaries of New York’s Excluded Workers Fund Face Obstacles
Leave your thoughts“We are asking, first of all, for the Department of Labor to open its offices and offer in-person appointments to…
Excluded Workers Fund may just end up excluding workers from pandemic relief, critics say
Leave your thoughtsIn a statement, a spokesperson for the Department of Labor (DOL) said, “This historic fund upholds the principles of equality…
Undocumented Workers in NY Can Soon Apply for $15.6K Aid Payment
Leave your thoughtsMake the Road Fund Excluded Workers Campaign Coordinator Bianca Guerrero said the organization had been pushing the state to “meet…
Excluded worker fund regulations draw scrutiny
Leave your thoughtsNew to the regulations are the requirements that a worker have lost 50% of their income in order to gain…
IDNYC Centers Reopen in Effort to Help Undocumented New Yorkers Access Excluded Workers Fund
Leave your thoughtsArlenis Morel, co-executive director of the Queens-based nonprofit Make the Road NY, reiterated the importance of the moment. Applications for…
Activists call on New York State DOL to make Excluded Workers Fund more accessible
Leave your thoughtsAccording to Make the Road New York, the Excluded Workers Fund will provide help for approximately 290,000 workers in New…
New protections for NYC fast food workers to take effect July 4
Leave your thoughts“For years, countless workers across the city have faced the constant threat of being fired for arbitrary reasons or no…
How undocumented workers took on the New York establishment – and won
Leave your thoughts“During the hunger strike, 23 days without eating, my sadness, and my desperation manifested on my body, on my face.…