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…
Category: Workplace Justice
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.…
How NY’s Excluded Worker Fund Inspired Activists Across the US
Leave your thoughtsIn addition to the steering members, local groups held coalition meetings and developed direct actions in localities outside of New…
Info on immigrant, tenant aid
Leave your thoughtsNew websites designed to help tenants and unauthorized immigrants access the benefits they were granted in the state budget have…
Justice for Excluded Workers
Leave your thoughtsThe approval this week of the nation’s first-ever Excluded Workers Fund is a bold statement that New York recognizes the…
$2.1 Billion for Undocumented Workers Signals New York’s Progressive Shift
Leave your thoughtsWhen the coronavirus arrived in New York City a year ago, it hit enclaves of undocumented immigrants with a fury,…
My hunger strike worked: An excluded worker expresses relief
Leave your thoughtsA year ago, I lost my job, my apartment and my brother to COVID-19. Since the pandemic hit, I have…
$2.1 billion for undocumented immigrants in New York sees them finally get the COVID relief they deserve
Leave your thoughtsFollowing a year-long fight that culminated in a 23-day hunger strike led by Make The Road NY, state leaders agreed…
Trabajadores inmigrantes y aliados celebran ‘victoria’ por Fondo de Ayuda
Leave your thoughtsTrabajadores inmigrantes, activistas y legisladores locales que los apoyan celebraron el miércoles la inclusión en el presupuesto estatal del Fondo…
Fondos del presupuesto fiscal de NY beneficiarán a los inmigrantes indocumentados: cómo funciona
Leave your thoughtsEl presupuesto para el año fiscal 2022 aprobado por Nueva York dará parte de los fondos para los trabajadores que han…