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Comment on Alliance of Guestworkers For Dignity by The Excluded Workers Congress | Social Network Unionism

The Excluded Workers Congress | Social Network Unionism — Thu, 19 May 2011 11:11:05 +0000

[...] The Alliance of Guestworkers for Dignity [...]

Comment on “Honorable Wage for Honorable Work!” by One Year After BP Oil Spill, Communities of Color Are Still Hurting

One Year After BP Oil Spill, Communities of Color Are Still Hurting — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:34:43 +0000

[...] raced or gendered data. It’s anecdotal evidence to support already documented instances in which thousands of undocumented guestworkers brought in to aid clean up efforts post-Katrina were mistreated. The long-term impacts of the oil [...]

Comment on Immigrant Workers Hit Sheriff with Federal Suit in Campaign to Win Right to Remain in New Orleans by Excluded Workers Congress

Excluded Workers Congress — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:37:05 +0000

[...] Immigrant Workers Hit Sheriff with Federal Suit in Campaign to Win … [...]

Comment on Alliance of Guestworkers For Dignity by Guest Workers in U.S. Keep Up Fight for Their Rights | Political Satire

Guest Workers in U.S. Keep Up Fight for Their Rights | Political Satire — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:59:46 +0000

[...] they formed their own organization, the Alliance of Guestworkers for Dignity, which serves as a national voice for guest workers whose rights are denied. In one of their most [...]

Comment on 4/20/10 People’s World – Power Act would curb worker abuse, senator says by Guest Workers in U.S. Keep Up Fight for Their Rights : Stop the Checkpoints

Guest Workers in U.S. Keep Up Fight for Their Rights : Stop the Checkpoints — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:53:41 +0000

[...] of the New Orleans Center for Racial Justice, also was instrumental in the introduction of the Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation (POWER) Act [4] this past spring. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Robert Mendendez (D-N.J.), would protect [...]

Comment on Alliance of Guestworkers For Dignity by Guest Workers in U.S. Keep Up Fight for Their Rights : Stop the Checkpoints

Guest Workers in U.S. Keep Up Fight for Their Rights : Stop the Checkpoints — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:52:05 +0000

[...] they formed their own organization, the Alliance of Guestworkers for Dignity [1], which serves as a national voice for guest workers whose rights are denied. In one of their [...]

Comment on Guestworkers Sue Mississippi Labor Brokers, Expose Captive Worker Racket by Mississippi Rico Act Lawyer | Mississippi Lawyers Locations

Mississippi Rico Act Lawyer | Mississippi Lawyers Locations — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:35:12 +0000

[...] Guestworkers Sue Mississippi Labor Brokers, Expose Captive Worker … [...]

Comment on Congress of Day Laborers by From Katrina’s Crucible, a New Vision of Democracy | Open Society Foundations Blog

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:12:16 +0000

[...] Across the day labor corners in the post-Katrina landscape, reconstruction workers organized the Congress of Day Laborers. Members of the Congress are now leading the strategy to shut down the day-labor-to-detention [...]

Comment on STAND with Dignity by From Katrina’s Crucible, A New Vision of Democracy | Open Society Foundations Blog

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:55:41 +0000

[...] and neighborhoods in New Orleans, African American residents built a membership organization called STAND With Dignity. STAND lead a statewide fight for new evacuation standards—and won. Across the day labor [...]

Comment on STAND with Dignity by Saket Soni: From Katrina’s Crucible, a New Vision of Democracy | GoodPorkBadPork.com

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:50:00 +0000

[...] and neighborhoods in New Orleans, African American residents built a membership organization called STAND With Dignity. STAND went on to lead a statewide fight for new evacuation standards–and won. Across the day [...]