New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice
217 N. Prieur St. New Orleans, LA 70112
Telephone: (504) 309-5165 Fax: (504) 309-5205
New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice
building worker power, advancing racial justice, and organizing workers to build a social movement in post-Katrina New Orleans
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- Guestworkers Urge Secretary of Labor Solis to Revoke Exploitative Bush Administration Regulations - 2/24/09
- Guestworkers Launch Strike To Expose Tennessee Employer Who Violated Federal Law - 2/18/09
- MN Congressman to fast for Indian workers detained in Fargo, demands their release 12/17/08
- Guestworkers sue major Louisiana grower for labor trafficking, slave-like conditions - 12/10/08
- ICE Raid Targets, Snares Human Trafficking Victims - 10/29/08
- Indian trafficking survivors suspend hunger strike on Day 29 after huge political gains - 6/11/08
- ‘Hunger strike strongman’ Paul Konar forced to end fast on Day 23 after hospitalization - 06/05/08
- Top US Congressman for Indian affairs vows to help Indian hunger strikers on Day 23 of fast - 6/4/08
- Indian hunger strikers confront US Congress over H2B guest worker program expansion - 5/21/08
- Indian Embassy feasts while hunger strikers starve - 05/17/08
- Indian labor trafficking survivors to launch hunger strike in view of the White House - 5/14/08
- 100 satyagrahis grill Indian Ambassador during three-hour meeting - 3/27/08
- Indian human trafficking survivors tear up guest worker visas at White House rally - 3/21/08
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- 3/7/07 The Times-Picayune - Worker’s fears prove to be prophetic: ‘He hated going under the houses’
- 3/14/07 Time Magazine - Guest Workers Fighting Back
- 7/1/09 The Times-Picayune - Day Laborers Call for Action on Wage Theft
- 7/1/09 WDSU - Councilman Wants to Stop ‘Wage Theft’ From Workers
- 6/30/09 Fox 8 News - City Council Promises Help to Unpaid Day Laborers
- 6/30/09 The Times-Picayune - Laborers Pack N.O. City Council Chambers to Support Wage-Theft Legislation
- 6/30/09 WWLTV - Day Laborers, Huge Task in Region for Wage Theft, Ask Council for Help
- 5/1/09 The Times Picayune - Workers Decry “Wage Theft” In Protest At City Hall
- 12/25/08 Miami New Times News - Bolivian Workers Scammed: The odyssey of 24 laborers flown to Miami and then left to their own devices.
- 12/10/08 Associated Press - FBI Probes treatment of Mexican workers in LA
- 11/20/08 Project Censored - Guest Workers Inc.: Fraud and Human Trafficking
- 10/6/08 City Business - Off the Hook: City Works to Iron Out Wrinkles in Info Hotline
- 9/23/08 The Times-Picayune - Shelter System will be Retooled, Official Vows
- 9/15/08 The Associated Press - La. DSS Secretary Resigns Over Gustav Response
- 9/10/08 The Seattle Medium - Displaced Poor Still Returning to New Orleans as Saints Go Marching In
- 9/7/08 The New York Times - No Shelter From the Storm
- 6/7/08 The New York Times - Workers on Hunger Strike Say They Were Misled on Visas
- 5/15/08 American News Project - Immigrant Laborers in Limbo
- 3/27/08 BBC News South Asia - Indian men in US ’slave’ protest
- 3/15/08 Hindustan Times - India Mulls Law to Stop Rogue Recruiters
- 3/11/08 The New York Times - Workers Sue Gulf Coast Company That Imported Them
- 3/11/08 Hindustan Times - Workers Sue US firm, India cracks down on recruiters
- 3/10/08 NPR - ‘Guest Workers’ Sue Mississippi Shipyard
- 3/10/08 Hindustan Times - US dream lost in packed dorms, stink of stale food
- 3/7/08 ABC News - Revolt in Mississippi: Indian Workers Claim ‘Slave Treatment’
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The New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice is dedicated to organizing workers across race and industry to build the power and participation of workers and communities. We organize day laborers, guestworkers, and homeless residents to build movement for dignity and rights in the post-Katrina landscape.
Google News - NOWCRJ
- Day laborers call for action on wage theft - The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
- Blacks and Latinos have shared experiences in post-Katrina NO - Louisiana Weekly
- Anarchism, Violence, and Brandon Darby's Politics of Moral Certitude - Infoshop News
- Update on the latest in religion news: | KXNet.com North Dakota News - KXMC
- Group: Wage theft rampant in New Orleans - The Daily Advertiser