http://www.nowcrj.org building worker power, advancing racial justice, and organizing workers to build a social movement in post-Katrina New Orleans Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:54:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Through My Eyes: Louisiana's First Independent Evacuation Shelter Monitoring Report Evacuation can never be effective, humane or legal without prioritizing community community input and decision making in evacuation planning, preparation, and implementation.  This grassroots monitoring report is one step towards building adequate transparency and accountability into ... http://www.nowcrj.org/2010/02/through-my-eyes-louisianas-first-independent-evacuation-shelter-monitoring-report/ DETENTION CONDITIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION Immigrant Detainees Report From Basile, Louisiana IN THE LAST MONTH, OVER 100 IMMIGRANT DETAINEES HAVE ACTED AS HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORS IN THE PRIVATELY-RUN IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTER IN BASILE, LOUISIANA.   THEY HAVE REPORTED EGREGIOUS VIOLATIONS TO JAIL STAFF, IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS, AND ... http://www.nowcrj.org/2010/02/detention-conditions-and-human-rights-under-the-obama-administration/ <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:1; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 ... http://www.nowcrj.org/2010/02/stand-with-dignity-v-housing-authority-of-new-orleans/ Day Laborers, Community Advocates & Allies Fill City Council Chambers for Public Hearing on Wage Theft Tuesday, June 30, 2009 marks a historic moment for The Congress of Day Laborers in their campaign to stop wage theft in New Orleans. Member-leaders and organizers of the Congress directed a deeply moving ... http://www.nowcrj.org/2009/08/honorable-wage-for-honorable-work/ Workers Protesting Wage Theft Greeted by ICE at DOL Doorsteps DOL Chief refuses to meet with workers but ICE arrives to conduct surveillance Over a hundred workers arrived at the steps of the Department of Labor on May 1st to report an egregious case of wage theft.  They expected to be greeted ... http://www.nowcrj.org/2009/07/march-against-wage-theft-may-1-2009/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday April 20th, 2009 Contact: Jacob Horwitz (504) 452.9159 Guestworkers Sue Mississippi Labor Brokers, Expose Captive Worker Racket Labor Broker Kingpins Defrauded U.S. Government to Run Lease-a-Worker Racketeering Ring Temporary H-2B guestworkers filed a class action lawsuit today against major Mississippi labor contracting kingpins Brian and David ... http://www.nowcrj.org/2009/04/guestworkers-sue-mississippi-labor-brokers-expose-captive-worker-racket/ TAKE ACTION! Urge Secretary of Labor Solis to Revoke Exploitative Bush Administration Regulations Dear Friends and Allies, Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis was finally confirmed.  We look forward to a Department of Labor that fights for the rights and dignity of all workers, especially those most vulnerable in this economy. ... http://www.nowcrj.org/2009/02/what-we-want-from-secretary-solis/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Contact: Jacob Horwitz (504) 452 9159 Saket Soni (504) 881 6610 Guestworkers Launch Strike To Expose Tennessee Employer Who Violated Federal Law Prominent labor broker defrauded US government to import guestworkers and lease them across the South; H2B visa workers were made ... http://www.nowcrj.org/2009/02/guestworkers-launch-strike-to-expose-tennessee-employer-who-violated-federal-law-21809/ Rep. Ellison, rights groups show support for jailed Indian workers by Dan Gunderson, Minnesota Public Radio December 17, 2008 Twenty-three men from India jailed in Fargo are getting support from human rights advocates and members of Congress. St. Paul, Minn. - The workers are charged with having false documents and they say they ... http://www.nowcrj.org/2008/12/indian-worker-congress-on-mn-public-radio/ FBI probes treatment of Mexican workers in La. By JOHN MORENO GONZALES – 19 hours ago NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The FBI confirmed Wednesday it was investigating allegations that a Louisiana farmer fired shotgun blasts over Mexican guest workers' heads, exposed them to pesticides and paid them less than ... http://www.nowcrj.org/2008/12/fbi-probes-treatment-of-mexican-workers-in-la-ap/