http://www.nowcrj.org building worker power, advancing racial justice, and organizing workers to build a social movement in post-Katrina New Orleans Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:06:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ MEDIA ALERT: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT - SAKET SONI, 504 881 6610, saketsoni@hotmail.com New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice GUESTWORKERS SUE MAJOR LOUSIANA GROWER FOR LABOR TRAFFICKING, SLAVE-LIKE CONDITIONS H-2A farmworkers who escaped involuntary servitude return to take employer to court for violations of federal law Mexican guestworkers who ... http://www.nowcrj.org/2008/12/guestworkers-sue-major-lousiana-grower-for-labor-trafficking-slave-like-conditions/ High Plains Reader editorial by Zach Kobrinsky Nov. 20, 2008 A century-and-a-half after the Emancipation Proclamation, these United States of America are still sick with the grossest kind of exploitation—slavery. We have come a long way in terms of human decency, but not nearly far enough. The U.S. Bureau of Public Affairs defines ... http://www.nowcrj.org/2008/11/human-traffickingin-america/ High Plains Reader - "Catch 23: You Don't Have to Go Home (But You Can't Work Here)" By Richard Schaan on November 20, 2008 The Merriam Webster dictionary defines truth as “the state of being the case—fact.” Flip the page to the word fact and you will find “the quality of being ... http://www.nowcrj.org/2008/11/feature-on-imprisoned-indian-workers-congress-members-in-nd/ Backers rally for Cass 23 Patrick Springer The Forum - 11/20/2008 The 23 itinerant workers from India who have spent 22 days in the Cass County Jail are victims of human trafficking in the eyes of their supporters and illegal immigrants in the eyes of prosecutors. More than 20 supporters of the ... http://www.nowcrj.org/2008/11/backers-rally-for-imprisoned-indian-workers-in-nd/