NOWCRJ in the News
Alliance of Guestworkers for Dignity
12/25/08 Miami New Times - 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 Louisiana
11/20/08 Project Censored - Guest Workers Inc.: Fraud and Human Trafficking
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 - 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
3/10/08 Hindustan Times - US Dream Lost in Packed Dorms, Stink of Stale Food
3/10/08 Hindustan Times - Workers Sue US Firm, India Cracks Down on Recruiters
3/10/08 National Public Radio - ‘Guest Workers’ Sue Mississippi Shipyard
3/7/08 ABC News - Revolt in Mississippi: Indian Workers Claim ‘Slave Treatment’
3/14/07 Time Magazine - Guest Workers Fighting Back
Congress of Day Laborers
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
3/7/07 The Times-Picayune - Worker’s Fears Prove to be Prophetic: “He hated going under the houses”
STAND
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 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
9/6/08 The New York Times - No Shelter From the Storm
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