New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice

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    • Federal judge orders Sheriff Gusman to release immigrant detainee from illegal custody – 11/15/10
    • Immigrant Workers Hit Sheriff with Federal Suit in Campaign to Win Right to Remain in New Orleans – 2/2/11
    • 4/20/2011 EEOC SUES MAJOR LABOR TRAFFICKER, VINDICATES GUESTWORKERS
    • 2/7/11 Community Condemns Sheriff’s Intimidation of Community Leaders During Prayer Vigil
    • Low-Income Residents Sue Housing Authority of New Orleans – 9/29/09
    • 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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8/5/10 The New York Times- Mexican Housekeepers, Laid-Off, Want BP’s Help

Cumberland Campaign
4/23/09 CQ Congressional Testimony – Rights of Guest Workers
3/6/09 Latino – Eventual forma de esclavitud en Nashville, denuncian inmigrants hispanos

Five Star Campaign
4/20/09 The Associated Press – Suit claims foreign workers faced poor conditions
12/25/08 Miami New Times – Bolivian Workers Scammed: The odyssey of 24 Laborers flown to Miami and then left to their own devices

Bimbo Campaign
12/10/08 Associated Press – FBI Probes Treatment of Mexican Workers in Louisiana

Decatur Campaign
3/14/07 Time Magazine – Guest Workers Fighting Back

Signal Campaign
4/22/10 The New York Times – If You Were a Guest Worker, What Would You Do?
2/4/10 The New York Times – A Bitter Guest Worker Story

2/3/10 The Huffington Post – ICE and Big Business: Too Close for Comfort
2/2/10 The New York Times – Suit Points to Guest Worker Program Flaws
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
3/11/08 Hindustan Times – Workers Sue US Firm, India Cracks Down on Recruiters
3/10/08 Hindustan Times – US Dream Lost in Packed Dorms, Stink of Stale Food
3/10/08 National Public Radio – ‘Guest Workers’ Sue Mississippi Shipyard
3/7/08 ABC News – Revolt in Mississippi: Indian Workers Claim ‘Slave Treatment’

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ABOUT NOWCRJ

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.

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