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GuestworkerAlliance

@NGAdignity

The National Guestworker Alliance (NGA) organizes across the U.S. to win collective dignity at work. Organizers of #BeatTheBlacklist

 New Orleans, LA
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Joined August 2011
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"The lesson is that the rules of the recovery need 2 b set up early for a just reconstruction. To achieve a successful rebuilding& reconstruction & to achieve a just reconstruction, we really have 2 b in for the long haul.” – @saket_soni theguardian.com/us-news/2017…
Post-Harvey Houston faces a dilemma: how to rebuild with integrity

Post-Harvey Houston faces a dilemma: how to rebuild with integrity

A new report paints a startling picture of the inequality faced by immigrants doing the hard work of reconstruction. Can a more equitable vision prevail?

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[After Hurricane Katrina] “Black workers were primarily excluded from rebuilding efforts and had to fight their way in while immigrants workers, while included, suffered extraordinary exploitation” @saket_soni theguardian.com/us-news/2017…
Post-Harvey Houston faces a dilemma: how to rebuild with integrity

Post-Harvey Houston faces a dilemma: how to rebuild with integrity

A new report paints a startling picture of the inequality faced by immigrants doing the hard work of reconstruction. Can a more equitable vision prevail?

theguardian.com
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Steven Greenhouse@greenhousenyt24 Nov 2017
On this Black Friday, remember that many retailers hugely change their workers' schedules week after week--creating havoc in their workers' lives & making it hard for them to arrange child care, go to college or hold a second job. My Story: latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la…
Op-Ed: Black Friday retail workers are treated like yo-yos. They need scheduling protections

Op-Ed: Black Friday retail workers are treated like yo-yos. They need scheduling protections

When you go shopping this holiday season, you’ll no doubt come across smiling cashiers and perky sales clerks.

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“'I've decided 2 take sanctuary bc I have 2 babies who need me,' he said. 'They're destroying me totally as the father of a family. I feel terrible—they're removing me from my daughters' lives. That's why I'm fighting against these injustices.'” @mgsledge theadvocate.com/new_orleans/…
Salvadoran native plans to live inside Mid-City New Orleans church to avoid deportation

Salvadoran native plans to live inside Mid-City New Orleans church to avoid deportation

Fearing deportation to a native country wracked by violence, an El Salvadoran construction worker announced Wednesday he is seeking sanctuary at a New Orleans church.

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Scheduled to appear before U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement this morning, El Salvadoran construction worker and human rights leader Jose Torres sought indefinite sanctuary at First Grace United Methodist Church in Mid-City. More here: theadvocate.com/new_orleans/…
Salvadoran native plans to live inside Mid-City New Orleans church to avoid deportation

Salvadoran native plans to live inside Mid-City New Orleans church to avoid deportation

Fearing deportation to a native country wracked by violence, an El Salvadoran construction worker announced Wednesday he is seeking sanctuary at a New Orleans church.

theadvocate.com
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.@RepGoodlatte's #H2C #guestworker proposal is a "toxic policy cocktail" that's a disaster for migrants & US workers newfoodeconomy.com/h2-c-visa…
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Nice write up about @StandwDignity's Warrant Clinic held two days ago. theadvocate.com/new_orleans/…
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FLEX@FocusOnLabour21 Sep 2017
Migrants with fewer rights are more vulnerable to #exploitation: why ending free movement puts workers at risk ow.ly/FoI730fkoRf
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Andrew Crane@ethicscrane23 Sep 2017
Great gathering of #ModernSlavery scholars @YaleGLC working grp @Yale @GLeBaron @profjallain @zoetrodd @joelquirk @RosenbaumJJ @GuntherPeck
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Powerful testimony from NGA's Daniel Castellanos & Fausto Garcia on #Immigration & #labor rights law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/… h/t @RosenbaumJJ
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YaleRITM@YaleRITM21 Sep 2017
Great @YaleGLC panel on "Building Immigrant Power" w/ Coalition of Immokalee Workers @ULAnewhaven @NGAdignity @GuntherPeck @RosenbaumJJ
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NOWCRJ’s @StandwDignity fights criminalization through its Warrant Clinics. The next one is this Saturday. nola.com/crime/index.ssf/201…
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