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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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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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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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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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Fight for a Union@FightForAUnion25 Sep 2017
Breaking: @Target to raise wages for all 323,000 employees to $15/hour by 2020. Never underestimate the power of organizing! #FightFor15
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They're ending #DACA? Then we're suing. #DefendDACA #HereToStay
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"Let’s be clear: the action taken today isn’t required legally. It’s a political decision, and a moral question." xitter.gq/BarackObama/status/905…
Barack Obama (@BarackObama) profile pictureBarack Obama
@BarackObama5 Sep 2017
To target hopeful young strivers who grew up here is wrong, because they’ve done nothing wrong. My statement: facebook.com/barackobama/
Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Obama. 58,777,005 followers · 4,416,646 talking about this. Dad, husband, former President, citizen.

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We will use every tool in and outside the courtroom to fight for Dreamers. #HeretoStay
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Congress must pass the #DreamAct immediately, because our brave immigrant youth are #HeretoStay defenddaca.com/ #DACA
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Mary Yanik@myanik9 Aug 2017
All here at @NOWCRJ are proud to stand with Victor Vo and his fiance, along w @NILC @SkaddenArps, thx @Kunzelman75 for covering this victory xitter.gq/MelindaDeslatte/status…
Melinda Deslatte (@MelindaDeslatte) profile pictureMelinda Deslatte@MelindaDeslatte9 Aug 2017
Judge blocks 2016 Louisiana law requiring birth certificates to marry (from @AP) via @Kunzelman75 #lalege apnews.com/8daaf9e0b6d94401a…
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#LoveWins in Louisiana. Proud to partner with @NOWCRJ and @SkaddenArps on this case. washingtonpost.com/news/ramp…

Opinion | Anti-immigrant Louisiana marriage law struck down by U.S. court

Love wins. Even for immigrants.

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Why does a pay gap persist for black women in 2017? epi.org/blog/black-women-hav… #BlackWomensEqualPay
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Lots of Employees Get Misclassified as Contractors. Here’s Why It Matters - via David Weil - hbr.org/2017/07/lots-of-empl… #misclassification
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Hamilton Nolan@hamiltonnolan27 Jun 2017
StoryCorps, the spiritual descendant of Studs Terkel, is running an anti-union campaign. fusion.kinja.com/storycorps-…
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NY Taxi Workers
@NYTWA22 Jun 2017
With Travis Kalanick out, we'll see the real value of Uber — and it won't be pretty fw.to/YaRtukP
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ReggieVaitz@ReggieVaitz21 Jun 2017
Uber’s problem is rooted in its business model, changing leadership will not fix it hbr.org/2017/06/uber-cant-be… @gc @bgurley @ariannahuff @CNN
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Maina Kiai@Maina_Kiai19 Jun 2017
Migrants don't check their fundamental rights at the border. Read why the USA needs to do better on this issue: freeassembly.net/reports/usa…
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AFL-CIO Global@AFLCIOGlobal8 Jun 2017
Former UN Special Rapporteur @Maina_Kiai releases #HRC35 report on freedom of association in US. Read it here bit.ly/2r5Q0Hc #1U
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