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Description: "Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ) is a network of people of faith that calls upon our religious values in order to educate, organize, and mobilize the religious community in the United States on issues and campaigns that will improve wages, benefits, and conditions for workers, and give voice to workers, especially workers in low-wage jobs." -- from the website, 3/23/2017
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Subject: Faith-based human services, Working poor -- Services for, Organizational justice, Workplace literacy, Volunteer workers in social service, Employee rights, Work environment
Creator: Interfaith Worker Justice (Organization)
Language: English
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06503
Relation: Replaced by: http://www.iwj.org/
Description: "Adelante Alabama Worker Center unites day laborers, domestic workers, and other low-wage and immigrant workers and their families in the Birmingham area to defend our rights, promote our dignity, and pursue justice for all." - from website, 2018.02.22
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Subject: Foreign workers, Working class, Community development, Day laborers, Household employees, Social justice
Creator: Adelante Alabama Worker Center
Language: English
Coverage: Alabama -- Birmingham
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06401
Description: "ACWC is a membership-based community resource for workers, both immigrant and U.S.-born, to learn about their rights and organize fellow workers to improve workplace conditions. Arise Chicago opened the Worker Center in 2002." -- from the website, 4/11/2017
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Subject: Labor rights, Workplace literacy, Wages -- Labor disputes -- Advocacy, Distributive justice -- Advocacy, Faith-based human services, Social advocacy, Social justice, Organizational justice, Foreign workers, Latin American -- Services for, Foreign workers, Polish -- Services for, Immigrants -- Civil rights, Employee rights, Industrial safety, Industrial hygiene
Language: Polish, Spanish, English
Coverage: Illinois -- Chicago
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06568
Description: "Arriba Las Vegas Worker Center is a grassroots organization that unites day laborers, domestic workers, and other low-wage and migrant workers to defend their rights, fight for dignity and win justice for all. Our mission is to develop, educate, and empower worker and migrant communities to take action to defend their rights as workers and migrants." - from website, 2019.04.23
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Subject: Community organization, Community development, Day laborers, Social justice, Foreign workers -- Civil rights, Immigrants -- Civil rights
Creator: Arriba Las Vegas Workers Center
Language: English
Coverage: Nevada -- Las Vegas
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06373
Description: "Welcome to the Taxi Drivers Association of Austin, founded this year 2009 by concerned drivers. After pondering over the distress and frustrations we face as cab drivers, we decided to organize and institute appropriate measures to collectively address these concerns. The need for a formal and recognized association thus became a necessity, which led to the formation of the corporation called Taxi Drivers Association of Austin." -- from the website, 3/27/2017
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Subject: Taxicab drivers -- Services for, Taxicab drivers -- Legal services for, Foreign workers -- Services for, Immigrants -- Employment, Financial literacy -- Education, Immigrants -- Legal services for, Organizational justice -- Advocacy, Unfair labor practices, Employee rights
Description: "BWFJ believes that African American workers need self organization to help empower ourselves at the workplace, in communities and throughout the whole of US society to organize, educate, mobilize and struggle for power, justice, self-determination and human rights for African Americans, other oppressed nationalities, women and all working class people whether employed or unemployed, union workers or unorganized." -- from the website, 4/11/2017
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Subject: Working poor -- Services for, Environmental justice, Women employees -- Sexual harassment -- Advocacy, Women employees -- Civil rights -- Advocacy, Women employees -- Human rights -- Advocacy, Women employees -- Employee rights -- Advocacy, Social advocacy, Social justice, Organizational justice, African Americans -- Employment, African Americans -- Civil rights, Employee rights, Unfair labor practices, Race discrimination
Language: English
Coverage: North Carolina
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06565
Relation: Replaced by : http://bwfj.org/
Description: "BIIN's mission is to promote the human dignity and well-being of all immigrants in our community and to advocate for and facilitate better access to legal, educational and social services." - from website, 2018.02.22
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Subject: Community development, Legal aid, Immigrants -- Services for, Foreign workers -- Services for
Creator: Brazos Interfaith Immigration Network
Language: English
Coverage: Texas -- Brazos County
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06396
Description: "CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities works to build grassroots community power across diverse poor and working class Asian immigrant and refugee communities in New York City." -- from the website, 3/24/2017
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Subject: Social justice -- Activism, Organizational justice, Community activists, Discrimination in the workplace -- Advocacy, Discrimination in housing -- Advocacy, Foreign workers -- Civil rights -- Advocacy, Sexual minorities -- Civil rights -- advocacy, Minorities -- Civil rights -- Advocacy, Immigrants -- Civil rights -- Advocacy, Social justice, Asian Americans -- Civil rights -- Advocacy, Foreign workers, Asian -- Civil rights -- Advocacy
Language: English
Coverage: New York (State) -- New York
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06533
Description: Save "As a vibrant, immigrant worker rights organization, Casa Latina empowers low-wage Latino immigrants to move from economic insecurity to economic prosperity and to lift their voices to take action around public policy issues that affect them. Casa Latina was founded in 1994, shortly after unprecedented numbers of Latino workers began arriving to Seattle. Since then, the organization has grown from doing street outreach out of borrowed spaces, to organizing job dispatch out of a trailer in a parking lot, to now providing a suite of impactful programs—including day labor dispatch, ESL classes, job skills & safety trainings, and community organizing for almost 750 worker-members—out of a three-building campus in Seattle’s Central District" - from website, 2017.08.31
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Subject: Foreign workers, Latin American, Day laborers, Community organization, Immigrants -- Services for, Immigrants -- Education, Foreign workers -- Training of
Creator: Casa Latina
Coverage: Washington (State) -- Seattle Metropolitan Area
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06560
Description: "CATA is a non-profit, migrant farmworker organization that is governed by and comprised of farmworkers who are actively engaged in the struggle for better working and living conditions. CATA’s mission is to empower and educate farmworkers through leadership development and capacity building so that they are able to make informed decisions regarding the best course of action for their interests." -- from the website, 6/19/2017
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Subject: Social advocacy, Organizational justice, Social justice -- Economic aspects, Agricultural laborers, Employee rights, Work environment, Unfair labor practices, Foreign workers -- Services for, Agricultural wages, Distributive justice
Description: "Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores (Community Worker’s Center) is a not-for-profit tax-exempt organization that works with the immigrant community in New Bedford and surrounding areas. Many of our members are of K’iche’ Mayan ethnicity, though we serve workers who have roots across Latin America, the Atlantic world and beyond." -- from the website, 3/22/2017
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Subject: Social advocacy, Social justice, Organizational justice, Community organization, Foreign workers -- Services for, Employee rights, Immigrants -- Services for
Language: English
Coverage: Massachusetts -- New Bedford
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06553
Description: "The mission of the Centreville Immigration Forum (CIF) is to implement sustainable programs that provide immigrants in need with the means to improve their lives and become more integrated into the community; improve communication and cooperation among groups serving immigrants; and build community recognition of our strength in diversity. Our vision is a community that provides acceptance and opportunity for all immigrants. All of our programs include workers in leadership and decision-making and support the self-sufficiency of low-income immigrants." - from website, 2019.04.22
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Subject: Community development, Day laborers, Wages, Immigrants -- Services for, Foreign workers -- Services for
Creator: Centreville Immigration Forum
Language: English
Coverage: Virginia -- Centreville
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06371
Description: "Centro Campesino Farmworker Center (Centro Campesino) is a Community Development Corporation that strengthens families in Central and South Florida. We do this by providing opportunities to access affordable housing, homeownership support, economic advancement and educational & leadership development." -- from the website, 3/22/2017
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Subject: Social advocacy, Social justice, Organizational justice, Leadership -- Training of, Agricultural laborers, Employee rights, Foreign workers -- Services for
Coverage: Florida, Central, Florida, Southern
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06554
Description: "The mission of Centro de Trabajadores Unidos: Immigrant Workers Project is to have a powerful immigrant run organization on the Southeast Side of Chicago that will educate workers on their rights, develop leadership within the immigrant community, support and organize all workers as they fight for their rights in the workplace and fight for changing policy that increases standards for immigrant workers. The long-term vision is to offer career advancement to immigrant workers can advance from low-wage jobs to high-skill jobs of our new economy." -- from the website, 3/22/2017
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Subject: Working class -- Organizing, Immigrants -- Civic engagement, Social advocacy, Social justice, Distributive justice, Immigration consultants, Immigrants -- Services for, Organizational justice, Unfair labor practices, Employee rights, Leadership -- Training of
Description: "Founded in 1969, Centro Legal de la Raza is a comprehensive legal services agency protecting and advancing the rights of immigrant, low-income, and Latino communities through bilingual legal representation, education, and advocacy. By combining quality legal services with know-your-rights education and youth development, Centro Legal promotes access to justice for thousands of individuals and families each year throughout Northern and Central California." -- from the website, 2017.03.27
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Subject: Pressure groups, Social advocacy, Social justice, Working poor -- Legal services for, Immigrants -- Services for, Organizational justice, Unfair labor practices, Immigrant youth -- Services for, Foreign workers, Latin American -- Services for
Language: English
Coverage: California, Northern, California, Central
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06546
Description: "Causa Justa :: Just Cause builds grassroots power and leadership to create strong, equitable communities. Born through mergers between Black organizations and Latino organizations, we build bridges of solidarity between working class communities. Through rights-based services, policy campaigns, civic engagement, and direct action, we improve conditions in our neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area, and contribute to building the larger multi-racial, multi-generational movement needed for fundamental change." -- from the website, 2017.03.22
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Subject: Social advocacy, Social justice, Pressure groups, Community information services, Community organization, Legal aid, Social networks, Employee rights, Community centers
Language: English
Coverage: California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06559
Description: "The Chinese Progressive Association is a grassroots community organization which works for full equality and empowerment of the Chinese community in the Greater Boston area and beyond. Our activities seek to improve the living and working conditions of Chinese Americans and to involve ordinary community members in making decisions that affect our lives." -- from the website, 6/19/2017
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Subject: Social advocacy, Social justice, Social justice -- Economic aspects, Labor rights, Community information services, Employee rights, Foreign workers -- Services for, Work environment, Unfair labor practices, Chinese Americans -- Social conditions
Language: English
Coverage: Massachusetts -- Boston
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06542
Description: "CSWA was originally founded in 1979 in NYC’s Chinatown by a group of Chinese restaurant workers, who felt they needed an organization that would go beyond the limitations of traditional union organizing." -- from the website, 2017.06.19
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Subject: Work environment, Food service employees, Clothing workers, Employee rights, Unfair labor practices, Organizational justice, Foreign workers, Chinese -- Civil rights, Foreign workers, Chinese -- Services for, Immigrants -- Services for
Coverage: New York (State) -- New York
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06540
Description: "CTUL organizes low-wage workers from across the Twin Cities to develop leadership and educate one another to build power and lead the struggle for fair wages, better working conditions, basic respect, and a voice in our workplaces." -- from the website, 6/19/2017
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Subject: Working poor -- Leadership training of, Distributive justice, Social advocacy, Organizational justice, Wages -- Foreign workers -- Advocacy, Work environment -- Advocacy, Labor rights -- Advocacy, Working class -- Organizing, Social justice -- Economic aspects, Foreign workers, Latin American -- Services for, Immigrants -- Services for, Unfair labor practices, Industrial hygiene, Industrial safety
Coverage: Minnesota -- St. Paul, Minnesota -- Minneapolis
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06549
Description: "The Consortium for Worker Education (CWE) is a private, non-profit agency that provides a wide array of workforce preparation, industry specific training and employment services to over 70,000 New York City workers annually, including union members, New Americans and dislocated workers. The CWE is the workforce development arm of the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, whose affiliated unions represent over 1.2 million workers in the metropolitan region." - from website, 2018.10.09
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Subject: AFL-CIO. New York City Central Labor Council, Employees -- Education, Employees -- Training of
Creator: CWE
Language: English
Coverage: New York (State) -- New York
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06380
Description: "The mission of the Day Worker Center in Santa Cruz County is to facilitate the hiring of day workers, both men and women; and to guarantee them dignified wages and safe working conditions in accordance with U.S. and California law. Additionally, the Center offers a variety of supportive services and training opportunities to its members to enrich their skill sets with the goal of providing quality services to the community." - from website, 2019.04.15
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Subject: Day laborers, Community development, Foreign workers -- Services for
Creator: Day Worker Center of Santa Cruz
Language: English
Coverage: California -- Santa Cruz County
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06369
Description: "Don Bosco Worker’s, Inc. is a grassroots community-organizing group led by Latino immigrant day laborers and other low-income workers in Port Chester, New York. We advocate for full and fair participation in the labor market through workplace rights education, leadership development and popular education methods for identifying social change goals from within the worker community." -- from the website, 6/25/2017
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Subject: Social advocacy, Social justice, Organizational justice, Workplace literacy -- Education, Leadership -- Training of, Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation, English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers, Foreign workers, Latin American -- Services for, Immigrants -- Services for, Day laborers, Employee rights
Language: English
Coverage: New York (State) -- Port Chester
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06524
Description: "El Centro, a storefront immigrant day worker center in Port Richmond, Staten Island, was developed in 1997 by a collaborative effort of Project Hospitality, the Latino Civic Association, and St. Mary’s of the Assumption Church to address the needs of the newly arrived immigrant day laborers and their families." -- from the website, 3/23/2017
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Subject: Social advocacy, Social justice, Organizational justice, Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation, Community centers, English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers, Day laborers -- Employment agencies, Day laborers -- Services for, Community organization, Foreign workers, Latin American -- Services for
Coverage: New York (State) -- New York -- Staten Island
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06521
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Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06377
Description: "Food AND Medicine is a non-profit organization located in Brewer, Maine. Food AND Medicine’s work is based on the moral value that people should not have to choose between food, medicine and other basic necessities. We believe that by working together with unions, farmers, community groups, small businesses, and faith-based organizations, we will create solutions and positive change." -- from the website, 3/23/2017
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Subject: Right to health, Distributive justice, Nutrition -- Social aspects, Vegetable gardening -- Education, Faith-based human services, Community gardens, Food security, Working poor -- Services for, Health services accessibility, Families -- Services for, Social justice, Farmers' markets, Community development, Employee rights
Description: "El Sol is a 501(c)3 nonprofit whose mission is to improve the quality of life of all the residents of Northern Palm Beach County by providing services to those in need, especially day laborers and their families." -- from the website 3/23/2017
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Subject: Social justice, Families -- Services for, Right to health, English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers, Soup kitchens, Community gardens, Occupational training, Employment agencies, Day laborers -- Services for, Community centers, Health services accessibility
Coverage: Florida -- Jupiter
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06520
Description: "GWC addresses the systemic problems of wage theft, unhealthy and unsafe working conditions, and the abusive and inhumane treatment faced by workers on-the-job." -- from the website, 3/23/2017
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Subject: Distributive justice, Organizational justice, Work environment, Immigrants -- Legal assistance, Foreign workers -- Legal assistance, Foreign workers, Pacific Islanders, Foreign workers, Korean, Foreign workers, Thai, Working poor -- Laws and legislation -- Advocacy, Unfair labor practices, Clothing workers, Foreign workers, Latin American, Employee rights, Industrial safety, Industrial hygiene
Coverage: California -- Los Angeles
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06511
Description: "Founded nearly 15 years ago, the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR) is a non-profit, community-based organization that educates, organizes, and empowers Latino immigrants across Georgia to defend and advance their civil and human rights." - from website, 2019.04.15
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Subject: Community development, Immigrants -- Civil rights, Immigrants -- Services for
Creator: Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights
Language: English
Coverage: Georgia
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06368
Description: "Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees (HWHR) was founded in 1992 to respond to the human needs of Haitian refugees and immigrants in the U.S., fleeing persecution. Through education, community organizing, leadership development and collective action, HWHR members empower themselves as they struggle for social and economic justice." -- from the website, 3/23/2017
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Subject: Distributive justice, Social advocacy, Foreign workers -- Leadership -- Training of, Women refugees -- Services for, Women -- Social conditions, English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers, Foreign workers -- Education, Social justice, Foreign workers, Haitian -- Services for, Refugees -- Services for, Immigrants -- Services for, Community organization, Legal aid, Disaster relief
Language: English
Coverage: New York (State) -- New York -- Brooklyn
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06510
Description: "Founded in 1975, the Westchester Hispanic Coalition’s (WHC) mission is to empower the Latino community through culturally competent programs designed to advance the rights of the community, to advocate for effective integration policies, and to advance immigrant rights through strategic alliances and campaigns." -- from the website, 3/27/2017
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Subject: Organizational justice, Social justice, Discrimination in employment -- Prevention, Discrimination in housing -- Prevention, Immigrants -- Civil rights -- Advocacy, Immigrants -- Services for, Community organization
Language: English
Coverage: New York (State) -- Westchester County
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06441
Relation: Replaced by: https://maketheroadny.org/
Description: "Our Mission: To create a more humane and democratic society by responding to the needs and problems of disenfranchised people through leadership development and educational programs based on Popular Education methodology. Specifically our goal is to organize and educate immigrants concerned with solving problems in their own communities." -- from the website, 3/23/2017
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Subject: Wages -- Labor disputes -- Advocacy, Day laborers -- Employment agencies, Distributive justice, Organizational justice, Occupational training, Right to health, Wages -- Foreign workers, Foreign workers -- Education, Health education, Foreign workers -- Services for, Health services accessibility, Household employees, English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers, Labor rights -- Advocacy, Day laborers -- Education, Day laborers -- Services for, Casual labor, Unfair labor practices
Coverage: California -- Los Angeles
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06505
Description: "Founded in 1982, Instituto Laboral de la Raza is a 501(c)3 non-profit resource center that provides labor rights education and advocacy to serve the needs of low income workers and their families. We deliver services, peer counseling, financial education and access to a network of services, all at no charge, 7 days a week. The thousands of workers we serve annually are from Mexico, Central America, Southeast Asia and the United States, and we serve many indigenous (native) peoples throughout the Americas as well." -- from the website, 3/23/2017
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Subject: Organizational justice, Working poor -- Services for, Financial literacy -- Education, Right to health, Pay equity -- Advocacy, Occupational training, Legal assistance to the poor, Industrial safety -- Education, Industrial hygiene -- Education, English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers, Employment agencies, Lawyer referral service, Referral centers (Information services), Unfair labor practices, Employee rights, Foreign workers -- Services for
Coverage: California -- San Francisco
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06504
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Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06389
Description: "JUNTA empowers the Latino and low-income community to take control of their economic and social well being, while civically engaging in the community. We promote a culture of community involvement and advocacy through our programs and initiatives. We offer adult education, children’s programs, economic development, family management, immigrant rights and cultural appreciation." -- from the website, 3/23/2017
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Subject: Working poor -- Civic engagement, Social advocacy, Social justice, Organizational justice, Foreign workers, Latin American -- Employee rights -- Advocacy, Foreign workers, Latin American -- Employee rights -- Education, Legal services, Legal assistance to the poor, Immigrants -- Civil rights -- Education, Children -- Services for, Families -- Services for, Resource programs (Education), Occupational training, Financial literacy, Community centers, Working poor -- Services for
Coverage: Connecticut -- New Haven
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06502
Description: "The Kansas City Worker Justice Center empowers low-income workers in the Kansas City metropolitan area by eliminating unjust employment practices. We unite workers, unions and advocates to create and sustain legal, educational, social and economic opportunities that foster a more just community." - from website, 2018.08.13
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Subject: Social justice, Community development, Unfair labor practices, Employee rights
Creator: Kansas City Worker Justice Center
Language: English
Coverage: Missouri -- Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06381
Description: "KIWA’s primary initiatives focus on workers’ rights, equitable development, and immigrants’ justice. All our efforts are grounded in a commitment to economic, social and environmental justice and in the belief that human beings can effect real change. Our strategic approach combines cross-racial grassroots organizing, leadership development, direct services, advocacy, cultural resistance programs, community-based research and multi-ethnic coalition building." -- from the website, 3/23/2017
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Subject: Distributive justice, Organizational justice, Environmental justice, Social justice, Leadership -- Training of, Volunteer workers in social services, Organizational training, Foreign workers -- Services for, Immigrants -- Services for, Employee rights, Community organization
Language: Spanish, Korean, English
Coverage: California -- Los Angeles
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06500
Description: "Mission & Vision: The mission of the Los Angeles Black Worker Center is to increase access to quality jobs; reduce employment discrimination; and improve industries that employ Black workers through action and unionization. The center seeks to promote economic and racial justice, peace, and prosperity for all of Los Angeles by developing policies and corporate practices that perpetuate equality in the labor market and end inferior jobs in the Black Community." -- from the website, 3/23/2017
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Subject: Social advocacy, Social justice, Race discrimination, Social justice -- Economic aspects, Labor unions -- Organizing, Community organization, Organizational justice, Discrimination in employment -- Advocacy, African Americans -- Employment, Employee rights, Unfair labor practices
Language: English
Coverage: California -- Los Angeles
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06493
Description: Principles of P.T.L.A.: Workers will not be discriminated against because of race, religion, political ideology, nationality, sexual orientation, legal status, illness, etc. -- translated from the website, 3/23/2017
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Creator: Workers, Latin American -- Employee rights -- Advocacy, Workers, Latin American -- Employee rights -- Education, Non-profit organizations, Organizational justice, Social justice, Social advocacy, Day laborers -- Construction workers -- Employment agencies, Household employees -- Women -- Services for, Day laborers -- Services for, Day laborers -- Household employees -- Employment agencies
Coverage: New York (State) -- New York -- Brooklyn
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06496
Description: "Laundry Workers Center United addresses the need for community-based leadership development geared toward improving the living and working conditions of workers in the laundry and food service industries, as well as their families. Our work aims to combat abuses such as landlord negligence, wage theft, and hazardous and exploitative working conditions, all of which are endemic in low-income communities in New York City and New Jersey." -- from the website, 3/23/2017
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Subject: Work environment, Landlord and tenant -- Legal status, laws, etc., Industrial safety, Industrial hygiene, Discrimination in employment -- Advocacy, Discrimination in housing -- Advocacy, Food service employees, Working poor -- Civil rights, Leadership -- Training of, Organizational justice -- Advocacy, Laundry workers, Employee rights, Unfair labor practices
Language: English
Coverage: New Jersey, New York (State)
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06494
Relation: Replaced by: https://www.lwcu.org/
Description: "Founded by labor rights activist César Chávez, LUPE builds stronger, healthier communities where colonia residents use the power of civic engagement for social change. From fighting deportations, to providing social services and English classes, to organizing for streetlights and drainage, LUPE responds to the needs of the community, and takes action that creates a chance for a better life." -- from the website, 3/22/2017
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Subject: Working poor -- Services for, Social advocacy, Labor rights, Organizational justice, Foreign workers -- Civil rights, Immigrants -- Civil rights, Distributive justice, Social justice, Chavez, Cesar Estrada, Unfair labor practices
Coverage: North America -- Rio Grande Valley
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06497
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Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06484
Description: "Nonprofit organization that works to improve the lives of members of the Latino and migrant communities in southern Minnesota through community organizing, education, and advocacy." -- from the website, 3/22/2017
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Subject: Immigrants -- Counseling of, Social advocacy, Social justice, Organizational justice, Foreign workers, Latin American -- Services for, Community organization, Immigrants -- Services for, Employee rights
Description: "Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) is a grassroots organization of Latina immigrant women with a double mission of promoting personal transformation and building community power for social and economic justice." -- from the website, 3/23/2017
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Subject: Distributive justice, Social advocacy, Community organization, Minorities -- Services for, Community activists, Women, Latin American -- Civil rights -- Advocacy, Hispanic American women -- Civil rights -- Advocacy, Social justice, Organizational justice, Leadership -- Training of, Workplace literacy -- Education, Employee rights -- Education, Immigrants -- Services for, Foreign workers, Latin American -- Services for
Coverage: California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06481
Description: Add New Labor provides employee rights advocacy and education to Latin American immigrant workers. Services include Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards training, so that laborers can advocate for better working conditions.
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Subject: Distributive justice, Working class -- Organizing, Organizational justice, Foreign workers, Latin American -- Services for, Immigrants -- Services for, Industrial hygiene, Industrial safety
Description: "The New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice (Workers’ Center) was founded shortly after Hurricane Katrina, in the context of a humanitarian crisis. Against the backdrop of a political economy that pitted communities of color against each other, a group of Black and immigrant workers came together from public housing developments, FEMA trailer parks, day labor corners, and labor camps across Louisiana to build a new freedom movement: multi-racial; committed to racial, gender, and immigrant justice; and dedicated to telling a new story about possibility in the Southern region as a whole." -- from the website, 3/25/2017
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Subject: Sex discrimination in employment, Social advocacy, Social justice, Day laborers -- Services for, Community activists, Organizational justice, Foreign workers, Latin American -- Services for, African Americans -- Employment, Immigrants -- Services for, Racial justice
Language: English
Coverage: Louisiana -- New Orleans
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06474
Description: "The Northwest Arkansas Workers’ Justice Center (NWAWJC) is a non-profit organization that assists the least empowered residents of our state: low wage workers. Through advocacy, organizing, and education, we seek to help workers to help themselves obtaining safe workplaces and fair wages." -- from the website, 3/27/2017
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Subject: Organizational justice -- Advocacy, Faith-based human services, Community centers, Social justice, Social advocacy, Wages -- Labor disputes -- Advocacy, Distributive justice, Employee rights, Industrial safety, Industrial hygiene
Description: "The Northwest Workers’ Justice Project exists to support the efforts of low-wage, immigrant and contingent workers to protect their workplace dignity and to improve wages and working conditions." -- from the website, 3/29/2017
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Subject: Distributive justice, Day laborers -- Services for, Lobbyists -- Employee rights, Wages -- Labor disputes -- Advocacy, Mentoring in the professions -- Attorneys, Organizational justice, Employee rights, Foreign workers -- Services for, Industrial hygiene, Industrial safety
Coverage: Oregon -- Portland
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06470
Description: "Omaha Together One Community (OTOC) teaches people to become effective leaders, explore their legitimate interests, do solid research, engage in sometimes tough, but always respectful public discourse, hold elected officials accountable and create positive change through collective action." -- from the website, 3/27/2017
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Subject: Organizational justice, Environmental justice, Environmental issues -- Activism, Immigrants -- Services for, Mental health -- Advocacy, Refugees -- Services for, Civil rights -- Advocacy, Community organization, Labor rights -- Advocacy, Human rights -- Advocacy, Leadership -- Training of
Description: "At the Pasadena Community Job Center, we aim to connect you with skilled day laborers for a variety of services. We have hard-working men and women who are reliable, dedicated to supporting their families and being active contributors to our community." - from website, 2019.04.15
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Subject: Day laborers, Community development
Creator: Pasadena Community Job Center
Language: English
Coverage: California -- Pasadena
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06364
Description: "Philadelphia Area Jobs with Justice is a coalition of labor unions and student, community, and faith groups united in our shared work fighting for the rights of all working people--in the workplace, in our neighborhoods, in the media, and on the picket line. We work together in solidarity and in reciprocity, showing our support for each others' struggles." - from website, 2017.03.22
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Subject: Social justice, Employee rights, Direct action, Picketing, Political participation
Creator: Jobs with Justice
Language: English
Coverage: Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06398
Description: "The Puente Human Rights Movement is a grassroots migrant justice organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. We develop, educate, and empower migrant communities to protect and defend our families and ourselves. " - from website, 2019.04.15
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Subject: Community organization, Community development, Social justice, Immigrants -- Education, Immigrants -- Services for, Immigrants -- Civil rights
Creator: Puente Human Rights Movement
Coverage: Arizona
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06362
Description: "The Retail Action Project (RAP) is a member-based organization with the mission of building worker power, elevating industry standards, and promoting family-sustaining jobs. We achieve this through engaging in collective action, highlighting worker voices, growing member professional capacity, and nurturing leadership. " - from website, 2018.02.06
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Subject: Wages, Unfair labor practices, Leadership -- Training of, Retail trade -- Employees
Creator: Retail Action Project
Language: English
Coverage: New York (State) -- New York
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06406
Description: "The mission of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United is to improve wages and working conditions for the nation’s restaurant workforce." -- from the website, 3/27/2017
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Subject: Distributive justice, Wages -- Labor disputes -- Advocacy, Labor rights -- Advocacy, Living wage movement, Organizational justice -- Advocacy, Food industry and trade -- Social justice, Food industry and trade -- Employees, Food service employees -- Services for, Employee rights
Description: "Since 1981 Rural & Migrant Ministry, a statewide, non-profit organization, has been standing proudly with the the rural and migrant communities throughout New York. We act to overcome the prejudices and poverty that degrade and debilitate people within rural New York by building communities that celebrate diversity, achieve true mutuality and fight for dignity and opportunity to all." -- from the website, 3/27/2017
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Subject: Leadership in adolescents -- Training of, Leadership in children -- Training of, Leadership -- Training of, Employee empowerment, Employee rights, Agricultural laborers, Foreign workers -- Services for, Organizational justice
Description: "At the San Diego Workers Center, we aim to connect you with skilled day laborers for a variety of services. The hiring process is fast and orderly. We have hard-working men and women who are reliable, dedicated to supporting their families and being active contributors to our community." - from website, 2019.04.23
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Subject: Day laborers, Community organization
Creator: San Diego Workers Center
Language: English
Coverage: California -- San Diego
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06361
Description: "Silicon Valley Rising is a coordinated campaign driven by an unprecedented coalition of labor, faith leaders, community-based organizations and workers." - from website, 2017.09.21
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Subject: Community organization, Housing, Equality, Occupational segregation, Income distribution
Language: English
Coverage: California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06423
Description: "The Street Vendor Project is a membership-based project with more than 1,800 active vendor members who are working together to create a vendors' movement for permanent change. We reach out to vendors in the streets and storage garages and teach them about their legal rights and responsibilities. We hold meetings where we plan collective actions for getting our voices heard. We publish reports and file lawsuits to raise public awareness about vendors and the enormous contribution they make to our city. Finally, we help vendors grow their businesses by linking them with small business training and loans. The Street Vendor Project is part of the Urban Justice Center, a non-profit organization that provides legal representation and advocacy to various marginalized groups of New Yorkers." - from website, 2019.01.10
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Subject: Street vendors, Small business -- Services for, Foreign workers -- Services for
Creator: The Street Vendor Project
Language: English
Coverage: New York (State) -- New York
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06376
Description: "Our mission is to unite and empower people to achieve justice and equality for all, changing lives by developing grassroots leaders who identify problems and seek lasting solutions. Sunflower members build power by taking action and holding decision-makers accountable." -- from the website, 9/4/2017
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Subject: Environmental justice, Social advocacy, Social justice, Organizational justice, Industrial hygiene, Civil rights, Community organization, Industrial safety
Description: "United for a New Economy (UNE) works towards its vision by building community power through organizing; community activism and innovative policy solutions. United for a New Economy (UNE) envisions vibrant, strong communities where ALL community members have a voice in the decisions that impact them, access to economic security; which includes affordable housing and good jobs and the ability to live free of racism and fear." - from website, 2018.03.29
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Subject: Social justice, Community development, Housing, Race discrimination, Employee rights
Description: Save "We are one of nearly 500 state and local labor councils of the AFL-CIO and are the heart of the labor movement. We are democratically elected bodies dedicated to represent the interests of working people at the state and local level. We mobilize our members and community partners to advocate for social and economic justice and we strive daily to vanquish oppression and make our communities better for all people—regardless of race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, or ethnic or national origin."--from website, 2017.08.28
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Subject: Social advocacy, Social justice, Labor unions, Organizational justice, Taxicab drivers, AFL-CIO
Language: English
Coverage: California -- Los Angeles
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06492
Description: "The mission of UTWSD is to unify taxicab workers, to improve working conditions through direct advocacy and empowerment to increase education and civic participation by taxi drivers and their families, and to improve professional transportation services for the San Diego community and visitors." -- from the website, 3/27/2017
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Subject: Working class -- Organizing, Taxicab drivers -- Employee rights -- Advocacy, Immigrants -- Employee rights -- Advocacy, Foreign workers -- Employee rights -- Advocacy, Social justice, Organizational justice, Labor unions, Employee rights
Language: English
Coverage: California -- San Diego
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06451
Description: "Voces de la Frontera began life in 1995 as the name of a bilingual newspaper in Austin, Texas, subtitled ‘a voce of the voiceless’ and championing immigrant rights and wider social justice issues...These organizing efforts also called attention to the need for a workers’ center that could respond to the immediate problems that confronted low wage and immigrant workers. Voces de la Frontera’s Milwaukee Workers’ Center opened its doors in 2001 and was initially run by volunteers." -- from the website, 3/27/2017
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Subject: Distributive justice, Referral centers, Living wage movement, Social justice, Organizational justice, Community organization, Employee rights, Immigrants -- Civil rights
Language: English
Coverage: Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06446
Description: "The Wage Justice Center fights for economic justice in California’s working communities. We provide legal representation to low-income workers facing wage theft. We educate workers, advocates, and other legal service providers about effective strategies to collect unpaid wages." -- from the website, 3/27/2017
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Subject: Distributive justice, Day laborers -- Employee rights -- Advocacy, Day laborers -- Legal services for, Day laborers -- Wages -- Labor disputes, Living wage movement, Organizational justice -- Advocacy, Wages -- Labor disputes -- Advocacy, Employee rights
Language: Chinese, Korean, Spanish, English
Coverage: California
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06444
Description: "WeCount! was initiated as a program of a social service coalition, WeCare of South Dade, in 2002. In 2006, it became an independent organization with individual memberships. [...] Since 2006, WeCount! has worked to build the power of the immigrant community in the Homestead area through leadership development, community education, coalition building and campaigns for social change. In 2007, we began working with youth from immigrant families. Over the years, we developed a clear focus on defense of immigrant and worker rights." - from website, 2019.04.23
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Subject: Community organization, Social advocacy, Unfair labor practices, Employee rights, Immigrants -- Services for, Immigrants -- Civil rights
Creator: We Count!
Coverage: Florida -- Miami-Dade County
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06359
Description: "We are a group of passionate, community-conscious people working to organize, advocate for, and expand opportunities for Latino and immigrant people in the state of Maryland. We do this by providing employment placement; workforce development and training; health education; citizenship and legal services; and financial, language, and literacy training to Latino and immigrant communities throughout the state." -- from the website, 4/5/2017
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Subject: Organizational justice, Workplace literacy, Occupational training, Labor rights -- Advocacy, Immigrants -- Civil rights, Health education, Immigrants -- Services for, Foreign workers, Latin American -- Services for, Foreign workers, Central American -- Services for, Foreign workers -- Employment
Language: French, Spanish, English
Coverage: Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06562
Relation: See also: http://wearecasa.org/get-involved/, See also: http://wearecasa.org/get-involved/become-a-member/, See also: http://wearecasa.org/hireaworker/, See also: http://wearecasa.org/pressroom-all/, See also: http://wearecasa.org/services-by-state/
Description: "The Workers’ Center of Central New York is a grassroots organization focused upon workplace and economic justice. Through community organizing, leadership development, popular education and policy advocacy, the Workers’ Center of Central New York aims to empower marginalized, low-wage workers to combat workplace abuses and improve wages and working conditions throughout the community." -- from the website, 3/27/2017
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Subject: Distributive justice, Dairy products industry -- Workers -- Employee rights -- Advocacy, Immigrants -- Civil rights -- Advocacy, Organizational justice, Employee rights, Unfair labor practices, Industrial safety, Industrial hygiene
Coverage: New York (State) -- Central
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06436
Description: " IWCC serves as a collective learning and resource network for immigrant worker centers, a force for building inter-ethnic solidarity and a mass-based immigrant worker rights movement, and a strategy space to develop collective campaigns for greater impact." -- from the website, 3/23/2017
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Subject: Working class -- Organizing, Organizational justice, Referral centers (Information services), Social networks, Resource programs (Education), Foreign workers -- Services for, Employee rights, Community organization
Language: Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, English
Coverage: Massachusetts -- Boston
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06507
Description: "Working Partnerships USA is a community organization that drives the movement for a just economy by bringing together public policy innovation and the power of grassroots organizing. We build the capacity of workers, low-income neighborhoods and communities of color to lead and govern. Based in Silicon Valley, we tackle the root causes of inequality and poverty by leading collaborative campaigns for quality jobs, healthy communities, equitable growth and vibrant democracy." - from website, 2017.09.21
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Subject: Community organization, Community development, Work environment, Living wage movement, Right to health
Creator: Working Partnerships USA
Language: English
Coverage: California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06424
Description: "The Workers’ Rights Center is a community center dedicated to educating and advocating for worker justice." -- from the website, 3/27/2017
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Subject: Social advocacy, Social justice, Organizational justice, Unfair labor practices, Employee rights, Immigrants -- Services for, Foreign workers -- Services for
Description: "Adhikaar, meaning rights, is a New York-based nonprofit organizing Nepali-speaking community to promote human rights and social justice for all. To achieve our mission : We facilitate access to information and resources on immigration, health, workers’ rights, and other issues; We organize the community to collectively advocate against social injustices and human rights abuses; We conduct participatory action research and policy advocacy on issues affecting our community; We build leadership of members, with the focus on marginalized groups within the Nepali-speaking community." - from website, 2018.02.06
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Subject: Foreign workers, Nepali, Social justice, Community development, Leadership -- Training of, Immigrants -- Services for
Creator: Adhikaar
Language: English
Coverage: New York (State) -- New York
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06411
Description: "AIWA works with immigrant workers employed in the Bay Area’s garment, home care, hotel, restaurant, assembly and other low-wage industries, and low-income immigrant youth in Oakland. Our organization seeks to empower women and youth through education, leadership development and collective action, so that they can fight for dignity and justice in their daily lives and improve their working and living conditions." -- from website, 2017.04.11
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Subject: Organizational training, Leadership in adolescents -- Training of, Foreign workers -- Leadership -- Training of, Employment agencies, English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers, Workplace literacy, Wages -- Labor disputes -- Advocacy, Social advocacy, Social justice, Organizational justice, Immigrants -- Civil rights, Foreign workers -- Services for, Unfair labor practices
Language: Korean, Chinese, English
Coverage: California -- Oakland
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06567
Description: "The Alliance for Fair Food is a national network of people working in partnership with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers for farmworker justice." - from website, 2018.02.22
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Subject: CIW (Coalition of Immokalee Workers), Agricultural laborers, Social justice, Unfair labor practices
Creator: Alliance for Fair Food
Language: English
Coverage: Florida
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06393
Description: "The Awood Center is a dynamic worker-centered organization that creates a culturally and linguistically relevant space to build unity and develop the next generation of leaders in Minnesota’s diverse East African communities."--taken from website 2023.09.11
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Subject: African Americans -- Employment, Foreign workers -- Employee rights -- Advocacy, Immigrants -- Labor rights -- Advocacy, Community organization -- Foreign workers
Creator: The Awood Center
Language: English
Coverage: Minnesota
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa08051
Description: "The Beloved Community Center of Greensboro, North Carolina (BCC) is a community-based, grassroots empowerment oriented organization rooted in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy of proactive struggles for racial and economic justice, democracy and beloved community, the BCC is committed to grassroots empowerment, especially among minorities, within the context and spirit of forging a beloved community for all residents." -- from the website, 4/11/2017
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Subject: Baker, Ella, Racism in the workplace, Distributive justice, King, Martin Luther, Jr., Social advocacy, Social justice, Organizational justice, Unfair labor practices, Community organization, Employee rights, African Americans -- Employment, African Americans -- Civil rights, Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Language: English
Coverage: North Carolina -- Greensboro
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06566
Description: "Brandworkers was founded in 2007 by retail and food employees who identified a need for an organization dedicated to protecting and advancing their rights. The organization was launched based on a simple principle: that working people themselves, equipped with powerful social change tools, were uniquely positioned to make positive change on the job and in society." -- from the website, 3/27/2017
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Subject: Distributive justice, Organizational justice, Labor rights -- Advocacy, Food industry and trade -- Social justice, Social justice, Food industry and trade -- Employees, Leadership -- Training of, Employee rights
Language: English
Coverage: New York (State) -- New York
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06564
Description: "The Brazilian Immigrant Center is the co-founder of Mass Coalition for Domestic Workers. We worked closely with our allies including National Domesitc Workers Alliance and the Greater Boston Legal Services, where Monica Halas supported us as our legal counsel and legislative mentor." -- from the website, 3/22/2017
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Subject: Organizational justice, Industrial hygiene -- Education, Industrial safety -- Education, Employee empowerment, Occupational training, Household employees, Employee rights, Foreign workers, Brazilian -- Services for
Description: "CARECEN empowers Central Americans and all immigrants by defending human and civil rights, working for social and economic justice and promoting cultural diversity." -- from the website, 3/27/2017
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Subject: Distributive justice, Foreign workers, Central American -- Services for, Social advocacy, Social justice, Organizational justice, Immigrants -- Services for, Employee rights, Foreign workers, Central American -- Civil rights
Language: English
Coverage: California -- Los Angeles
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06557
Relation: See also: http://www.carecendc.org/
Description: "Since 1981, the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) has fostered the comprehensive development of the Latino population in the Washington metropolitan region by providing direct legal services, housing counseling, citizenship education, and community economic development, while promoting grassroots empowerment, civic engagement, and civil rights advocacy." -- from the website, 3/23/2017
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Subject: Civil rights -- Advocacy, Legal services, Immigrants -- Civil rights -- Education, Immigrants -- Citizenship -- Education, Community development -- Economic aspects, Immigrants -- Service learning, Community activists, Community information services, Discrimination in housing -- Advocacy, Working poor -- Services for, Minorities -- Services for, Foreign workers, Central American -- Services for, Immigrants -- Services for
Language: English
Coverage: Washington (D.C.)
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06556
Relation: See also: http://www.carecen-la.org/
Description: "Our Mission is to help new arrivals to this country become fully integrated and productive members of their new community. We strive to empower workers and their families by providing them with knowledge and resources relating to immigration, education, housing, health, employment and job safety." -- from the website, 3/22/2017
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Subject: Social advocacy, Agricultural laborers -- Services for, Day laborers -- Services for, Organizational justice, Immigrants -- Employment, Immigrants -- Economic conditions, Foreign workers -- Housing, Labor rights, Health education, Foreign workers -- Education, Industrial safety, Industrial hygiene
Description: "As a grassroots community based organization we operate many vital programs focused on health care issues, community organizing, social services, and family education." -- from the website, 3/22/2017
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Subject: Foreign workers -- Families -- Services for, Right to health, Foreign workers - Advocacy, Legal assistance to the poor, Legal services, Thrift shops, Community gardens, Community education, Community organization, Industrial hygiene, Industrial safety
Description: "The Workers Center For Racial Justice is a grassroots organization fighting for Black Liberation, and a fair and inclusive society that benefits everyone and leaves no one out." - from website, 2018.02.22
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Subject: Unfair labor practices, Wages, Social justice, Race discrimination, Working class -- Services for
Description: " Since 1972, Centro Cultural of Washington County has served Latino families with an ever-growing range of programs designed to create self-sufficient, engaged, and active citizens." -- from the website, 3/22/2017
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Subject: Organizational justice, Community centers, Resource programs (Education), Referral centers (Information services), Immigrants -- Education, Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation, Immigrants -- Economic conditions, Foreign workers, Latin American -- Services for
Language: English
Coverage: Oregon -- Washington County
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06551
Description: "Centro Humanitario Para Los Trabajadores (El Centro) is Denver’s only day laborer center promoting work, dignity and community. The mission is to promote the rights and well-being of day laborers and domestic workers in Colorado through education, job skills, leadership development, united action and advocacy." -- from the website, 3/22/2017
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Subject: Social advocacy, Social justice, Distributive justice, Workplace literacy, Organizational justice, Day laborers, Employee rights, Household employees, Leadership -- Training of
Description: "The Chelsea Collaborative, Inc. originally founded in 1988 as the Chelsea Human Services Collaborative, is an organization dedicated to the needs of the community of Chelsea. Our mission is to enhance the social, environmental and economic health of the community and its people." -- from the website, 6/19/2017
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Subject: Distributive justice, Organizational justice, Discrimination in housing -- Prevention, Human services, Community centers, Community information services, Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation, Foreign workers -- Services for, Employee rights, Immigrants -- Services for
Coverage: Massachusetts -- Chelsea
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06544
Description: "Through CWC's bringing down barriers campaign, workers seek fairness in hiring so that workers can access much needed steady work." -- from the website, 4/17/2017
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Subject: Distributive justice, Temporary employees -- Employee rights -- Advocacy, Wages -- Labor disputes -- Advocacy, Organizational justice, Unfair labor practices
Coverage: Illinois -- Chicago
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06543
Description: "Cidadão Global is a community-based organization dedicated to promoting and defending the human rights of Brazilian immigrants and strengthening citizen participation and political visibility through leadership development, essential services, community organizing, civic engagement, and cultural preservation." -- from the website, 4/11/2017
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Subject: Organizational justice, Wages -- Labor disputes, English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers, Workplace literacy -- Education, Foreign workers, Brazilian -- Services for, Immigrants -- Services for, Immigrants -- Civil rights, Community organization
Language: English, Portuguese
Coverage: New York (State) -- New York
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06538
Description: "The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) is a worker-based human rights organization internationally recognized for its achievements in the fields of social responsibility, human trafficking, and gender-based violence at work." -- from the website, 2017.03.22
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Subject: Violence in the workplace -- Prevention, Human trafficking -- Prevention, Employee rights, Social advocacy, Social justice, Civil rights, Organizational justice, Agricultural laborers, Unfair labor practices
Description: "Founded in 1972, the Chinese Progressive Association educates, organizes and empowers the low income and working class immigrant Chinese community in San Francisco to build collective power with other oppressed communities to demand better living and working conditions and justice for all people." -- from the website, 6/19/2017
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Subject: Organizational justice, Immigrants -- Economic conditions, Social justice -- Economic aspects, Labor rights, Wages -- Foreign workers -- Advocacy, Work environment -- Advocacy, Foreign workers -- Education, Human services, Community information services, Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation, Employee rights
Language: English
Coverage: California -- San Francisco
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06541
Description: "Operated and led primarily by Central American immigrants, Centro Presente struggles for immigrant rights and for economic and social justice. Through the integration of community organizing, leadership development and basic services, Centro Presente strives to give our members voice and build community power." -- from the website, 3/22/2017
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Subject: Distributive justice, Social advocacy, Leadership in adolescents -- Training of, Social justice, Organizational justice, Immigrants -- Services for, Foreign workers, Latin American -- Services for, Foreign workers, Central American -- Services for, Community organization
Description: "Community Resource Center (formerly Hispanic Resource Center) was founded in 1998 to promote the cultural, economic, educational and professional integration of immigrants to the already established larger community and advocates for those in need. We aim to provide the tools to prepare new immigrant families to become self-sufficient and active members of the community." -- from the website, 3/24/2017
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Subject: Distributive justice, Immigrants -- Economic conditions, Immigrants -- Employment, Immigrants -- Education, Immigrants -- Services for, Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation, Employment agencies, Organizational justice, Immigrants -- Labor rights -- Advocacy, Immigrants -- Civil rights -- Advocacy, Community organization
Language: English
Coverage: New York (State) -- Mamaroneck
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06532
Collector: Spanish
Description: "Community Voices Heard (CVH) is a member-led multi-racial organization, principally women of color and low-income families in New York State that builds power to secure social, economic and racial justice for all. We accomplish this through grassroots organizing, leadership development, policy changes, and creating new models of direct democracy." -- from the website, 2017.03.22
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Subject: Right to health, Discrimination in housing -- Prevention, Right to housing, Distributive justice, Social advocacy, Social justice, Economic security, Working poor -- Services for, Organizational justice, Discrimination in employment, Unfair labor practices
Coverage: New York (State) -- Dutchess County, New York (State) -- Westchester County, New York (State) -- Orange County, New York (State) -- New York
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06531
Description: "The Center for Worker Justice unites low-wage workers in Eastern Iowa across race and immigration status to achieve social and economic justice through education, organization, direct service, and community alliances.We seek to improve Eastern Iowa communities by coordinating projects to address injustices in areas such as: workplace conditions, civil rights, access to education, and the need for affordable housing." - from website, 2018.03.06
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Subject: Interfaith Worker Justice (Organization), Social justice, Community development, Housing, Employee rights, Immigrants -- Services for
Creator: Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa
Coverage: Iowa
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06388
Description: "The Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center (CIWC) was established in March 2005 to mobilize, educate, and organize low wage and immigrant workers to achieve positive systemic change. The goal is to provide workers with the tools and support they need to transform their workplaces and communities as a whole." -- from the website, 2017.04.10
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Subject: Economic security, Distributive justice, Living wage movement, Working poor -- Services for, Social justice, Social advocacy, Organizational justice, Employee rights, Foreign workers -- Services for, Unfair labor practices, Industrial safety
Coverage: Ohio -- Cincinnati
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06537
Description: "DARE organizes low-income families in communities of color for social, economic and political justice." -- from the website, 3/24/2017
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Subject: Distributive justice, Working poor -- Activism, Recidivism -- Prevention, Discrimination in housing -- Advocacy, Discrimination in housing -- Prevention, Homeownership -- Economic aspects -- Advocacy, Working poor -- Services for, Minorities -- Civil rights -- Advocacy, Working poor -- Civil rights -- Advocacy, Community activists, Economic justice -- Advocacy, Social justice -- Advocacy
Language: English
Coverage: Rhode Island -- Providence
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06526
Description: "The Day Worker Center of Mountain View is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization serving the communities surrounding Mountain View, Los Altos, and Sunnyvale. The Center was established in 1996 by leaders from local businesses, churches, and the community to provide job-matching services for hundreds of local homeowners and businesses annually." -- from the website, 6/19/2017
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Subject: Right to health, Organizational justice, Day laborers -- Services for, Health services accessibility, Community centers, Community information services, Human services, Employment agencies, Foreign workers, Latin American -- Services for
Coverage: California -- Mountain View
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06529
Description: "Founded on Labor Day 2000, the mission of the D.C. Employment Justice Center is to secure, protect and promote workplace justice in the D.C. metropolitan area. Since our founding, the EJC has successfully used a combination of strategies to protect the rights of low-income workers, including legal services, policy advocacy, community organizing, and education." -- from the website, 6/19/2017
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Subject: Organizational justice, Labor rights -- Education, Working poor, Legal assistance to the poor, Legal services, Labor rights -- Advocacy, Labor policy -- Advocacy, Labor laws and legislation, Employee rights
Description: "DC Jobs with Justice is a dynamic coalition of labor organizations, community groups, faith-based organizations, and student groups dedicated to protecting the rights of working people and supporting community struggles to build a more just society." -- from the website, 6/19/2017
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Subject: Social advocacy, Social justice, Organizational justice, Minorities -- Employment, Immigrants -- Employment, Students -- Political activity, Labor unions, Faith-based organizations, Coalitions, Labor laws and legislation, Employee rights, Community organization, Foreign workers -- Services for, Employee rights, Community organization, Foreign workers -- Services for
Description: "Nannies, Housekeepers and Homecare Workers are organizing for better pay, and for dignity and respect in the workplace. As the Atlanta Chapter of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, we are building power through leadership development, strategic campaigns and alliance building. Our campaigns include minimum wage and overtime for homecare workers, a $15 federal minimum wage, and Medicaid Expansion in Georgia. We offer regular job skills and know-your-rights trainings, and a Health Referral Program for members." -- from the website, 3/27/2017
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Subject: Social advocacy, Social justice, Vocational education, Pay equity -- Advocacy, Working poor -- Services for, Occupational training, Leadership -- Training of, Organizational justice, Employee rights, Household employees, Nannies, Caregivers
Description: "Domestic Workers United [DWU] is an organization of Caribbean, Latina and African nannies, housekeepers, and elderly caregivers in New York, organizing for power, respect, fair labor standards and to help build a movement to end exploitation and oppression for all." -- from the website, 3/28/2017
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Subject: Social advocacy, Social justice, Organizational justice, Foreign workers -- Services for, Household employees, Unfair labor practices, Employee rights, Caregivers
Coverage: New York (State) -- New York
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06525
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