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Cornell University Library

Archive-It Partner Since: Mar, 2011

Organization Type: Colleges & Universities

Organization URL: http://www.library.cornell.edu/   

Description:

Based on the number of volumes in its collections, Cornell University Library (CUL) is one of the ten largest academic research libraries in the United States. Within its 20 unit libraries, holdings number more than 8 million volumes and 7 million microforms. CUL subscribes to nearly 65,000 journals and serial publications, and provides access to more than 100,000 networked databases and other electronic resources. CUL collects web sites produced by affiliates of Cornell University, web sites from organizations or individuals whose records or papers are held in Cornell’s archives, and web sites in subject areas corresponding to existing collection strengths.

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Title: Adelante Alabama Worker Center

URL: http://adelantealabama.org/

Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive

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

Title: Arriba! Las Vegas Workers Center

URL: http://arribalasvegas.org/

Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive

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

Title: Casa Latina

URL: http://casa-latina.org/

Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive

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

Title: Centreville Immigration Forum (CIF)

URL: http://centrevilleimmigrationforum.org/

Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive

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

Title: Day Worker Center of Santa Cruz

URL: http://dayworkercentersc.org/

Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive

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

Title: Don Bosco Workers Inc.

URL: http://donboscoworkers.org/

Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive

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

Title: Pasadena Community Job Center

URL: http://pasadenajobcenter.com/

Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive

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

Title: San Diego Workers Center

URL: http://sdworkerscenter.org/

Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive

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

Title: Centro Humanitario

URL: http://www.centrohumanitario.org/

Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive

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

Title: New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE)

URL: http://www.nynice.org/

Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive

Description: "New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) builds the individual and collective power of immigrant workers. We envision a society where all people, regardless of immigration status, live and work with dignity and justice. We focus on organizing and supporting newly arrived immigrants who face significant challenges in finding safe, dignified, and well-paying jobs and are at high risk of workplace abuse and exploitation." - from website, 2018.02.06

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Subject:   Foreign workers,  Day laborers ,  Community development

Title: The Primavera Foundation - Pathways Out of Poverty

URL: http://www.primavera.org/

Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive

Description: "The Primavera Foundation provides pathways out of poverty through safe, affordable housing, workforce development, and neighborhood revitalization." - from website, 2017.09.21

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Subject:   Community organization Community development Social justice -- Economic aspects Homeless persons -- Services for,  Day laborers

Title: The San Francisco Day Labor Program

URL: http://www.sfdaylabor.org/

Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive

Description: "The San Francisco Day Labor Program and Women’s Collective of Dolores Street Community Services is a grassroots-organized program deeply rooted in the community with strong support of key stakeholders. Since 1991, the DLP/WC has been extremely successful at uniting, empowering, and organizing immigrant workers for dignified work and fair wages in San Francisco. Workers are organized in two collectives, one of men and one of women, to build collective power, develop skills, and operate a shared enterprise. Members of the collectives work together to eradicate the injustices that affect day laborers and domestic workers, fostering an organized environment where all workers can build their dignity, power and leadership." - from website, 2018.02.05

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Subject:   Day laborers ,  Household employees Foreign workers -- Services for

Title: Worker's Justice Project - organizing for change

URL: https://workersjustice.org/

Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive

Description: Save "The Worker’s Justice Project (WJP) is a Brooklyn-based worker center that addresses the racial and economic injustice that day laborers and domestic workers face by building collective power and creating solutions to the problems our members experience at work and in communities where they live. WJP has a growing a membership based that is building power to win protection, adopt, enforce community labor standards and transform exploitative labor practices in unregulated industries such as construction and house cleaning." - from website, 2017.09.21

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Subject:   Social justice Unfair labor practices,  Day laborers ,  Construction workers Household employees Foreign workers

Title: La Colmena

URL: https://www.lacolmenanyc.org/

Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive

Description: "La Colmena is a community-based organization working with day laborers, domestic workers, and other low-wage immigrant workers in Staten Island through organizing, education, culture, and economic development." - from website, 2018.02.06

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Subject:   Foreign workers,  Day laborers ,  Household employees Community development Immigrants -- Services for

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