In reaction to the release of “PUBLIC SAFETY: BLUEPRINT FOR CHANGE” a report by the AFL-CIO Task Force on Racial Justice, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), NDLON co-directors Angela Sanbrano, Nadia Marin-Molina, and Pablo Alvarado issued the following statement on behalf of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON)
In reaction to today’s hearing by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee on “Department of Homeland Security Resource Management and Operational Priorities” and testimony from Secretary Mayorkas, NDLON campaign director Salvador G Sarmiento issued the following statement:
In response to today’s US Senate hearing entitled “Immigrants are Essential Workers in America,” NDLON sent a letter to Subcommittee Chair Senator Alex Padilla (CA-D), thanking the Senator for taking this initial step, and calling on him to host a hearing on “the direct conflict that currently exists between US immigration law enforcement and labor law enforcement.”
On Monday morning a delegation of Mississippi workers rights leaders were joined by national and local partners as they delivered their petitions to US Labor Department headquarters in Washington, DC.