Families and Workers March to Demand Funding and Respect for Palmdale’s Immigrant Community
When voters in Palmdale, Calif., approved a 3/4-cent sales tax in 2020, the money was supposed to go to a local fund to support essential community services.
Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su Meets With Day Laborer Network Leaders from Tri-state area to Highlight Health & Safety Training & Protections for Immigrant Workers
For Immediate Release // Please Excuse Cross Posting Monday, October 16, 2023 Contact: Erik Villalobos, evillalobos@ndlon.org Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su Meets With Day Laborer Network Leaders from Tristate area to Highlight Health & Safety Training & Protections for Immigrant Workers NDLON-hosted Roundtable featured the Acting U.S. Labor Secretary & worker leaders from NY, NJ,…
Comunicado desde La Red De Corredores por La Justicia en La Migración Laboral
COMUNICADO DESDE LA RED DE CORREDORES POR LA JUSTICIA EN LA MIGRACIÓN LABORAL: ACUERDO DE ORGANIZACIONES DE SOCIEDAD CIVIL DE COSTA RICA, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, PANAMÁ, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, CANADÁ y REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA PARA PROMOVER EL RECLUTAMIENTO ÉTICO EN LA REGIÓN en el marco del “Programa de Fortalecimiento de las Prácticas de Reclutamiento…
Day laborer Network Responds to Mayor Adams
For Immediate Release // Please Excuse Cross Posting Friday, September 8, 2023 Contact: Erik Villalobos, evillalobos@ndlon.org Day laborer Network Responds to Mayor Adams (New York, NY) At his most recent town hall meeting on the Upper West Side, Democratic Mayor Eric Adams made aggressive claims about immigrants, saying that this issue will “destroy New York…
Our Take on Last Night’s GOP Debate
Our Take on Last Night’s GOP Debate Thursday, August 24, 2023 Wednesday night’s fascist rally on Fox News — the first debate for the Republican presidential undercard — showed how tightly the party has shackled itself to the lies and criminality of Donald Trump. But it also revealed that the Trump cult is in some…
Day Laborer Network Responds to Biden-Harris Campaign Appointment of Sergio Gonzales
For Immediate Release // Please Excuse Cross Posting Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Contact: Erik Villalobos, evillalobos@ndlon.org Day Laborer Network Responds to Biden-Harris Campaign Appointment of Sergio Gonzales (Los Angeles) Following the Biden-Harris 2024 Campaign’s appointment of Sergio Gonzales, current Executive Director of the Immigration Hub, as a new senior advisor to Vice President Kamala…
LA Janitors & Day Laborers Host Workers Forum to Promote New Deferred Action Policy for Workers Rights!
For Immediate Release // Please Excuse Cross Posting Wednesday, July 19, 2023 Contact: Erik Villalobos, evillalobos@ndlon.org,Stephen Boardman, stephen.boardman@seiu-usww.org, 510-424-3269 LA Janitors & Day Laborers Host Workers Forum to Promote New Deferred Action Policy for Workers Rights! (Los Angeles, CA) On Tuesday July 18, 2023, Los Angeles day laborers, janitors, and allies came together to host…
Ask Any Salvadoran: Elliott Abrams Is a Disastrous Choice for a U.S. Diplomatic Post.
by Pablo Alvarado, Co-Executive Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) In a more just world, Elliott Abrams would be in prison, or at least in exile. He would be sent to a hall of infamy with the other cold war hawks and hardliners and death-squad sympathizers, to do nothing else for the…
Houston Workers Protest Greg Abbott Signing “La Ley Que Mata” (the law that kills workers), Call on President Biden to Visit Site Where Worker Died
For Immediate Release // Please Excuse Cross Posting Friday, July 14, 2023 Contact: Erik Villalobos, evillalobos@ndlon.org, Letty Ortega, leticiajortega@gmail.com, Teodoro Aguiluz, teodoroaguiluz@hotmail.com Houston Workers Protest Greg Abbott Signing “La Ley Que Mata” (the law that kills workers), Call on President Biden to Visit Site Where Worker Died While workers die of heat stroke, Greg Abbott…
NOLA Day Laborers Lead March Following Recent Victory in an Ongoing Workplace Abuse Case Involving Their Former Employer
For Immediate Release // Please Excuse Cross Posting Tuesday, July 11, 2023 Contact: Brenda Murphy, bmurphy@familiasunidasla.org, Erik Villalobos, evillalobos@ndlon.org NOLA Day Laborers Lead March Following Recent Victory in an Ongoing Workplace Abuse Case Involving Their Former EmployerSee Press Conference Broadcast See Video from Radio Jornalera (New Orleans, LA) On Tuesday, July 11, 2023, over 150…