For Immediate Release // Please Excuse Cross Posting December 7, 2016 Contact: Armando Carmona, 323-250-3018; armando@ndlon.org; Day Laborer Network Issues Statement on CA Values Act Los Angeles— On Wednesday, California Senate Pro Tem Kevin De León (D- Los Angeles) introduced SB 54, the California Values Act which would “prevent the use of state and local…
For Immediate Release // Please Excuse Cross Posting November 21, 2016 Contact: IUPAT: Gavin McDonald, 202-351-8547, gmcdonald@iupat.org; AFL-CIO: Carolyn Bobb, 202-637-5018, Cbobb@aflcio.org; NDLON: Armando Carmona, 323-250-3018 armando@ndlon.org; The Worker Institute at Cornell: Prerna Sampat, 847-340-1658, ps828@cornell.edu Labor Organizations Launch Innovative New Phone App to Redress Wage Theft and Worker Abuses As Donald Trump Prepares to…
For Immediate Release // Please Excuse Cross Posting November 18th 2016 Contact: Sandra Hernandez, shernandez@maldef.org; Armando Carmona, armando@ndlon.org, (323) 250-3018 MALDEF AND NDLON ANNOUNCE JOINT IMMIGRANT CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENSE EFFORT Two Leading Immigrant Rights Organizations Establish Fund and Seek Donations (LOS ANGELES) – Less than two weeks after Donald J. Trump was elected president, two…
For Immediate Release // Excuse Cross Posting November 13th 2016 Contact: Armando Carmona, armando@ndlon.org, (323) 250-3018 NDLON Responds to 60 minutes interview by President-Elect Donald Trump Los Angeles, CA – In response to President-elect Donald J. Trump’s comments on immigration during an interview on 60- minutes the National Day Laborer Organizing Network issued the following…
For Immediate Release // Excuse Cross Posting // November 10, 2016 Contact: Armando Carmona, armando@ndlon.org, (323) 250-3018 National Day Laborer Network Calls for Broad-based “Alto Trump” Campaign to Defend Immigrant Rights in Short Term and Confront Systemic Racism in Long Term Groups Convene Popular Assembly in Los Angeles on Tuesday November 15th, Launch National Web-based…
For Immediate Release // Excuse Cross Posting // November 9th 2016 Contact: Armando Carmona, armando@ndlon.org, (323) 250-3018 Fear Won Last Night, But Fear Can Be defeated Los Angeles, CA— As the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election concludes, Donald J. Trump has been declared president-elect. In response, Pablo Alvarado, Executive Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing…
For Immediate Release // Excuse Cross Posting // November 7th 2016 Contact: Armando Carmona, armando@ndlon.org, (323) 250-3018 Regardless of Who is President, Immigrants and Day Laborers Must Organize! Los Angeles, CA— As the United States Presidential election comes to a close, Pablo Alvarado, Executive Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network issued the following…
For Immediate Release //Please Excuse Cross PostingNovember 4th 2016Contact: Armando Carmona, armando@ndlon.org, (323) 250-3018 Day Laborer Network to Support Baton Rouge Reconstruction Efforts **The Brigade will arrive in New Orleans on Monday November 7th and will work until November 21st 2016. Participants will be available for comment and interviews. Los Angeles, CA– On Monday, the…
For Immediate Release // Excuse Cross PostingOctober 27th 2016Contact: Armando Carmona, armando@ndlon.org, (323) 250-3018 NDLON Response to New 287(g) Agreement in Harford County, Maryland Los Angeles — On Wednesday, the Harford County Sheriff’s Office in Maryland signed an agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office that officially declares their participation in the 287(g)…
For Immediate Release // Excuse Cross PostingOctober 19th 2016Contact: Armando Carmona, armando@ndlon.org, 323-250-3018 NDLON Response to 3rd Presidential Debate: Immigrant Worker Rights Take Center Stage! Washington, DC — In response to statements about immigration that ocd during the third presidential debate, Cal Soto, Worker Rights Coordinator at the NDLON issued the following statement: “I’m glad…