El CDM, junto con nueve organizaciones aliadas, ha presentado un amicus brief apoyando un desafío a la exclusión de los trabajadores agrícolas de la ley laboral de Nueva York. El trabajador agrícola Crispin Hernández, el Centro de Trabajadores del Centro de Nueva York y el Centro de Trabajadores de Nueva York demandaron al estado en 2016,…
CDM, joined by nine allied organizations, has filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting a challenge to agricultural workers’ exclusion from New York’s labor law. Farmworker Crispin Hernandez, the Workers’ Center of Central New York, and the Worker Justice Center of New York sued the state in 2016, arguing that this exclusion violates the state Constitution, which grants employees the fundamental right to…
Today, we celebrate a big win: the U.S. Trade Representative announced that the preliminary agreement for a new trade deal reached by the United States and Mexico will ensure migrant workers are protected under labor laws, bring labor obligations from a side accord into the core of the agreement, and make labor obligations fully enforceable. Since…
Every year, tens of thousands of internationally recruited au pairs come to the United States with the promise of a cultural exchange under the J-1 visa program. Instead, many encounter wage theft, discrimination and exploitation. “Shortchanged: The Big Business Behind the Low Wage J-1 Au Pair Program“ debunks the myth that the poorly regulated au pair…