On October 19, 2023, the White House H-2B Worker Protection Taskforce published a long-awaited report adopting many of the critical policy recommendations that CDM made and citing CDM’s research. This announcement follows on the heels of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Labor (DOL)’s proposed new rules for the H-2A and…
¡Finalmente! Después de meses de planificación, llevamos a cabo nuestro primer taller de acción diferida pro se para personas trabajadoras agrícolas en Carolina del Norte el pasado domingo. Desde que se anunció el proceso de Acción Diferida por Disputas Laborales en enero de este año, sabíamos que esto podría ser un cambio importante para las personas trabajadoras…
Finally! After months of planning, we held our first mass pro se deferred action legal clinic for farmworkers in North Carolina this past Sunday. Ever since the Deferred Action for Labor Disputes process was announced in January of this year we knew this could be a game-changer for workers unable to speak out against abuse for fear…
Ayer, luego de una semana de actividades, celebramos oficialmente el Día del Trabajo y el decimoctavo aniversario del CDM. Hoy, nuestra visión sigue siendo la misma que cuando abrimos las puertas de nuestra primera oficina en Zacatecas en 2005: un mundo donde las fronteras no sean barreras para la justicia, los derechos de las personas trabajadoras migrantes…
Yesterday, following a week of activities, we officially celebrated Labor Day and CDM’s 18th anniversary. Today, our vision remains the same as it did when we opened the doors to our first office in Zacatecas back in 2005: a world where borders aren’t barriers to justice and the rights of migrant workers are respected and laws and…
En el Día Conmemorativo de las Personas Trabajadoras Fallecidas de 2020, mientras la pandemia se propagaba rápidamente, anunciamos nuestro Proyecto Personas Procesadoras de Proteínas (PPP), un esfuerzo colectivo para garantizar que las personas trabajadoras con conocimientos limitados del inglés tuvieran acceso a información precisa sobre COVID-19, sus derechos y cómo protegerse de las enfermedades transmisibles.…
On Workers Memorial Day 2020, as the pandemic was rapidly spreading, we announced our Protein Processing Worker Project (PPP), a collective effort to ensure that workers with limited knowledge of English had access to accurate information about COVID-19, their rights, and how to protect themselves from communicable diseases. Today, we are proud to share with…
I am honored to share that CDM was just awarded the Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons. The award ceremony happened a few moments ago during the annual meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF). The ceremony included Senior White House officials and…
Estamos viviendo un momento decisivo. El martes, México y Estados Unidos firmaron un histórico acuerdo sobre protecciones para personas trabajadoras migrantes. ¡Y gracias a nuestra incansable defensa, el acuerdo incluye disposiciones sin precedentes para fortalecer los derechos de las personas trabajadoras en toda la región! Durante los últimos 17 años, CDM ha liderado campañas transfronterizas…
This is a watershed moment. On Tuesday, Mexico and the United States signed a historic agreement (MOU) on protections for migrant workers. Thanks to our relentless advocacy, the agreement includes unprecedented provisions to strengthen workers’ rights across the region! For the past 17 years, CDM has led cross-border campaigns to advance migrant justice and gender…