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Immigrant Construction Workers Secure Victory in 4-Year Battle for Improved Workplace Safety

Amir Khafagy

Apr 23, 2024

February 05, 2025
  • Immigrant Construction Workers Secure Victory in 4-Year Battle for Improved Workplace Safety

    Amir Khafagy

    Apr 23, 2024

    February 05, 2025
  • NJDOL Safeguards Rights of Retail Laundromat Workers with Forward-Looking Strategic Enforcement Efforts

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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    April 11, 2023

    TRENTON – The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s (NJDOL) Wage and Hour Division completed its first strategic enforcement initiative involving the retail laundromat industry, including a comprehensive analysis of industry practices and areas identified for corrective action.

    June 23, 2023
  • Brooklyn demolition workers allege unsafe workplace, organize for better conditions, wages

    Community groups organized by the Laundry Workers Center picket in front of Best Super Cleaning offices every Friday to support workers who are advocating for safer working conditions and higher wages. Photo credit Laundry Workers Center

    April 18, 2023
  • Attorney General James Recovers $90,000 in Stolen Wages for Queens Laundry Workers

    Enterprise Cleaner Paid Workers Below Minimum Wage Without Adequate Overtime Pay or Paid Sick Leave

    October 18, 2022 | Attorney General’s Press Office/212-416-8060 [email protected]


    NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that she has recovered $90,000 in stolen and unpaid wages for more than a dozen former employees of a commercial dry cleaner in Astoria, Queens. 

    New York Attorney General Letitia James

    November 26, 2022
  • May Day protesters demand stronger union laws, spotlight union-busting

    original article by Gabriele Holtermann for the villager on amny.com

    Laundry workers and allies demand the right to unionize on May Day. (Photo by Gabriele Holtermann)

    November 26, 2022
  • Liox Cleaner's Joins Dirty Dozen

    After everything that Liox Cleaning workers have been through, we’re thrilled to see that Liox has been named one of America’s Dirty Dozen unsafe employers in @NationalCOSH’s Dirty Dozen report. #WorkedUp

    Read full report here: https://nationalcosh.org/sites/default/files/uploads/2022_Dirty_Dozen.pdf

    November 09, 2022
  • Ready for a Fresh Start: NY Laundry Workers are Fighting to Clean Up the Industry

    Immigrant workers and their allies are cleaning up an industry rife with wage theft and abusive working conditions.

    Original article on indypendent.org by LACHLAN HYATT 


    On March 2020, at the height of the pandemic, Beatrice Ramirez tried to make a face mask out of paper because her employer would not provide her with one.

    October 25, 2022
  • The Latinos and Immigrants Who Occupied Wall Street, 10 Years Later

    Original article By Daniel Parra on citylimits.org

    What was the role of Latinos and immigrants during Occupy Wall Street? What role did immigration issues play as part of the demands of the occupiers? Participants, scholars, and journalists reconstruct the influence of Latinos and immigrants on Occupy.



    Rosanna Rodríguez, co-executive director of the Laundry Workers Center. (photo by Adi Talwar)

    October 06, 2022
  • "At Any Moment Anybody Can Die”: Immigrant Construction Workers Fight for Safety

    Because Best Cleaning Services did not provide harnesses, immigrant workers would tie each other with rope and hold each other up with their bare hands.
    Original article by Amir Khafagy on documented.ny

    Former Best Super Cleaning Workers And The Laundry Workers Center Protest Outside A Williamsburg Best Super Cleaning Construction Site. Photo: Amir Khafagy For Documented
    October 05, 2022
  • Laundry workers essential in pandemic but shut out from benefits

    Original article by Monsy Alvarado on njspotlightnews.org
    Study finds poor conditions, low pay for workers who are often immigrants

    July 23, 2022
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