Pages tagged “laundry workers”

  • 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

  • New Report Shows Widespread Hazards, Low Pay, Abuses Facing New York's Laundromat Wokers

    CONTACT: Rosanna Rodríguez, [email protected]

    What: Launch of new report on hazards, low pay, harassment facing NYC laundromat workers

    When: Tuesday, June 26th, 11 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.

    Where: Worker Institute at Cornell University, ILR School Conference Center, 6th Floor, 16 E. 34th St.

    NEW YORK, JUNE 20 – An extensive new report by the Laundry Workers Center will be issued this Thursday, June 26th, exposing the poor working conditions, low pay and frequent abuses facing workers in New York City’s coin-operated laundromats. Based on three years of participatory research at hundreds of laundromats throughout the city, the report, “Workplace Issues and Socio-Economic Conditions of Laundromat Workers in New York City” sheds light on the violations and hazards that laundromat workers confront in the hot, cramped and often dangerous workplaces where much of the city’s vast quantities of dirty laundry are washed and dried.

    June 27, 2018

  • RETAIL LAUNDROMAT WORKERS STAND UP AGAINST ABUSE IN THEIR WORKPLACE IN HARLEM, NY

    CONTACT: Rosanna Rodríguez, 347-440-3665, [email protected]

    What: Launch of labor campaign at a retail laundromat in Harlem, NY.

    When: Thursday, June 28th, 5:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

    Where: Jefferson Park, Harlem (2180 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10029)

    NEW YORK, JUNE 26th – While our clean clothes tumble at high heat, laundromat workers are being hung out to dry. As a fragmented and often isolated workforce, laundromat workers face unique vulnerabilities and challenges when it comes to organizing or advocating for their rights. This Thursday, June 28th, workers at a retail laundromat are planning to go public with their labor campaign surrounded by community supporters and the Laundry Workers Center. The employees will deliver to the owner a demand letter to end wage theft and dangerous conditions in their workplace. Mr. Benitez, a laundromat worker and a leader in the community highlights the unbearable conditions at the workplace:

    June 27, 2018

  • Report on Working Conditions in the Retail Laundromat Industry

    Laundry Workers Center partnered with the Community Development Project of the Urban Justice Center to investigate the workplace challenges faced by retail laundromat workers. Together, we developed and conducted a participatory research project, combining observations at retail laundromats with worker surveys and interviews to document these workers’ experiences in a too often overlooked industry.

    June 26, 2018