In 2010, DRUM- Desis Rising Up & Moving created the first South Asian Workers Center to win rights for South Asian low-wage workers regardless of immigration status. To gather more information about the South Asian workforce in New York City,
While methadone can reduce government spending and improve public health, VOCAL New York (VOCAL-NY) has identified a number of concerns related to the provision of care at OTPs in New York City. Accordingly, with the research support of the Community
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Our campaign culminated with the passage of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in 2010. This statewide legislation recognizes the domestic workforce and establishes basic labor standards. The first law of its kind, the bill provides expanded over-time pay, protection
Domestic workers continue to organize and continue to act for the sector’s collective interest, calling for state, national international policies that will enable them to achieve fair labor standards, recognition and full social stature.
This report documents the inconsistent, informal, and uncertain nature of domestic employment and concludes that domestic workers need the right to collectively bargain. Inclusion under the SLRA would represent more than a symbolic gesture: the law’s important protections would allow
The report details recommendations to reform NYCHA’s systems and services to give LEP Asian tenants genuine, meaningful access to critical information about their housing, and to allow them to participate more fully in the broader NYCHA community.
