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Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "ACWC is a membership-based community resource for workers, both immigrant and U.S.-born, to learn about their rights and organize fellow workers to improve workplace conditions. Arise Chicago opened the Worker Center in 2002." -- from the website, 4/11/2017
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Subject: Labor rights, Workplace literacy, Wages -- Labor disputes -- Advocacy, Distributive justice -- Advocacy, Faith-based human services, Social advocacy, Social justice, Organizational justice, Foreign workers, Latin American -- Services for, Foreign workers, Polish -- Services for, Immigrants -- Civil rights , Employee rights, Industrial safety, Industrial hygiene
Language: Polish, Spanish, English
Coverage: Illinois -- Chicago
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06568
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "Arriba Las Vegas Worker Center is a grassroots organization that unites day laborers, domestic workers, and other low-wage and migrant workers to defend their rights, fight for dignity and win justice for all. Our mission is to develop, educate, and empower worker and migrant communities to take action to defend their rights as workers and migrants." - from website, 2019.04.23
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Subject: Community organization, Community development, Day laborers, Social justice, Foreign workers -- Civil rights, Immigrants -- Civil rights
Creator: Arriba Las Vegas Workers Center
Language: English
Coverage: Nevada -- Las Vegas
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06373
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "Founded nearly 15 years ago, the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR) is a non-profit, community-based organization that educates, organizes, and empowers Latino immigrants across Georgia to defend and advance their civil and human rights." - from website, 2019.04.15
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Subject: Community development, Immigrants -- Civil rights , Immigrants -- Services for
Creator: Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights
Language: English
Coverage: Georgia
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06368
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "Founded by labor rights activist César Chávez, LUPE builds stronger, healthier communities where colonia residents use the power of civic engagement for social change. From fighting deportations, to providing social services and English classes, to organizing for streetlights and drainage, LUPE responds to the needs of the community, and takes action that creates a chance for a better life." -- from the website, 3/22/2017
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Subject: Working poor -- Services for, Social advocacy, Labor rights, Organizational justice, Foreign workers -- Civil rights, Immigrants -- Civil rights , Distributive justice, Social justice, Chavez, Cesar Estrada, Unfair labor practices
Coverage: North America -- Rio Grande Valley
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06497
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "The Puente Human Rights Movement is a grassroots migrant justice organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. We develop, educate, and empower migrant communities to protect and defend our families and ourselves. " - from website, 2019.04.15
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Subject: Community organization, Community development, Social justice, Immigrants -- Education, Immigrants -- Services for, Immigrants -- Civil rights
Creator: Puente Human Rights Movement
Coverage: Arizona
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06362
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "Voces de la Frontera began life in 1995 as the name of a bilingual newspaper in Austin, Texas, subtitled ‘a voce of the voiceless’ and championing immigrant rights and wider social justice issues...These organizing efforts also called attention to the need for a workers’ center that could respond to the immediate problems that confronted low wage and immigrant workers. Voces de la Frontera’s Milwaukee Workers’ Center opened its doors in 2001 and was initially run by volunteers." -- from the website, 3/27/2017
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Subject: Distributive justice, Referral centers, Living wage movement, Social justice, Organizational justice, Community organization, Employee rights, Immigrants -- Civil rights
Language: English
Coverage: Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06446
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "WeCount! was initiated as a program of a social service coalition, WeCare of South Dade, in 2002. In 2006, it became an independent organization with individual memberships. [...] Since 2006, WeCount! has worked to build the power of the immigrant community in the Homestead area through leadership development, community education, coalition building and campaigns for social change. In 2007, we began working with youth from immigrant families. Over the years, we developed a clear focus on defense of immigrant and worker rights." - from website, 2019.04.23
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Subject: Community organization, Social advocacy, Unfair labor practices, Employee rights, Immigrants -- Services for, Immigrants -- Civil rights
Creator: We Count!
Coverage: Florida -- Miami-Dade County
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06359
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "We are a group of passionate, community-conscious people working to organize, advocate for, and expand opportunities for Latino and immigrant people in the state of Maryland. We do this by providing employment placement; workforce development and training; health education; citizenship and legal services; and financial, language, and literacy training to Latino and immigrant communities throughout the state." -- from the website, 4/5/2017
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Subject: Organizational justice, Workplace literacy, Occupational training, Labor rights -- Advocacy, Immigrants -- Civil rights , Health education, Immigrants -- Services for, Foreign workers, Latin American -- Services for, Foreign workers, Central American -- Services for, Foreign workers -- Employment
Language: French, Spanish, English
Coverage: Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06562
Relation: See also: http://wearecasa.org/get-involved/, See also: http://wearecasa.org/get-involved/become-a-member/, See also: http://wearecasa.org/hireaworker/, See also: http://wearecasa.org/pressroom-all/, See also: http://wearecasa.org/services-by-state/
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "AIWA works with immigrant workers employed in the Bay Area’s garment, home care, hotel, restaurant, assembly and other low-wage industries, and low-income immigrant youth in Oakland. Our organization seeks to empower women and youth through education, leadership development and collective action, so that they can fight for dignity and justice in their daily lives and improve their working and living conditions." -- from website, 2017.04.11
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Subject: Organizational training, Leadership in adolescents -- Training of, Foreign workers -- Leadership -- Training of, Employment agencies, English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers, Workplace literacy, Wages -- Labor disputes -- Advocacy, Social advocacy, Social justice, Organizational justice, Immigrants -- Civil rights , Foreign workers -- Services for, Unfair labor practices
Language: Korean, Chinese, English
Coverage: California -- Oakland
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06567
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "Cidadão Global is a community-based organization dedicated to promoting and defending the human rights of Brazilian immigrants and strengthening citizen participation and political visibility through leadership development, essential services, community organizing, civic engagement, and cultural preservation." -- from the website, 4/11/2017
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Subject: Organizational justice, Wages -- Labor disputes, English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers, Workplace literacy -- Education, Foreign workers, Brazilian -- Services for, Immigrants -- Services for, Immigrants -- Civil rights , Community organization
Language: English, Portuguese
Coverage: New York (State) -- New York
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06538
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "Empire Justice is a statewide, multi-issue, multi-strategy public interest law firm focused on changing the “systems” within which poor and low income families live. With a focus on poverty law, Empire Justice undertakes research and training, acts as an informational clearinghouse, and provides litigation backup to local legal services programs and community based organizations. As an advocacy organization, we engage in legislative and administrative advocacy on behalf of those impacted by poverty and discrimination." -- from the website, 3/23/2017
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Subject: Distributive justice, Pay equity -- Advocacy, Organizational justice, Working poor -- Services for, Sexual minorities -- Civil rights -- Advocacy, Immigrants -- Civil rights , Right to housing, Right to health, Health services accessibility -- Advocacy, Discrimination in housing -- Law and legislation -- Advocacy, Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- Advocacy, Custody of children -- Legal status, laws, etc, Child support -- Legal status, laws, etc, Family violence -- Legal status, laws, etc, Poor -- Civil rights -- Advocacy, Community information services, Public welfare -- Law and legislation -- Advocacy, Legal assistance to the poor, Employee rights
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "The Equal Justice Center (EJC) is a non-profit law firm and employment justice organization which empowers low-income families, workers, and communities to achieve fair treatment in the workplace, in the justice system, and in our shared society – regardless of immigration status." -- from the website, 3/23/2017
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Subject: Distributive justice, Organizational justice, Community information services, Working poor -- Services for, Legal assistance to the poor, Employee rights, Immigrants -- Civil rights , Immigrants -- Services for, Foreign workers -- Services for
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "La Raza Centro Legal is a community-based legal organization dedicated to empowering Latino, immigrant and low-income communities of San Francisco to advocate for their civil and human rights. We combine legal services and advocacy to build grassroots power and alliances towards creating a movement for a just society." -- from the website, 3/23/2017
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Subject: Working poor -- Legal services for, Immigrants -- Services for, Legal assistance to the poor, Immigrants -- Legal services for, Immigrants -- Civil rights , Organizational justice, Social justice, Employee rights, Foreign workers -- Services for, Unfair labor practices
Coverage: California -- San Francisco
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06498
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "Michigan United is a statewide organization of community members and institutions fighting for the dignity and potential of every person. We are committed to a participatory democracy at every level, an economy that works for the many, and a society that dismantles racism while uplifting our common humanity." -- from the website, 4/4/2017
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Subject: Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Advocacy, Housing subsidies, Discrimination in housing -- Advocacy, Right to housing, Immigrants -- Legal services for, Social justice -- Economic aspects, Civil rights, Organizational justice, Unfair labor practices, Employee rights, Immigrants -- Civil rights , Foreign workers -- Services for
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "La Mujer Obrera is a local independent organization dedicated to creating communities defined by women. Our organization was founded in 1981 by women who were both garment workers and Chicana activists. Our experience showed us that as women we must implement our own ideas and strategies for our community. La Mujer Obrera has developed its organizing strategies based on the following basic human rights: employment, housing, education, nutrition, health, peace, and political liberty..." -- from the website, 3/23/2017
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Subject: Women employees, Mexican, Employee empowerment, Social justice -- Economic aspects, Minority women -- Employment, Right to housing, Right to labor, Right to health, Organizational justice, Pay equity -- Advocacy, Health education, Nutrition -- Education, Hispanic American women -- Services for, Foreign workers, Mexican -- Services for, Immigrants -- Civil rights , Community organization, Community gardens, Art -- Study and teaching, Music -- Study and teaching, Leadership -- Training of, Employee rights
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "The Greater Minnesota Worker Center (GMWC) was incorporated in St. Cloud in 2013 as a nonprofit organization to organize, advocate and empower low wage workers in greater Minnesota. Since incorporation, the GMWC has been active in local campaigns to eliminate poverty wages and to raise the standards of living in central Minnesota. Economic justice, social justice and immigrant rights are the three primary issue areas for GMWC." - from website, 2018.02.22
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Subject: Social justice, Cost and standard of living, Social justice -- Economic aspects, Immigrants -- Civil rights
Creator: Greater Minnesota Worker Center
Language: English
Coverage: Minnesota
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06399
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: " NDLON improves the lives of day laborers in the United States. To this end, NDLON works to unify and strengthen its member organizations to be more strategic and effective in their efforts to develop leadership, mobilize, and organize day laborers in order to protect and expand their civil, labor and human rights. NDLON fosters safer, more humane environments for day laborers, both men and women, to earn a living, contribute to society, and integrate into the community." -- from the website, 4/7/2017
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Subject: Wages -- Labor disputes, Labor rights -- Advocacy, Immigrants -- Services for, Day laborers -- Services for, Social advocacy, Social justice, Organizational justice, Unfair labor practices, Immigrants -- Civil rights , Employee rights, Foreign workers -- Services for
Coverage: United States
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06480
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "[MIRA]...seeks to unite all people of color and with a commitment to social justice by educating the non-immigrant community in Mississippi on immigrant issues, educating immigrant workers of their rights, and uniting human rights advocates in Mississippi on local, statewide, and national immigrants rights agendas." -- from the website, 3/23/2017 "[MIRA]...seeks to unite all people of color and with a commitment to social justice by educating the non-immigrant community in Mississippi on immigrant issues, educating immigrant workers of their rights, and uniting human rights advocates in Mississippi on local, statewide, and national immigrants rights agendas." -- from the website, 2017.03.23
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Subject: Immigrants -- Civil rights , Foreign workers -- Civil rights, Community organization, Social justice, Minorities -- Civil rights
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "We are a grassroots social justice organization made up of immigrants in the Greater New Haven area since 2002. Many of us have suffered human rights abuses on the job and in the immigration system. We come together to address human rights abuses in our community. We combine direct action, legal action, and education to create systemic change. We speak Spanish, Mam, Totonaco and Kaqchikel. ULA is a leading member of the Connecticut Immigrant Rights Alliance, a statewide coalition including immigrant, faith, labor, civil rights and human service organizations. ULA is supported by individual donations, mostly from immigrants themselves, and by the Graustein Memorial Fund, Community Foundation of Greater New Haven, and Haymarket Peoples Fund." - from website, 2019.04.23
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Subject: Social justice, Unfair labor practices, Community organization, Direct action, Discrimination, Immigrants -- Civil rights
Creator: Unidad Latina en Accion
Language: English
Coverage: Connecticut -- New Haven
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06360
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "Pueblo Sin Fronteras is a transborder organization made up of human rights defenders of diverse nationality and immigration statuses that promotes accompaniment, humanitarian assistance, leadership development, recognition of human rights, and coordination of know-your-rights training along migrant routes, as well as monitoring and raising awareness of human rights abuses against migrants and refugees in Mexico and the United States. Our accompaniment does not end at the border, it continues in the immigration detention centers of the United States and the communities in Mexico and the US." - from website, 2019.04.15
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Subject: Immigrants -- Civil rights , Immigrants -- Services for, Immigrants -- Crimes against
Creator: Pueblo Sin Fronteras
Coverage: Mexico, United States, North America -- Mexican-American Border Region
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06363
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "Established in 1996 by S. Margaret Rose Smyth, OP, the North Fork Spanish Apostolate is a catalyst for social change on Long Island’s East End. Collaborating with government agencies; not-for-profits and community members seeking lasting solutions; NFSA has enhanced the lives of thousands of immigrant women, children." - from website, 2018.02.05
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Subject: Community development, Immigrants -- Services for, Immigrants -- Civil rights
Creator: Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville
Language: English
Coverage: New York (State) -- Long Island
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/wa06413
Collection: U.S. Worker Centers Web Archive
Description: "At Wind of the Spirit, we aim to ensure justice and inclusion for immigrant communities through community organizing and advocacy, legal services, and health and safety initiatives. These services are available to all who hope to further our cause. Given the precarious situation of immigrants in our communities due to the lack of policy frameworks that would support them, we advocate at the local, state, and federal level for pro-immigrant policy change. We also hold educational forums and workshops to ensure that all members of our community have access to crucial information about their rights and laws that concern them." - from website, 2018.02.05
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Subject: Community development, Immigrants -- Civil rights , Immigrants -- Services for
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