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New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice
217 N. Prieur St.
New Orleans, LA 70112
Telephone: (504) 309-5165
Fax: (504) 309-5205
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New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice
Building worker power, advancing racial justice, and organizing workers to build a social movement in post-Katrina New Orleans
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- Federal judge orders Sheriff Gusman to release immigrant detainee from illegal custody – 11/15/10
- Immigrant Workers Hit Sheriff with Federal Suit in Campaign to Win Right to Remain in New Orleans – 2/2/11
- 2/7/11 Community Condemns Sheriff’s Intimidation of Community Leaders During Prayer Vigil
- 4/20/2011 EEOC SUES MAJOR LABOR TRAFFICKER, VINDICATES GUESTWORKERS
- Low-Income Residents Sue Housing Authority of New Orleans – 9/29/09
- Guestworkers Urge Secretary of Labor Solis to Revoke Exploitative Bush Administration Regulations – 2/24/09
- Guestworkers Launch Strike To Expose Tennessee Employer Who Violated Federal Law – 2/18/09
- MN Congressman to fast for Indian workers detained in Fargo, demands their release 12/17/08
- Guestworkers sue major Louisiana grower for labor trafficking, slave-like conditions – 12/10/08
- ICE Raid Targets, Snares Human Trafficking Victims – 10/29/08
- Indian trafficking survivors suspend hunger strike on Day 29 after huge political gains – 6/11/08
- ‘Hunger strike strongman' Paul Konar forced to end fast on Day 23 after hospitalization – 06/05/08
- Top US Congressman for Indian affairs vows to help Indian hunger strikers on Day 23 of fast – 6/4/08
- Indian hunger strikers confront US Congress over H2B guest worker program expansion – 5/21/08
- Indian Embassy feasts while hunger strikers starve – 05/17/08
- Indian labor trafficking survivors to launch hunger strike in view of the White House – 5/14/08
- 100 satyagrahis grill Indian Ambassador during three-hour meeting – 3/27/08
- Indian human trafficking survivors tear up guest worker visas at White House rally – 3/21/08
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- Protesters Demanded the Release of 22 year old Antonio Ocampo, Vanessa Bolano Reports 11/15/10
- 3/22/10 The Gambit – Stolen Paychecks
- 11/20/09 The Times-Picayune – Cops falter in Hispanic outreach: Hassles reported despite Riley pledge
- 8/28/09 NPR – New Orleans: A Day's Work Doesn't Mean A Day's Pay
- 8/7/09 The New York Times – Detention Reform
- 8/5/09 Latin American Herald Tribune – Detained Immigrants Continue Hunger Strike
- 8/5/09 Univision – Detenidos en Luisiana continúan huelga de hambre para denunciar condiciones
- 8/4/09 Media-Newswire – Groups Call On Napolitano To Fix Conditions At Louisiana Immigration Detention Facility
- 8/3/09 ISS – Immigrant detainees hunger strike over conditions in La. detention facility
- 8/1/09 The New York Times – Detained and Abused
- 8/1/09 New America Media – Immigrant Detainees Stage Hunger Strikes in LouisianaAugust
- 7/31/09 Feet In 2 Worlds – Immigrant Detainees on Hunger Strike After White House Rejects Change to Detention Standards/J
- 7/31/09 Associated Press – Immigration detention conditions poor, hunger strikers sayJuly
- 7/1/09 The Times-Picayune – Day Laborers Call for Action on Wage Theft
- 7/1/09 WDSU – Councilman Wants to Stop 'Wage Theft' From Workers
- 6/30/09 Fox 8 News – City Council Promises Help to Unpaid Day Laborers
- 6/30/09 The Times-Picayune – Laborers Pack N.O. City Council Chambers to Support Wage-Theft Legislation
- 6/30/09 WWLTV – Day Laborers, Huge Task in Region for Wage Theft, Ask Council for Help
- 5/1/09 The Times Picayune – Workers Decry "Wage Theft" In Protest At City Hall
- 3/7/07 The Times-Picayune – Worker's fears prove to be prophetic: 'He hated going under the houses'
- Alliance of Guest Workers
- 4/20/10 People's World – Power Act would curb worker abuse, senator says
- 4/22/10 The New York Times – If You Were a Guest Worker, What Would You Do?
- 2/4/10 The New York Times – A Bitter Guest Worker Story
- 2/3/10 The Huffington Post – ICE and Big Business: Too Close for Comfort
- 2/2/10 The New York Times – Suit Points to Guest Worker Program Flaws
- 4/20/09 The Associated Press – Suit claims foreign workers faced poor conditions
- 12/25/08 Miami New Times News – Bolivian Workers Scammed: The odyssey of 24 laborers flown to Miami and then left to their own devices.
- 12/10/08 Associated Press – FBI Probes treatment of Mexican workers in LA
- 11/20/08 Project Censored – Guest Workers Inc.: Fraud and Human Trafficking
- 6/7/08 The New York Times – Workers on Hunger Strike Say They Were Misled on Visas
- 5/15/08 American News Project – Immigrant Laborers in Limbo
- 3/27/08 BBC News South Asia – Indian men in US 'slave' protest
- 3/15/08 Hindustan Times – India Mulls Law to Stop Rogue Recruiters
- 3/11/08 The New York Times – Workers Sue Gulf Coast Company That Imported Them
- 3/11/08 Hindustan Times – Workers Sue US firm, India cracks down on recruiters
- 3/10/08 Hindustan Times – US dream lost in packed dorms, stink of stale food
- 3/10/08 NPR – 'Guest Workers' Sue Mississippi Shipyard
- 3/7/08 ABC News – Revolt in Mississippi: Indian Workers Claim 'Slave Treatment'
- 3/14/07 Time Magazine – Guest Workers Fighting Back
- STAND with Dignity
- 09/21/2008 The New York Times – Never Again, Again
- 10/6/09 The Times-Picayune – HUD sending in turnaround team to tackle problems at HANO
- 9/30/09 The Times-Picayune – HANO is sued over public records request
- 9/6/09 The Times-Picayune – HANO audits points to a still-troubled agency
- 7/18/09 The Times-Picayune – New Orleans residents are waiting for Section 8 answers
- 7/16/09 The Times-Picayune – Protestors ask HANO for Vouchers
- 7/15/09 The Times-Picayune – HANO Protest Video
- 10/6/08 City Business – Off the Hook: City Works to Iron Out Wrinkles in Info Hotline
- 9/23/08 The Times-Picayune – Shelter System will be Retooled, Official Vows
- 9/15/08 The Associated Press – La. DSS Secretary Resigns Over Gustav Response
- 9/7/08 The New York Times – No Shelter From the Storm
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The New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice is dedicated to organizing workers across race and industry to build the power and participation of workers and communities. We organize day laborers, guestworkers, and homeless residents to build movement for dignity and rights in the post-Katrina landscape.
Recent Posts
- Hundreds March Demand End To Deportations in New Orleans – 5/2/13
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- Immigrant Workers Hit Sheriff with Federal Suit in Campaign to Win Right to Remain in New Orleans
- Through My Eyes: Louisiana's First Independent Evacuation Shelter Monitoring Report
- Detention Conditions and Human Rights Under the Obama Administration
