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Fighting for Full, Flexible & Flourishing lives

New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice

For nearly twenty years, the New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice has organized alongside workers to fight exploitation, remove barriers to opportunity, and build collective power. Together, we’re envisioning a New Orleans where workers can not only survive, but flourish.

Our Mission

Our mission is to build a multiracial movement of workers to transform the systems that exploit us. We want New Orleans to be a city where every worker can live with dignity, shape the decisions that affect their lives, and share in the prosperity they create.

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Fighting for workers

We organize campaigns that challenge exploitation, advance workers’ rights, and hold employers and public institutions accountable. Together with workers, we fight for better wages, safer workplaces, and policies that put workers first.

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Supporting workers

Every worker should understand their rights, recognize workplace violations, and know that they do not have to face challenges alone. From individual cases to community events like our Warrant Clinic, workers can count on us for practical support.

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Building worker power

No worker should have to stand alone. We create communal spaces to bring together workers across race, industry and neighborhood, turning our shared struggles into collective power that can last beyond any single fight.

Stories from the Field

Every day, we talk to parents, small business owners, care providers and other community leaders who are fighting for the bold changes needed to lower the cost of care.

Head Start Storybook

On The Line Storybook

Child Care Cliff Storybook

Child Care Closures Storybook

Sharing Workers' Stories

Every worker has a story worth telling. Hear firsthand stories from historic labor leaders and the workers organizing New Orleans today.

Don’t Stand Alone Exhibit & Book

Black Labor Wins

NOLA Labor Organizing Stories

UPCOMING EVENTS

From community meetings to public actions, we hope to create spaces where workers can connect, learn, and take action together. Join us!

August Action Committee Meeting

August 25, 2026 at 7:30:00 PM

The upcoming Action Committee meeting will be done alongside a bar crawl down Decatur Street - a great way to get involved in our service industry outreach!

Sip & Spill Session

September 1, 2026 at 12:00:00 PM

Work in the service industry? Join us for a Sip & Spill session with other people in the industry - an afternoon of drinks and conversations about what we’re facing at work.

September Policy & Research Committee

September 21, 2026 at 4:00:00 PM

The Research and Policy Committee works to transform workers’ experiences into policy solutions. Members help research issues, advocate for legislative change, and ensure that the voices of directly impacted workers are represented in public decision-making.

2026 Warrant Clinic

September 26, 2026 at 8:30:00 AM

Our Warrant Clinic helps Orleans Parish residents resolve traffic fines, municipal warrants, driver's license issues, and other legal barriers that can prevent people from accessing employment and stability. By removing these barriers, we're helping workers move forward while building stronger communities.

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