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Migrant construction workers demand safe working conditions

New York City The day after May 1 — International Workers Day — a group of immigrant construction workers, mainly…

June 15, 2022

Support fired Liberato workers: ‘Their victory is for all of us!’

At a busy working-class corner — 183rd Street and Jerome Avenue — in the Bronx, N.Y., a loud chant is…

July 2, 2015

Victory for bakery worker

Morima Ortiz and others had been picketing Kenny’s Bakery in northern Manhattan for over a year. Ortiz worked there for…

April 27, 2015

Immigrant workers win concession

Since April 2014, Liberato restaurant workers, mainly immigrants from Latin America, have protested wage theft, retaliation and sexual harassment that…

March 21, 2015

Laundry workers celebrate third anniversary

It was a warm and classy – in all senses of the word – event to celebrate the Laundry Workers…

October 4, 2014

Apoyemos a las/os trabajadores de comida rápida

Publicado el 15 de mayo Dedicamos nuestro espacio editorial de esta semana a una declaración del Partido Mundo Obrero/Workers World.…

May 21, 2014

Restaurant workers: ‘Stop wage theft’

In a powerful demonstration of support, dozens of people marched into Liberato restaurant in the Bronx demanding better wages and…

April 28, 2014

NICE says ‘Pay us our wages!’

Immigrant workers at Well-S Inc. construction company, who are owed $94,000 in back wages and damages, have been fighting their…

October 13, 2013