The Workplace Project
Centro de Derechos Laborales
Hempstead, NY
The Workplace Project was founded in 1992. It is the only nonprofit organization on Long Island, and one of a few in the country, that organizes low-wage Latino immigrants to fight for better working and living conditions. The Workplace Project's mission is to fight the exploitation of Latino immigrant workers and their families and achieve social justice by promoting the full political, economic and cultural participation of those workers in the communities in which they live. We currently have active worker committees in the areas of Day Labor, Factory, Domestic Work, and Racetrack.
The Peggy Browning Fund Fellow will (after training) work with one or at most two industry committees to support workers with problems on the job. For instance, in cases of unpaid wages, the Fellow will help workers calculate the wages owed, write letters requesting payment of these wages, or participate in meetings with employers to help negotiate and settle cases. The Fellow will also support the organizing work that the worker committees might take on, such as negotiating with police as workers carry out leafleting or protest actions. The Peggy Browning Fellow will also draft legal documents such as complaint forms for the Department of Labor, Small Claims Court, and the Division of Human Rights, as well as settlement agreements and general releases.
The Fellow may also be asked to support the organization's work in other areas, depending upon active campaigns that may arise over the summer, such as: immigation reform, hate crimes, or civic engagement.
The Peggy Browning Fellow will be trained in all aspects of the Workplace Project's work. There will be weekly meetings with the Workplace Project's Executive Director to review the Fellow's caseload and determine the necessary steps for the Fellow's pending cases.
The total ten-week stipend for this fellowship will be $4,500.
Address cover letter to:
Omar Angel Perez, Executive Director
The Workplace Project
91 N. Franklin Street Suite 207
Hempstead, New York 11550-3003
516-565-5377
For more information about The Workplace Project, visit www.workplaceprojectny.org
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