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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 on Long Island through organizing, supported by community education, development of worker-owned cooperatives, leadership training and labor-related legal support. We currently have worker committees in the areas of Day Labor, Factory, Building Maintenance, and Domestic work. The Peggy Browning Fund Intern 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 intern 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 intern 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 Fund intern will also draft legal documents such as complaint forms for both the Department of Labor, Small Claims Court, Division of Human Rights Complaints, settlement agreements and general releases. The Peggy Browning Fund Intern will be trained in all aspects of the Workplace Project's work, ranging from what is a "minimum wage" to how to negotiate with an employer. There will be weekly meetings with the Workplace Project's Executive Director to review the intern's caseload and determine the necessary steps for the intern's pending cases. Students interested in applying to The Workplace Project for a Peggy Browning Fund internship should submit an application package and writing sample to:
Nadia Marin-Molina
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