Category: Low-Wage Workers Highlights

NCLEJ Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Apple-Metro Over Retaliatory Firing

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Thursday, April 27, 2023 – 12:00 PM ETCONTACT:  Patrick Fowler | fowler@nclej.orgAnjana Malhotra | malhotra@nclej.org  New York, NY – The National Center for Law and Economic Justice has filed an amended legal complaint against Apple-Metro,…

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NYC Server Says Applebee’s Operator Favors White Workers

This article was originally published in law360. Read it here. By Caleb Drickey Law360 (April 6, 2023, 6:44 PM EDT) — A Black server at a South Bronx Applebee’s franchise accused the New York restaurateurs of discriminating against…

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Civil Rights Charge Filed & Protest Held Against Applebee’s in South Bronx Highlights How New York’s Subminimum Wage Leads to Racial Discrimination 

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Thursday, April 6, 2023 – 12:00pm ETCONTACT: Madison Donzis | madison@unbendablemedia.com New York City Applebee’s Franchise Owner Pays Manhattan Servers Significantly More Than Majority Black Staff in South Bronx Location  New Report Exposes 25% Decline…

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Advocates Press DHS on Workers Rights

NCLEJ joined more than 330 immigration groups and other rights organizations and signed onto a letter calling on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to release promised guidance bolstering protections for migrant workers combating workplace abuses. The action was covered in…

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NCLEJ Files Brief in Support of Home Care Workers Challenging Abusive Arbitration Award

Contact: Carmela Huang, National Center for Law and Economic Justice | huang@nclej.org  New York, NY — Today, National Center for Law and Economic Justice (NCLEJ), filed a “friend of the court” brief with the United States Court of…

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Home care workers file federal complaint against New York over ‘discriminatory’ 24-hour shifts

Gothamist covered a complaint filed by NCLEJ demanding the federal government investigate the New York State Department of Health and Department of Labor for their discrimination against home care workers being forced to work 24-hour shifts. Excerpts below taken…

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NY Health Aides Challenge 24-Hour Shifts With Lower Pay

Law360 covered a complaint filed by NCLEJ demanding the federal government investigate the New York State Department of Health and Department of Labor for their discrimination against home care workers being forced to work 24-hour shifts. Read the article by Irene Spezzamonte.

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NCLEJ Demands Federal Government Investigate NYSDOL and DOH for Discriminating Against Home Care Workers

Contact: Carmela Huang, National Center for Law and Economic Justice | huang@nclej.org New York, NY — Today the National Center for Law and Economic Justice has filed a complaint in partnership with National Mobilization Against Sweatshops, Chinese Staff…

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Designed to Exclude: New York’s Failure to Provide Compensation and Language Access to Unemployed Workers

Designed to Exclude: New York’s Failure to Provide Compensation and Language Access to Unemployed Workers is a report by the National Center for Law and Economic Justice which details the New York State Department of Labor’s (NYSDOL) failure…

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Barreras Lingüísticas Impiden A Trabajadores Obtener El Seguro De Desempleo Durante La Pandemia

Los desastrosos errores de Nueva York que le costaron el acceso a beneficios de desempleo durante la pandemia a trabajadores de habla hispana Contacto: Zavé Martohardjono | martohardjono@nclej.org El National Law Center for Economic Justice organizará una conferencia…

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