News

Chinese and Latino Garment Workers Announce Filing of Lawsuit Against ‘Cache’ - Protest Multi-Million Dollar Retail Chain for Contracting Sweatshops A crowd of Latino and Chinese women gathered in the street at 12:30pm outside the exclusive Time Warner Mall at 10 Columbus Circle in the Upper West Side of Manhattan last Thursday, February 11th. They were not there to shop. Read more [2/13/2010]

Deli Workers Reach Agreement - The workers are no longer picketing or calling for a boycott...Read more. [1/23/2010]

Latino, Chinese, & African-American Working Families Announce Plans for the Rezoning of the Lower East Side and Chinatown. In a press conference on Wednesday, January 20th members of the Chinatown & the Lower East Side community spoke out against the displacement of Latino, Chinese and African-American people....Read more. [1/20/2010]

First Friday Party Nov. 6 - Celebrate Rising Resistance to Bloomberg's Displacement of People of Color...Read more. [11/01/2009]

October 24 - Screening and Discussion of Political Developments in Venezuela and Ecuador - In light of the latest political developments in Latin America, members of NMASS will present a film and lead a discussion about examples of organizing taking place across the continent...Read more. [10/22/2009]

NMASS & BGZ coalition Urge Congress and President Obama to Pass Comprehensive 9/11 Health Legislation for All Affected - Following the recent deaths of three WTC responders in one week, groups urge Congress and President Obama to pass comprehensive 9/11 health legislation for all affected... Read more. [10/21/2009]

Yoga Classes, Health Classes, and Flea Market Fundraising Events... Read more. [10/15/2009]

Happy Hour Fundraiser Thurs. Oct. 1 2009 at Forbidden City Bar in the East Village - Help NMASS buy our new permanent space for the Lower East Side Workers' Center...Read more. [9/27/2009]

Tues. Aug. 11 - Join the Ain't I a Woman?!? Campaign & Garment Workers in a Protest Against Great Wall Corp. and Sliver Fashion. We Demand Manufacturer Accountability and an End to Retaliation... Read more. [08/10/2009]

Latino Workers Sue Remi Restaurant for Wage Theft - The owners of Remi Restaurant have restaurants around the world, but force workers to work 70-100 hours/week, cheat them of overtime pay and charge them illegal fees... Read more. [6/26/2009]

Community Members & Workers Protest Museum of Chinese in America - Denounce Retaliatory Firing for Unionization and Racist Treatment of Workers like Coolies - On the first day the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) opens the doors of its new facilities, community members and workers will protest the museum's exploitative working conditions and retaliatory firing...Read more. [6/25/2009]

Support Nail Salon, Deli, and Other workers Fighting Sweatshop Conditions on the Upper West Side - Dear Friends and Supporters, the Justice Will Be Served! Campaign is calling on you to support beauty salon workers and other service workers in taking action against long hours, health issues and other employment problems they face... Read more. [6/16/2009]

An Open Letter to Barack Obama - Dear President Obama: As you begin to take on the issue of immigration reform, we call on you to provide the leadership necessary to repeal the modern-day slave law that has devastated the lives of so many working people in this country: the Employer Sanctions Provisions... Read more. [05/01/2009]

March on May 1, 2009 - Tell Obama to Repeal the Modern Day Slave Law: Employer Sanctions - Equal Rights for All Workers! - Employers’ sanctions is a law that was passed 20 years ago in the name of punishing the employer, but in reality criminalizes immigrants and creates an underclass of labor who have no rights or protection under the law... Read More. [04/01/2009]

A Message from the JWBS! Campaign Regarding Ollie's Noodles and Sweatshop Conditions on the Upper West Side - Dear Sisters and Brothers... For many years Tsu Y. Wang has profited to the tune of millions of dollars from dozens of restaurants, such as Ollies' Noodle Shop & Grill/ Tomo Sushi/ Vine Sushi (formerly known as Café Swish), among many others.... Although the NY State Department of Labor has taken a good step towards recovering wages, they have only recovered a small percentage of what Wang stole from workers... Read more. [03/21/2009]

The new NMASS Board has been elected! [12/01/2008]

The NMASS Election Ballot - Meet some of our Leaders [11/30/2008]

Justice is Served for 36 Saigon Grill Restaurant Delivery Workers! [10/22/2008]

Denounce 7 Years of Bush and Congressional Failure to Respond to the 9/11 Health Crisis [09/05/2008]

Latina Nail Salon Workers Call for Boycott of Renaissance Nail Salons Tuesday, July 22, 2008 [07/28/2008]

Tuesday, July 15, 1pm -- LES, Chinatown, and East Village Communit Members Demand Manhattan Borough President Vote Against Racist Rezoning Plan and Hold Public Hearing.[7/14/2008]

Thursday May 1 - March on International Workers' Day: Equal Rights for All Workers! [4/16/2008]

9/11 Community Health Forum: Sunday 4/13 [413/2008]

Nail Salon Workers Condemn Toxic Working Conditions Endured in Basement of NYC Salon -
Joined by Asian and Latina nail stylists throughout the tri-state areato demand end to widespread abuses and health problems in beauty industry [4/1/2008]

Friday December 14, 2007 U.S.-born & Immigrant Workers Demand Repeal of Employer Sanctions at Rally in front of East Buffet Restaurant. Call to Orgs | Text of Press Advisory [12/12/2007]

Federal Court Announces Unanimous Decision in Favor of 167 Nail Salon Workers [11/02/2007]

NLRB Issues complaint against Saigon Grill [11/2/2007]

Read a sum up of the progress of New Jersey JWBS [9/19/2007]

Women Workers Rally to Demand Justice in NYC Nail Salons! [9/11/2007]

Read an Update from the Justice Will Be Served! Campaign [8/21/2007]

View Our Youtube Video About the Letter-Writing Campaign
(connect to Youtube) [8/22/2007]

Read the New York Magazine feature article "The Delivery Man's Uprising" by Jennifer Gonnerman about the Justice Will Be Served! campaign (Link to New York Magazine's site) [8/21/2007]

Take Part in 9/11 Letter-Writing Campaign for Our Health [7/30/2007]

Press Conference Announces First Lawsuit by Latino Restaurant Delivery Workers [7/23/2007]

Write a letter to Congress about the health effects of the 9-11 toxic air! [7/23/2007] Download English PDF here. | Download Spanish PDF here.

Download our 2007 flyer for Downtown workers (PDF) [7/19/2007].

Wednesday July 18th, 12:30 Rally & Press Conference: Join the Ain't I a Woman?! Campaign to Demand Overtime Pay for 80-hr Work Weeks. [7/17/2007]

Monday June 25, 2007 - 9-11 Victims Go to Washington - Demand Apology & Jail Time for Christine Todd Whitman [6/24/2007]

Read about the recent rally against tip stealing at Jing Fong Restaurant [3/18/2007]

Delivery Workers Picket & Press Conference February 15th at Noon Our Place Shanghai Tea Garden Restaurant [02/15/2007]

Press Conference at Majestic Buffet November 10, 2006 [11/10/2006]

Latino Workers Launch $1.5 Million Lawsuit Against Food Bazaar Super Market Chain [5/25/2006]

May 1st Report: Despite the Odds, Local Communities Take to the Streets [5/3/2006]

May 1, 2006: MARCH FOR EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL WORKERS! [4/20/2006]

Press Conference Thurs, April 27, 2006 12 Noon: Groups Announce March to Union Square on May 1st! ADVISORY HERE (PDF) [4/26/2006]

Check out the new It's About TIME! brochure, here! (PDF) [4/11/06]

Streetbeat Garment Workers Win! [1/20/2006]

View short videos about the Liberty Apparel Boycott and Break the Chains [1/5/2006]

"We made 43 cents an hour" Daily News article on the Bay Plaza workers' case [12/7/05]

"Workers Non-Compensation?" Daily News article on East Buffet workers' strike [12/7/2005]

"Immigration laws are new slavery: groups" article by Chuck Bennett, in AM New York [10/9/2005]

Long Island Restaurant Workers Continue Strike Against Stolen Tips & Retaliation! [10/2/2005]

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION - Thursday, Sept. 22. NMASS joins Break the Chains Alliance in repealing Employer Sanctions modern-day slave-law. [9/13/05]

BGZ Announces Expansion of Groundbreaking 9/11 Initiative with Bellevue Hospital (Media Advisory) [7/18/2005]

Sweatshop Nation #7 is out now. You can pick up paper copies in our workers' centers. [4/14/2005]

NMASS Video Blog site launched! View videos from the NMASS Video Project. [3/4/05]

Mexican Government Cites N.Y. Gov. Pataki and U.S. for Violating NAFTA, Endangering Workers' Health [11/28/2004]
Press Release [11/23/2004]

Lower East Side Workers Center has moved to new location [10/10/2004]

David's Jade Palace Restaurant Workers Win Settlement & Say "No" to Sweatshop Conditions [07/23/2004]

911 Survivors Call on Gov. Pataki to Stop Misuse of Funds & End Discrimination Against Poor Present Alternative Proposals & denounce Failures of LMDC, Liberty Bonds [06/14/04]
• New York News Network article.
• A.M. New York article

A Victory for All Working People -- The New Silver Palace Restaurant Workers Win! [06/14/04]

Injured Workers Call on N.Y. Senate GOP to Oppose Pataki's Workers' Comp Proposals Launch campaign to show negative impact on economy & workers' health [03/29/2004]

Restaurant worker unpaid for 6th day of work for 19 years (Queens Chronicle article) His boss sued him for payroll tax money. Now he's fighting back with NMASS. [03/29/2004]

Garment Workers Win Again -- Latina & Chinese Women Lead Fight to Hold Manufacturers Accountable. [03/07/2004]

Workers Win Decision Against NJ Suburban Sweatshop Restaurants [03/07/2004]

9-11 Victims Unleash Fury Against Government at Town Hall Meeting [10/06/2003]

NLRB Demands Reinstatement for Illegally Fired Waiters -- Boycott Against Sweatshop Conditions at David's Jade Palace Restaurant in Hartsdale, NY [10/06/2003]

The Hunger Strike Helped Build Bridges [10/6/2003]

We Regret to Inform Our Members of the Passing of Marcia Hall [8/11/2003]

David's Jade Palace Workers' Speak Out - Read the Article in the Journal News [08/09/2004]

A Precedent-Setting Victory for the New Silver Palace Workers: Bosses Held Accountable as Individuals [7/24/03]

A Gain in NMASS' Fight for Health Care for All Affected by 9-11 - Are You or Someone You Know Eligible for Safe Horizon Health Care & Job Training?

STOP PATAKI'S ATTACKS ON OUR HEALTH! Click on the logo to read about the Hunger Strike by Injured Workers May 6-13, 2003

Forward to News Page 2

NMASS Home