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Courts Threaten Workers' Rights!
The court is making a decision in Zheng v. Liberty Apparel
Co. that threatens to reverse the gains won by workers organizing
for decades to challenge how manufacturers and retailers like
Liberty Apparel and Donna Karan use the subcontracting system
to shield them from liability. [01/16/03]
FEMA Leaves 9/11-Affected Workers
& Residents Out in the Cold This Holiday Season
[12/23/02]
New Silver Palace Workers Expose
Axis of Exploitation Formed by Landlord, Bank & Restaurant
Chanting "Who Got the Waiters' Tips? Joseph Chu!"
the enraged crowd of fifty circled the sidewalk outside of
Eastbank on the corner of Canal Street and Centre Street near
Manhattan's Chinatown. [12/18/02]
Holiday Jeer for World Conference
on Religions & Peace (WCRP) On Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002,
more than 100 protestors, joined by several religious groups
and non-govenmental organizations, gathered at the headquarters
of WCRP to send it an enraged "holiday jeer" for
illegally firing a former employee for speaking out against
the inhuman conditions she endured at WCRP.[12/17/02]
Federal Judge Rules on
the Rights of Injured Workers and 9/11 Victims to March in
Albany On Monday, November 4, Federal judge Thomas J.
McAvoy ruled on the right of injured workers to march on the
streets in Albany. [11/4/02]
Pataki Sends Police to
Attack Injured Workers On October 15, 2002, Governor George
Pataki sent scores of Albany police officers, including many
on horseback, to intimidate and crush a march of injured workers.
[10/15/02]
International Non-Profit Peace
Organization Exposed As White-Collar Sweatshop
On Tuesday, October 1st, 2002, a young woman worker protested
abusive sweatshop conditions she endured while working at
world renowned non-profit organization, World Conference on
Religion and Peace. Ms. Nancy Eng was joined by other white-collar
office workers, immigrant garment workers, and injured workers.[10/1/02]
First International Public
Hearing of Injured Workers [8/24/02]
NMASS & Beyond Ground Zero
Network March on Washington DC [07-31-02]
NMASS & Beyond
Ground Zero Network Protest Post-911 Mistreatment & Neglect
[05-30-02]
United Sweatshops of America
Tour Begins [05-16-02]
International Hearing on
Workers' Health & Safety Announced for June 22, 2002
[04-16-02]
NMASS Announces United Sweatshops of America
National Tour [04-01-02]
"Shaken Only By Lack of Job"
by Jimmy Breslin, Newsday (under construction).
[01-15-02].
"International NAFTA Lawsuit to
be Investigated by Mexican Government," Newsday
(under construction) - In October 2001, members of NMASS and
the It's About TIME! Campaign for Workers' Health & Safety
filed a lawsuit against the United States and New York State
Worker's Compensation Board. On December 4, in what has been
described as an "unprecedented move", the Mexican government
has begun a formal investigation into the problems of the
delays and denials of Workers' Compensation. [12-04-02]
Paying
Injury's Price- Immigrants rarely compensated for workplace
harm- Newsday article by Thomas Maier
(under construction) Since March 1998, Grodzki has
been seeking compensation for a nearly fatal injury he suffered
on the job. Yet after several delays and postponed hearings,
Grodzki still waits to prove he was injured while working
so he can receive some compensation from New York's Workers'
Compensation Board, the main governmental agency providing
income and health benefits to New York's injured workers.
[07-24-01]
"International Lawsuit Shows New
York State Workers' Comp System Violates Human Rights"
Newsday (under construction) -
In October 2001, injured and not-yet-injured workers leading
our "It's About TIME!" Campaign for Workers' Health and Safety
exposed to the world New York State's violations of workers'
human rights by filing a lawsuit based on the labor rights
agreement of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
We sent two members - Eva Herrera and Linda Allegro - as part
of a delegation that went to Mexico City to initiate the NAFTA
lawsuit against the United States and the New York State Workers'
Compensation Board. Eva, an injured worker who has been waiting
three years for her workers' compensation benefits, represented
eight NMASS members who are plaintiffs in the NAFTA lawsuit.
[11-27-01]
NMASS 5th Anniversary
Celebration (Photos) - NMASS celebrated its 5th anniversary
on October 27th! Over four hundred members gathered with family
and friends to mark the occasion and to celebrate the accomplishments
of working people. The banquet hall was draped with brightly
colored flags that illustrated many victories of the past
as well as the current battles against sweatshops today. A
performance by injured workers illustrated the horrors of
Workers Compensation Board and need to overhaul the whole
system. The night also included poetry read in Polish, a slide
show, breakdancers and music by the "No Timers". The highlight
of the event was everyone in the audience singing "Happy Birthday
to NMASS" in English, Spanish and Polish! [10-27-01]
"Restaurant Accused of Exploiting
Immigrants", New York Times , by Robert Hanley
WAYNE, N.J., AUG 29 - Four former workers at a Chinese restaurant
here and about 20 sympathizers demonstrated outside the establishment
today, saying its owners and managers had failed to pay workers
and forced them to return some of their tips. [8-30-01]
Debtors' Prison, Smuggled workers
locked in servitude to pay for illegal entry into U.S. --
New York Daily News (under construction)
-- A hidden world exists within New York's immigrant
garment workforce, where employees toil in low-wage indentured
servitude to pay debts for being smuggled to the U.S.
[7-9-01]
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