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fromComputerworld
3 days ago

How US employers can protect immigrant tech workers

"The H-1B visa is a very impractical - or at the very least, unpredictable - process. As a result, when you hire someone on an H-1B visa, it may take much longer than you realize to get it."
European startups
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Silicon Valley food
fromFast Company
3 months ago

She worked at Subway for more than a decade-then found out her boss had been breaking labor laws the whole time

Wage theft impacts low-wage workers severely, as seen in Eva Rodriguez's case against her Subway franchise owner.
Silicon Valley food
fromFast Company
3 months ago

She worked at Subway for more than a decade-then found out her boss had been breaking labor laws the whole time

Wage theft impacts low-wage workers severely, as seen in Eva Rodriguez's case against her Subway franchise owner.
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NYC politics
fromStreetsblog
1 month ago

NYPD's Push To Criminalize Cycling Spells Trouble For Immigrant Workers - Streetsblog New York City

NYPD's new cycling policy threatens immigrant delivery workers with criminal charges for minor traffic violations.
NYC politics
fromnyc.streetsblog.org
3 weeks ago

Council Outrage Over NYPD Bike Criminalization Grows, But Speaker Adams Is In No Rush - Streetsblog New York City

The NYPD's new cycling policy has sparked backlash among progressives who argue it disproportionately affects immigrant workers.
NYC politics
fromStreetsblog
1 month ago

NYPD's Push To Criminalize Cycling Spells Trouble For Immigrant Workers - Streetsblog New York City

NYPD's new cycling policy threatens immigrant delivery workers with criminal charges for minor traffic violations.
NYC politics
fromnyc.streetsblog.org
3 weeks ago

Council Outrage Over NYPD Bike Criminalization Grows, But Speaker Adams Is In No Rush - Streetsblog New York City

The NYPD's new cycling policy has sparked backlash among progressives who argue it disproportionately affects immigrant workers.
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Los Angeles
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Exploitative' contracts and hazardous conditions: life for some of the immigrants cleaning up wildfire-stricken LA

Immigrant workers play a crucial role in cleaning up after climate disasters, often facing hazardous conditions without proper protection.
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fromAxios
5 months ago

Two powerful labor groups joining up ahead of the incoming Trump administration

"We think we will be more powerful than ever as joint forces," AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler told Axios Wednesday afternoon. This reunion has been in the works for nearly two years, SEIU president April Verrett said, aiming to build enough power to organize workers and push for pro-labor policies. "It's not a reaction to, or a statement about, Trump," she added. But with his return to the White House it is "an affirmation that we're doing the right thing and that now is the time."
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