Taking the ‘High Road’ with Restaurant Workers
Eateries across the city run on the hands of low-paid servers, busboys and dishwashers. A Feet in 2 Worlds podcast looks at the circumstances of these workers and a group working to improve conditions.
Mexican Service Workers Get Chance to Obtain Professional Certification
Mexican service workers will be able to obtain professional certificates through a 15 week program of study in the basics of hotel administration, math and English offered by CUNY and funded by the Mexican state of Puebla, Goya Foods and CUNY.
Lawsuit Against Brooklyn’s City Point Project Threatens Local Jobs
A legal battle has erupted between politicians-backed unions and a developer over the hiring of local nonunion workers at the massive City Point project in downtown Brooklyn, reports Our Time Press.
An Earful of Immigrants at Work
Feet in 2 Worlds features "audio postcards" in which people from an immigrant background talk about their job, from a Polish-American worker at Greenpoint bakery Peter Pan to the Lebanese-American owner of family-run food store Sahadi's.
A Defender of Day Laborers
El Diario-La Prensa interviews Roberto Meneses about the circumstances that led him to start an organization to defend the rights of his fellow day laborers in Woodside, Queens.
Day Laborers Skeptical of ‘Doesn’t Solve Anything’ Reform
El Diario-La Prensa speaks with workers who fear they will be left out of immigration reform because the proposed bill fails to consider the nature of their work when it comes to the requirements for legal residency.
Delivery Workers Question New Bike Regulations
New rules require delivery workers to put on protective gear as safety measures. World Journal reports that deliverymen for Chinese restaurants say the regulations are unnecessary and attribute accidents to other vehicles crossing into bike lanes.
NY Called ‘Backward’ in Treatment of Day Laborers
Advocates say that with only two centers the city for day laborers and no support from the government, New York is "one of the most backward cities" in its treatment of the workers, reports El Diario-La Prensa.
Outcry Over Holy Week Raid at Willets Point
El Diario-La Prensa reports that police, citing illegal activity, raided shops and made arrests last week in Willets Point, Queens. Thousands of Latino car mechanics could lose their jobs as the industrial area makes way for a commercial district.
Latinos Learn Hasidic Customs at Work
El Diario-La Prensa looks at the relationship between Latino workers and their Orthodox Jewish employers, from the workers who adjust to religious customs, to the community organizers who work to bridge the gap between the two groups.
