Fuerza Laboral builds worker power. We are a Rhode Island-based organization of immigrants and low-income workers who organize to end exploitation in the workplace. We train workers in their rights, develop new community leaders, and take direct action against injustice to achieve real victories. More...
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One Year Since Colibri's Closure, the Fight Goes On!
Thursday January 14, 2010
One year ago today, Founders' Equity petitioned for Colibri to enter receivership and Colibri CEO Jim Fleet let his 280 workers know by email that their workplace had closed. Knowing this was a violation of the Federal WARN Act, workers protested, committed civil disobedience, and filed a Federal lawsuit to get justice.
This past Monday, the workers' representative, Attorney Marc Gursky attended a pretrial with the judge and the defendants' lawyers. The judge called for a 60 day discovery period, in which the defendants have to turn over to Marc any materials,documents, or communications relating to the employer relationship. After this time, both parties return to court to try to reach a settlement with the help of a court appointed mediator.
We are pleased to report that the Impact Fund in California has awarded funding specifically to pay for costs associated with the lawsuit. With a dedicated expert lawyer like Marc, and the support of a major legal justice foundation we are confident justice will be done. More...
Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform!
Friday January 8, 2010
Fuerza Laboral has joined the Reform Immigration FOR America Campaign to achieve comprehensive immigration reform this year. The Campaign has a text message component in which individuals can receive updates on the struggle on their cell phones, and also send electronic faxes to their congresspeople urging their support! Sent the text message "JUSTICE"to #69866 to participate. More info: www.reformimmigrationforamerica.org More...
Fuerza Laboral at the Showdown in Chicago
Tuesday October 27, 2009
Fuerza Laboral has been at the Showdown in Chicago, organized by National People's Action (of which we're an affiliate member) these past few days--the first organized mass demonstration against the banker robber barons since the bailout. We've given the banks 19 trillion dollars in bailout money, most of which has gone to CEOs. It's about time for some accountability. Check out video here. More...
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