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Fuerza Laboral/Power of Workers

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Injured Workers Committee

The Injured Workers Committee builds the capacity of workers who have suffered workplace accidents to direct efforts to make the Rhode Island Workers' Compensation System more accountable to undocumented workers.

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Ending Wage Theft

Our goal is to drastically reduce the incidence of wage theft in Rhode Island through targeted direct actions focused on changing industries, exposing subcontracting as a way of facilitating wage theft, and passing legislation and introducing procedures that increase the penalites on employers committing wage theft.

Justice for Immigrants

The Justice for Immigrants Campaign aims to win legislation guaranteeing driver's licenses for all Rhode Islanders, regardless of documentation status, as driving without a license often leads to detention and eventual deportation.

Popular Education Program

We facilitate workshops year-round on labor rights, immigrant rights, and leadership development. 

Worker-Owned Cooperative Businesses

Over the past several years, Fuerza's POWER Network (a worker co-op incubator) has devoted substantial time and effort to studying and receiving training in worker-cooperative development, recruiting worker-cooperators, creating a worker-co-op feasibility study and business plan, and creating tghe support for workers to develop their own organizational principles and polici .


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Physical Location

131 Clay St suite 101

Central Falls RI, 02863
 

Mailing Address

P.O. Box 202

Central Falls RI, 02863
 

Email; phone

heiny@fuerza-laboral.org

401-725-2700