But tensions between laundry workers and their employers are becoming more visible as some of the city’s lavanderas have taken very public steps to fight for their rights, leading demonstrations and ...
Commenting on the transformative power organizing had on immigrant farm laborers working in California’s lush grape fields, legendary Mexican-American labor leader Cesar Chavez said, “If a man comes ...
NEW YORK — One afternoon last February, in front of dozens of riled-up protesters and two police officers, a small, visibly distraught woman confronted her employer at Sunshine Shirt Laundry Center, a ...