Posts Tagged ‘Worker’s Rights’

These Immigrants Organized & Won $17 Million from a For-Profit Detention Center

December 2nd, 2021

As of late October, a ruling by a federal judge set a new precedent for private detention centers in Washington. GEO Group, the company that runs the Northwest ICE Processing Center for immigrants, must pay people who are detained and working in the facility the state’s minimum wage.  Here’s the story on how our compas […]

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New Toolkit gives Workers Tools to Fight against Raids and Audits

May 11th, 2017

Mijente Members and labor leaders at the AFL-CIO, Neidi Dominguez and Rosa Lozano along with others just dropped “We Will Resist and Defend,” a powerful toolkit for organizers and advocates on workplace raids and audits.

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