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Potluck Program Brings Coffee and Bread To Immigrant Day Laborers
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Spoke at The Long Island Immigrant Alliance Conference at the Suffolk County Legislature in Hauppauge.
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Attended March for Human Rights in Arizona
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Workplace Project is Quoted in a the Huffington Post on Homeless People in Suburbia
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Participated in Rally for Full iImmigration Reform in Washington
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Workplace Project Rejects Arizona Law SB 1070 in Press Conference.
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Hempstead May 1st March and Rally for full immigration reform and to reject SB 1070 Arizona antiimmigrant law.
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Omar Angel Perez Becomes Executive Director of the Hempstead Workplace Project
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Court Bars Enforcement of Oyster Bay Standing While Latino Law
A federal judge issued an order barring enforcement of an Oyster Bay ordinance that violates day laborers’ core constitutional right to free speech. As a result of the order, day laborers whose livelihoods were threatened because of the ordinance can exercise their First Amendment rights and go back to work immediately without being ticketed or fined. -
Participated in The Excluded Workers Congress
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Boat Fundraising Party- Fiesta en Barco
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Domestic Workers’ Rights Bill Passes
New York approved the first law in the nation granting workplace rights to domestic workers such as nannies and housekeepers, a major victory for workers’ advocates and one with sweeping implications for the estimated 200,000 such workers in the New York City metropolitan area. -
Rally Against Arizona Immigration Law at MLB Headquarters, NYC
At noon there was a rally against Arizona’s draconian immigration law, SB 1070, at Major League Baseball headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. -
Vigil Against SB1070
The Workplace Project activists renewed their call for reform in Hempstea, hours after a federal judge delivered a blow to Arizona’s immigration law. -
NY Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Becomes a Law
The Domestic Workers Bill of Rights was signed into Law by Governor Paterson, setting a national precedent and marking a tremendous victory for the more than 200,000 domestic workers in New York State! -
Candleligth Vigil for the DREAM Act Now
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Holds 18th Anniversay Gala
Introduced Perez as new Director and fundraised for their cause. -
Memorial Candlelight Vigil for Marcelo Lucero
On November 8, 2008, Marcelo Lucero, a hard working man, had his life taken away because of his ethnic background. The workplace project held a candlelight vigil in his honor. -
The Fiscal Policy Institute Releases its Findings.
The Fiscal Policy Institute released a report which profiled immigrants and their positive effect on New York and Long Island’s economy. -
New Boards of Directors Elected
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Honored by the The Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives
Honored the Workplace Project for its work to promote immigrant rights and for its advocacy on behalf of immigrant workers on Long Island at its 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner. -
Holds Winter Potluck
The Workplace Project is hosted a winter potluck to celebrate the season and to provide an opportunity for members and supporters to meet each other and to get to know the newly elected Board of Directors.
