Jennifer Gordon
Jennifer Gordon
Jennifer Gordon founded the Workplace Project in 1992, a non-profit worker center in Hempstead, New York, which organizes immigrant workers, mostly from Central and South America. The Workplace Project lobbied for and won a strong wage enforcement law in New York state. Gordon was the executive director of the Workplace Project from 1993 to 1998. Gordon was a MacArthur Fellow from 1999-2004. She is the author of Suburban Sweatshops: The Fight for Immigrant Rights, as well as several articles on...
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The roads are treacherous not only for the people who are trying to get back and forth from their homes but also for the emergency personnel, ... We're being very cautious on what we send them out on, whether it's something that can wait or whether it's something that really has to be dealt with right away.
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They hope to have everybody back on by the end of this week, but realistically, some of the rural areas may be into next week.
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I think I was walking more than I was running. If it wasn't for Gillian I probably wouldn't have finished.
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If we can just keep the sunshine going for a week or so, we'll be well on our way to recovery.
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These centers have gotten smarter over the years. They are turning victories that would have just been a back-pay award into something more.