Fashion Models Denounce Industry Practices, Demand Sweeping Changes
180,000 New Yorkers work in the fashion industry. Many of them are badly exploited, but that could soon begin to change.
The Indypendent
Lachlan Hyatt
Housing Activists March on Wall St. to Demand Tenants Rights
Tenant power in the city mounts; calls grow for the passage of the Good Cause Eviction bill.
Housing Activists Raise a Ruckus in Albany as State Budget Talks Race to a Finish
Three busloads of activists and organizers from the Housing Justice for All coalition traveled to the state capitol to demand housing policies that benefit the many not the few.
Ready for a Fresh Start: NY Laundry Workers are Fighting to Clean Up the Industry
Immigrant workers and their allies are cleaning up an industry rife with wage theft and abusive working conditions.
On Saturday, demonstrators blocked the entrance to the Hudson County Correctional Facility for hours to get their message across.