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The New York Civic Participation Project (NYCPP) collaborates with labor unions and community organizations supporting worker justice and civic empowerment for new immigrants across the City.  We organize in neighborhoods to bring together grassroots union members, community activists, congregations and immigrant associations—building bridges across national, racial and ethnic lines.

 

                

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New Yorkers United: A Declaration of Principles for Immigrant Worker Rights

 

We are committed to fairness for all New Yorkers. We are individuals, labor unions, worker centers, community groups, faith based and advocacy organizations who come together to reaffirm the following principles:

 

  • Rights apply to all.  The rights of all workers are human rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the International Bill of Human Rights.

 

  • Labor rights are the basis of a just society.  All people should have the right to support themselves and their families, to organize and unionize, to bargain collectively, to keep their families together and to participate in the civic life of their communities.  No one should face reprisals for exercising these rights.
  • Safe and healthy communities are a basic right.  This includes access to affordable housing, healthcare, education, and a clean environment.
  • We cannot live in a two-tiered society.  Human, civil and labor rights must be protected regardless of immigration status, the industry in which people work or the community in which they live.  A threat to immigrants’ rights is a threat to the standards of all workers.
  • New York must set a progressive example.  New York has a tradition of providing opportunity and pioneering social justice that has to be preserved. 

 

Therefore,  we commit to work together for a fair and functional immigration system and policies at the local, state and national levels that include a path to citizenship, family unification, civil, labor and human rights. 

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Participating organizations include

(Alphabetical list in formation):

AFSCME DC37, Cabrini Immigration Services, Centro Hispano CUZCATLAN, CWA 1180, Domestic Workers United, DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving), El Centro Del Inmigrante, Greater NY LaborReligion Coalition, La Fuente, Laborers Local 79, Make the Road NY, National Employment Law Project (NELP), New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE), New York Civic Participation Project (NYCPP), New York Civil Liberties Union, New York Immigration Coalition, NYC Central Labor Council (CLC), NYC LCLAA, PSC CUNY, ROCNY, RWDSU, SEIU Local 32BJ, Teamsters Local 805, UFCW, UNITE HERE, YKASEC.