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Nail salon workers face unhealthy conditions, wage theft and unstable hours. Some are speaking up
June 17, 2022 Cornell’s ILR Worker Institute recently published a study called “Unvarnished: Precarity and Poor Working Conditions for Nail Salon Workers in New York State.” In the report, researchers highlighted the unhealthy conditions found in most nail salons, along with other inequities.
Nail technicians demand safer working conditions and steadier pay as Covid aggravates risks | NBC News
June 17, 2022 In a first for the industry, nail technicians are fighting for the creation of a new council to set healthier wage and labor standards on the state level.
Nail technicians demand safer working conditions and steadier pay as Covid aggravates risks | NBC News
June 17, 2022 In a first for the industry, nail technicians are fighting for the creation of a new council to set healthier wage and labor standards on the state level.
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Media Inquiry: carolyn@wearehome.org 10 Years Later, Our Communities Need Protections Not Temporary Solutions Communities United for Status and Protection (CUSP), a national collaborative of grassroots immigrant community organizations, uplifts the undocumented immigrant youths […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 26, 2022 Contact: For NY Healthy Nail Salons Coalition: Daisy Chung, 518-253-9331, daisy@adhikaar.org; Leanne Tory-Murphy, leanne@workersunitednynj.org For Senator Ramos: Astrid Aune, aaune@nysenate.gov For Assemblymember Bronson: cookj@nyassembly.gov RAMOS, BRONSON […]
Despite strong social and cultural ties to the U.S. and significant contributions to the U.S. economy, the future of nearly 15,000 Nepali Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders remains uncertain. The 2018 decision by the Trump Administration to terminate TPS for Nepal, and subsequent court decisions by the 9th Circuit allowing a potential end to these designations, places the lives of Nepali TPS holders and their families at risk of deportation. Congress must act now to protect Nepali TPS holders.
This report was co-authored by Tom K. Wong, Anna Coleman, Pabitra Khati Benjamin, Aakriti Khanal, and Silva Mathema View the press release here: ENGLISH and नेपाली Background on Nepal’s TPS designation The U.S. Department of […]