Adhikaar in the News

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Movement Capacity Building team convenes a number of grassroots immigrations advocacy groups at Airlie in Warrenton, VA on Wednesday July 10, 2019.

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.

The NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs highlighted our Nail Salon Fellow Sabita Lama

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.

The NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs highlighted our Nail Salon Fellow Sabita Lama

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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The Nation: How Can You Get an Ethical Manicure? Support Worker Organizing

May 11, 2015

On the workers’ side, the Nepali community organization Adhikaar just published a colorful pamphlet—designed in collaboration with the Center for Urban Pedagogy—to educate communities about both public-health and labor-rights issues in the sector. […]

New York Times Editorial: Justice for Nail Salon Workers

May 11, 2015

This is where government must build upon many years of work by grass-roots labor organizations. One example is the New York Healthy Nail Salons Coalition, led by the New York Committee for Occupational […]

New York Times: For a People Overlooked, a Lens At Last

April 29, 2007

The smallness of the group is another problem. “We do feel that because of our relative insignificance, our voice is not being heard,” said Ms. Ranjit, who was wearing a pink pashmina shawl […]