Sustainable Capitol Hill
Sustainable Capitol Hill is a network of neighbors, businesses and community groups dedicated to making Capitol Hill a sustainable community. We are working to create a vital neighborhood -- one with strong connections between people, place, and the local ecosystem. Through education, organizing, and action we can make our neighborhood a model for a sustai ...learn more
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Created: Feb 11, 2008
Updated: Apr 08, 2008
Membership: Open
Semi-Private
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Worker Centers
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Keywords wages, worker dignity, labor laws, people of color, low-wage workers, unskilled workers, immigrant workers, worker rights, grievance processes, sweatshops, job advancement, worker education, training programs, labor law, labor unions |
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| Worker centers are community-based mediating organizations that provide support to low-wage workers through service delivery, advocacy, and organizing. Services and advocacy may include legal representation to recover unpaid wages, English classes, worker rights education, providing access to health clinics, researching legislation working with government agencies to improve grievance processes, and loans. Organizing is directed at global/local issues such as sweatshops and linking student, community, and worker organizations internationally. | |
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