Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center

Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center

40 East McMicken Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513.621.5991
cworkers@cinci.rr.com

The Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center (CIWC)
was established in March 2005 to help mobilize,
educate and organize low wage and immigrant workers. These efforts are designed to give low-income workers from all walks of life the opportunity to creatively challenge the power relationships with their employers and improve their working terms and conditions. >more

El Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center (CIWC) se estableció en marzo de 2005 para ayudar a movilizar, educar y organizar los trabajadores con bajos salarios y los trabajadores inmigrantes. Estos esfuerzos están diseñados para darle a los trabajadores de bajos ingresos la oportunidad de lidiar creativamente con las relaciones de sus empleadores y mejorar sus condiciones de trabajo. >mas

Immigrant Rights

Como en muchas ciudades alrededor de la nación, las personas inmigrante de bajo-sueldo que trabaja han llegado a ser una parte esencial de la economía de Cincinnati, haciendo una contribución esencial a negocios, trayendo los beneficios a consumidores, y sosteniendo la tradición norteamericana de la ética del trabajo. Es vergonzosamente saber que es común para muchos hombres y mujeres inmigrante no ser pagado por el trabajo honesto que ellos/as realizan. Hay algunos empleadores poco escrupulosos que se aprovechan de la vulnerabilidad de los trabajadores inmigrante pagando les rutinariamente menos que prometido o no pagando nada al trabajador. El problema no es que los trabajadores no tienen ningun derecho aplicable para ser pagado apropiadamente. Bajo nuestro sistema legal, ellos tienen el derecho de ser pagado —a pesar de su estatus de la ciudadanía o la inmigración. >mas

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day labor organizing project

There are numerous labor halls in the City of Cincinnati
that contract with local businesses to provide unskilled,
manual labor on both a short-term and a long- term basis. Due to the low wages and the usually arduous and
undesirable nature of the work offered, these agencies
rely on the employment of low-income and often home-
less individuals. For a worker lacking a permanent address, identification, and/or marketable job skills, day labor is the only immediate option for fiscal survival. It is estimated that over 60% of homeless individuals in Cincinnati work, yet still remain without enough income to obtain permanent housing. >more

 
Workers Rights Hotline

****Join us for a CIWC fundraising event****
May 2, 2009:

The May Fest Dance at the Price Hill Community Center 959 Hawthorne Ave, 45205

Our goal is to develop a dialogue among workers that encourages them to know their legal workplace rights; consider worker justice beyond statutory safeguards; and recognize solidarity and collective action as
desirable paths for achieving just outcomes to specific workplace grievances. >more

Nuestro objetivo es de desarrollar un diálogo entre trabajadores que los motiva a saber sus derechos legales en el lugar de trabajo; considere la justicia de trabajador más allá de las medidas de protección reglamentarias; y reconoce la solidaridad y la acción colectiva que puede lograr justo resultados al lugar de trabajo específico Quejas. >mas

news and archive

Labor Agency Is Failing Workers, Report Says
The federal agency charged with enforcing minimum wage, overtime and many other labor laws is failing in that role, leaving millions of workers vulnerable, Congressional auditors have found. >more

Facing Funding Shortfalls, Worker Centers Keep Organizing Just as worker centers are reporting an increase in calls and drop-ins, and ripe potential among members, some are facing funding shortfalls that jeopardize their work. >more

DHL ships jobs to Kentucky For thousands of workers at the Wilmington Air Park and local residents, it was news they had been expecting, but dreading.DHL Express said Friday it has decided to move U.S. hub operations for its international business from Wilmington to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport by mid to late summer to save money. >more

DCI launches annual downtown Cincinnati surveyannounced the launch of its 2009 Downtown Perceptions Survey. The public is invited to share opinions and feedback about progress downtown here, where a link to the survey is located on the home page.The survey information will be used by DCI to measure perceptions and help direct downtown programs and services. It takes about 20 minutes to complete the survey.>more

 

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