Immigrant
workers and advocates from multiple organizations gathered in the Bronx after
the U.S. Labor Department announced a new workers' rights policy.
The
policy ensures the discretion and protection of immigrant workers that are
being abused or exploited. For those with Red de Pueblos
Transnacionales, this is a step in the right direction.
“The
laws haven’t been in favor of undocumented workers,” said Diana Sanchez, an
organizer with Red de Pueblos Transnacionales. “And the
thing is usually when there are cases where there’s an employer who is abusing
their workers, they usually tell them that they’re going to call ICE on them.”
Advocates
and workers from El Centro del Inmigrante and the Blue Ribbon Commission were
in attendance today, saying that this is just a step forward in what is and
will be a long fight for abused and exploited immigrant workers.