Junta for Progressive Action
Open Worker Center Hours will be every Tuesday 9:00am to 12:00pm and Thursday 9:00am to 12:00pm. Come if you have any work-related questions or grievances you would like to address.
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The Worker Center at JUNTA aims to provide workers with a place to strategically think about ways to
1) collectively identify and grapple with workplace justice issues in their community and beyond
2) determine appropriate priorities and agendas for addressing workplace issues
3) actively develop leadership/organizing skills that can lead to a more civically engaged community.
The Worker Center also helps individuals and groups with specific workplace justice cases/concerns.
Ultimately, the Worker Center at JUNTA will allow workers affected by abuses such as nonpayment of wages, discrimination, and unsafe working conditions to emerge as core leaders and stakeholders in the much needed responses to those problems.
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THE WORKER CENTER OFFERS:
COFFEE and CONVERSATION:
Visit our center any Tuesday or Thursday from 9am- Noon at JUNTA (169 Grand Avenue). Come to drink coffee, read the newspaper, meet other community members, bring your workplace issue to JUNTA, learn about worker rights, and more.
CASE APPOINTMENTS
Make an appointment to meet with someone at JUNTA about work-related problems having to do with workplace justice.
BECOME A JUNTA WORKER CENTER AMBASSADOR (Get a Certificate in Worker Rights/ Immigrant Rights from JUNTA):
Become part of our trainings about worker and immigrant rights to receive a Certificate from JUNTA. By completing JUNTA’s training, you could:
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The Worker Center in the News:
El Canillita - 6/08 JUNTA para Accion Progresiva
La Voz Hispana - 6/08 Una organizacion al servicion de la comunidad latina
La Voz Hispana - 6/08 Trabajadoras en el cuidado de ancianos demandan a sus patrones
New Haven Register - 5/20/08 11 former workers sue over unpaid wages
Registro CT - 4/25/08 ' JUNTA obtiene beca para desarrollar centro de trabajadores
To learn more about this program, please contact the Economic Development Programs Coordinator at (203) 787-0191 or click here to email the coordinator.