National Day Laborer Organizing Network
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The National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) is an American organization dedicated to improving the lives of day labor
ers. It was founded in Northridge, California in July 2001 and is based in Los Angeles, California
. NDLON functions in a form of direct democracy where day laborers who are in member organizations vote directly for the policies at NDLON's biannual assemblies.
NDLON has been an influence in the rise of workers rights campaigns since 2000. These include the Wage Theft laws passed in multiple states including Illinois, New York, Ohio, Arkansas, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
In 2005, NDLON was instrumental in defeating the Sensenbrenner Bill, aka HR4437, which was named after GOP congressman, Jim Sensenbrenner, from Wisconsin. HR4437 would have made it illegal for churches or nonprofit organizations to provide services to undocumented immigrants.
The organization has a staff of 10 and comprises 36 member organizations. Its executive director is Pablo Alvarado. In 2010, it won the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award
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Day labor
Day labor is work done where the worker is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future. It is a form of contingent work.-Types:Day laborers find work through three common routes....
ers. It was founded in Northridge, California in July 2001 and is based in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. NDLON functions in a form of direct democracy where day laborers who are in member organizations vote directly for the policies at NDLON's biannual assemblies.
NDLON has been an influence in the rise of workers rights campaigns since 2000. These include the Wage Theft laws passed in multiple states including Illinois, New York, Ohio, Arkansas, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
In 2005, NDLON was instrumental in defeating the Sensenbrenner Bill, aka HR4437, which was named after GOP congressman, Jim Sensenbrenner, from Wisconsin. HR4437 would have made it illegal for churches or nonprofit organizations to provide services to undocumented immigrants.
The organization has a staff of 10 and comprises 36 member organizations. Its executive director is Pablo Alvarado. In 2010, it won the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award
Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award
The Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award is awarded annually by the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Policy Studies. It is awarded to those advancing the cause of human rights in the Americas. The Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award commemorates Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt, who in 1976...
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Member organizations
The NDLON's member organizations include the following:- American Friends Service CommitteeAmerican Friends Service CommitteeThe American Friends Service Committee is a Religious Society of Friends affiliated organization which works for peace and social justice in the United States and around the world...
(Newark, NJ) - Casa Freehold (Freehold, NJ)
- CASA Latina (Seattle, WA)
- CASA of Maryland (Silver Spring, MD)
- Central American Resource Center (Los Angeles, CA)
- Centro Cultural (Cornelius, OR)
- Centro Laboral de Graton (Graton, CA)
- Centro Legal de la Raza (Oakland, CA)
- Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of L.A. (Los Angeles, CA)
- Centro Humanitario Para Los Trabajadores (Denver, CO)
- CRECEN/America Para Todos (Houston, TX)
- El Centro de Hospitalidad (Staten Island, NY)
- Gulfton Area Neighborhood Organization – CARECEN (Houston, TX)
- Hispanic Resource Center (Mamaroneck, NY)
- Iglesia San Pedro (Fallbrooks, CA)
- Instituto de Educacion Popular del Sur de California (Los Angeles, CA)
- Jornaleros Unidos de Freehold (Freehold, NJ)
- La Raza Centro Legal (San Francisco, CA)
- Malibu Community Labor Exchange (Malibu, CA)
- Neighbors Link (Mount Kisco, NY)
- Pomona Economic opportunity Center -PEOC (Pomona, CA)
- Proyecto de los Trabajadores Latino Americanos ((Brooklyn, NY)
- Tenants and Workers United (Falls Church,VA)
- The Day Worker Center at Mountain View (Mountain View, CA)
- The Hispanic Westchester Coalition (White Plains, NY)
- Tonatierra (Phoenix, AZ)
- Union Latina de Chicago (Chicago, IL)
- United Community of Westchester (NY)
- VOZ (Portland, OR)
- WeCount! (Miami, FL)
- Wind of the Spirit/Viento del Espiritu (Morristown, NJ)
- Workers Defense Project (Austin, TX)
- Workplace Project (Long Island, NY)
- Legal Aid Justice Center-Immigrant Advocacy Program (Falls Church, VA)
- Congreso de Jornaleros de Nueva Orleans (New Orleans, LA)
- Stamford Partnership (Stamford, CT)
- North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Project (North Carolina)
- Hispanic Center of Ossining (Ossining, NY)
Listening
- Interview with NDLON executive director Pablo Alvarado from National Public Radio All Things Considered program, April 4, 2008