Achievements and Community Recognition

Over the years we have achieved:

• Recovery of more than $3 million dollars in unpaid wages.
• In 2006, we ensured the passage of the Nassau County Domestic Worker Protection Act.

History

The Workplace Project/Centro de Derechos Laborales—founded in 1992—is a membership-based organization that unites immigrant workers and their families for better working and living conditions.

Mission

To end the exploitation of Latino immigrant workers on Long Island and to achieve socioeconomic justice by promoting the full political, economic and cultural participation of these workers in the communities in which they live.