Executive Council Statement
A National Worker Center - AFL-CIO Partnership
… centers provide legal assistance regarding employment-related issues. Some offer workers’ rights and other job-related training classes and workshops. Others conduct research and report on sub-standard conditions in specific industries. Yet … construction, farm, garment, janitorial and security guard industries. In the South, a worker center has been providing training to union organizers on the rights of immigrant workers, as well as cross-cultural issues, and has provided bilingual steward training jointly with the union. In a few places, experiences involving local worker centers and the labor movement have been …