WAGE THEFT: RECOGNIZING AND UNDERSTANDING PROTECTIONS FOR WORKERS

When

Tuesday, April 30, 2024 (9-10:30am)

This meeting was recorded. Please see below.

Description

The Worker Justice Center of New York (WJCNY) will address how to recognize and combat wage theft experienced by immigrant workers on the job. Together we will review common wage theft schemes, practical tips for preventing wage theft, legal protections for workers, and strategies for taking action to recover stolen wages.

The content in this presentation is geared towards serving the migrant populations in New York State as defined under Title I, Part C and the approved State Service Delivery Plan, and may NOT be appropriate to all situations.

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Presented By

Emma Kreyche - Director of Advocacy, Outreach & Education, Worker Justice Center of New York

Emma brings two decades of experience as a social justice organizer, advocate, and educator. Since joining WJCNY in 2012, her work has focused on community outreach, know-your-rights education, and advocacy to combat abuses in low-wage industries and advance the rights of immigrant workers in New York State, particularly farmworkers. Emma has been involved in several successful local and statewide legislative campaigns. In 2019, she served as statewide coordinator of the Green Light NY Coalition and led a successful grassroots campaign to restore driver’s license access for immigrant New Yorkers, regardless of immigration status. She currently serves on the steering committee of the Fund Excluded Workers Coalition, which won $2.1 billion in pandemic relief for excluded workers in 2021 and is currently fighting to permanently repair the holes in New York’s unemployment social safety net. Emma received her Bachelor of Arts from Bard College and her Master in Philosophy in American Studies from New York University. She can be reached at (845) 331-6615 x 1006 or ekreyche@wjcny.org.

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