IRI in the News

Victory on overtime for New York Farmworkers

After a long and hard struggle, farmworkers in New York State recently won the right to overtime pay after a 40-hour workweek. There is still, however, a long path to economic fairness for these critically important workers. Read the full story by David Dyssegaard Kallick and Daniel Costa, on the...

IRI Work on Immigrant Organizing Featured on WBAI

Immigration Research Initiative’s Anthony Capote made an appearance this week on “Building Bridges” with Mimi Rosenberg and Ken Nash to talk about IRI’s ongoing series about how to build worker power for immigrant workers. Capote was featured along with Mariana Viturro of the National Domestic Workers Alliance. Earlier this month,...

Commentary: Overtime pay will help, not hurt, New York’s farms

IRI’s Director, David Dyssegard Kallick and Daniel Costa, Director of Immigration Law and Policy Research at the Economic Policy Institute, co-authored an op-ed featured in the Times Union. The op-ed, titled “Overtime Pay Will Help, Not Hurt, New York’s Farms,” highlights the importance of passing a farmworkers’ rights bill in...