For Immediate Release Contacts: David Dyssegaard Kallick, Director, Immigration Research Initiative, 646-284-1240, [email protected] Spanish Language Contact: Anthony Capote, Senior Policy Analyst, Immigration Research Initiative, [email protected]. Report Shows Success of Excluded… Read more
Read the press releaseApp-based delivery workers, often immigrants and people of color, work in what can seem like an entirely unregulated economy, putting in long hours, riding bikes and e-bikes through blizzards and… Read more
Read the press releaseNew York – Earlier today, Make the Road, an organization with tens of thousands of members across Connecticut, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) and the Immigration Research Institute (IRI) joined impacted community members to discuss the contributions made by immigrants to our country’s economy.
Read the press releaseA new report from Immigration Research Initiative estimates that 177,000 people qualify for New York’s Excluded Workers Fund but still have not received a payment, as the fund was exhausted long before all qualified New Yorkers had a chance to apply.
Read the article at DocumentedAt first, Nivia was working four days a week doing food preparation for a bakery, for $12 an hour. Then her schedule was cut down to three days a week, with fewer hours. Ultimately, she was asked not to return to work at all.
Read the article at Times UnionImmigrant unemployment during the pandemic recession spiked at a far higher rate than U.S.-born unemployment in New York State for the first time in recent decades, according to a new report from Immigration Research Initiative.
Read the press releaseThe governor’s proposal comes as farm industry split on lowering overtime threshold.
Read the article at Times UnionThe state’s $2.1 billion Excluded Worker Fund provided a significant economic boost to Long Island and other regions of the state, according to a new report from the Immigration Research Initiative, which is lobbying to extend the fund.
Read the article at Long Island Business NewsDavid Dyssegaard Kallick testified at a hearing of the farm board to show that paying overtime to people who work long hours makes as much sense for farm workers as… Read more
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