New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice

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NOWCRJ has helped an extraordinarily brave group of labor trafficking survivors from the Indian Workers' Congress conduct a hunger strike for justice against the traffickers that began on May 14, 2008, and will culminate in a major rally in Washington, DC, on June 11, 2008. SIGN THE PETITION! Join the workers' petition to the US and Indian government demanding: That workers be released from the terror of deportation and granted continued presence as authorized by the U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 so they may safely participate in the federal government’s anti-trafficking investigation That US Congress hold hearings that focus on the way that US companies, recruiters, and labor brokers have used the H-2B guestworker program as a legally sanctioned vehicle for trafficking and forced labor in the post-Katrina Gulf Coast That the Indian government take immediate action to move bilateral discussions between India and US and to ensure the protection of migrant workers arriving in the US from India. A delegation of workers meets with US House India Caucus Co-Chairman, Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA), on Jun 4, 2008. COME TO THE RALLY! Come support the workers at a rally at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on June 11, 2008, at 12 p.m.! DONATE TO THE HUNGER STRIKE! Click the icon to make a SECURE DONATION via our fiscal sponsor, the National Immigration Law Center. DOWNLOAD THE PRESS KIT! One-pager on background of workers' anti-human trafficking campaign Collective statement by hunger strikers on Day One - May 14, 2008 Press release on launch of hunger strike in view of White House - May 14, 2008 BBC World News article and video on Indian workers' struggle for justice - Mar. 27, 2008 Complaint in class action anti-trafficking lawsuit filed by workers in US federal court - Mar. 7, 2008       CONTACT THE NEW ORLEANS WORKERS' CENTER FOR RACIAL JUSTICE 803 Baronne Street, New Orleans, LA 70113 Telephone: (504) 309-5165  Fax: (504) 309-5205