SPQ alumni Sol Aramendi invites you to the launch event of the Jornaler@ App this coming Monday. This long term project was possible by the collaboration of many people, organizations and agencies. Will be great to have you there.

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Now, with the new administration fast approaching, workers across the country are wondering how they can defend themselves against the regressive labor policies to come. For jornaleros, attempts to devalue their labor have been constant. Every day they face the threat of going without pay, being paid less than the minimum wage, or being subjected to workplace dangers outside of their control. Fighting back has never been optional.

That’s why over two years ago day labor centers in New York started creating a new tool in the struggle to end worker exploitation.

We are launching Jornaler@ App with a press conference on Monday, November 21, from 11:00 am -12:00 PM.

Launch of Jornaler@ App
Press Conference
11:00am – 12:00am
69th Street and 37th Ave in Queens, NY
(3 blocks from the 69 street stop of the 7 train and 4 blocks from 74 Roosevelt E, R, M, F, 7)

Hosted by New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE), there will be a light breakfast, a brief walkthrough of Jornaler@ given by day laborers from NICE with artist Sol Aramendi that were closely involved with the design process, remarks by the Executive Director of NICE Manuel Castro, by Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) Pablo Alvarado, President Kenneth Rigmaiden of the Painters Union, President Richard Trumka of the AFL-CIO and other invited guests.