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• Demandan salarios justos en Queens Center Mall 03-09-2010 Salarios dignos y espacios para la comunidad fue lo que demandó ayer una coalición de organizaciones comunitarias, trabajadores y oficiales electos de Queens, al dueño del Queens Center Mall, Macerich Company.
• Padres, estudiantes protestan sobre recortes en educación 03-05-2010 Varias multitudes se concentraron ayer en diversos puntos de la Ciudad en protesta a los recortes en programas de educación a nivel estatal que dicen ponen en riesgo el futuro de todo el sistema educativo.
• Undocumented Workers Push For 9/11 Health Benefits 03-02-2010 Hundreds of undocumented workers who helped get the city up and running again after the September 11th attacks held a rally Tuesday in Elmhurst, Queens where they called on government officials to recognize their health concerns.
• Rescatistas indocumentados del 11 de septiembre exigen reforma migratoria 03-02-2010 Inmigrantes indocumentados que trabajaron en la zona cero después de los atentados del 11 de septiembre, se reunieron exigiendo una reforma migratoria. Muchos están sufriendo de enfermedades que aseguran fueron causadas por el aire tóxico.


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Queens Cafe Owner to House Small Business Committee: "We're Ready to Serve" 06-02-2009


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NYS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO ANNOUNCE CRACKDOWN ON SUPERMARKETS' UNLAWFUL PRACTICE OF HAVING BAGGERS WORK FOR NO BASE WAGE, ONLY TIPS 06-01-2009


Media Contact: Andrew Friedman718.418.7690 ext. 206 andrew@maketheroad.org

Queens Workers Demand a Living Wage
In December, Make the Road New York members joined with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, community groups and elected officials to call for improved wages at the Queens Center Mall and released a report exposing the mall as a publicly-subsidized poverty wage center.

Despite the fact that the mall's owner, the Macerich Company, has already received more than $48 million in tax breaks and will receive more than $50 million over the next few years, most of the 3,100 jobs at the Mall are low-wage, no-benefit jobs. Despite massive public subsidies, the Mall's workforce is so poorly paid that they have to rely on government subsidized health insurance and other government aid.
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