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Paid Summer Internship at Brandworkers

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 7:36pm

Brandworkers is accepting applications for a ten week paid organizing internship for a candidate interested in getting into social movement work.  The organizing intern will receive hands-on training and participate in Brandworkers new member organizing initiatives.  The intern will help recent immigrant workers of color develop workplace justice campaigns to combat wage theft, discrimination, and reckless disregard for health and safety in New York City's food processing and distribution industry.

Help Us Transform the Food System

Mon, 04/22/2013 - 12:18pm

Celebrated around the world on May 1, May Day commemorates the Haymarket Affair in 1886, when workers gathered with great resolve to call for the 8-hour day and an end to violence against striking workers. By demanding an 8-hour day, workers were reclaiming their right to a life that included time for friends and family, for creativity, for enjoyment. 

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