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Migrant workers caught in a race to the bottom.(GULF COAST UPDATE)(Brief article)
SAKET SONI is an organizer for the New Orleans Worker Justice Coalition, a group of 15 local organizations and institutions that have been fighting for worker rights after Katrina.
What campaign are you working on? We're working to build a base of both immigrant and Black workers who can collectively fight the exploitative public policy that has shaped the post-Katrina landscape and stop this race to the bottom in terms of wages, rights and conditions. In the past few months, we have intervened in motel evictions and responded to worker issues through direct action and advocacy. We're now building local leadership teams that can organize at day labor corners, in motels and hotels, and in communities.
Who are the laborers that have arrived since the storm? Anywhere between 30,000 to 100,000 new migrant workers have arrived in the region after Katrina. They've come from all over the U.S. and from several other countries. In terms of international workers, many have arrived from Peru, Honduras, Brazil and even Thailand.
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