New York—The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), a 31-year-old civil rights organization that provides immigrant workers with legal advice and representation, reminds workers and business owners that the minimum wage in New York State has increased from $6.00 per hour to $6.75
New York—The Korean Workers Project, a collaboration between the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and YKASEC Empowering Korean Communities, today demanded payment on behalf of 13 cooks, waitresses, waiters, busboys, and other workers at the Queens restaurant Seoul Plaza and Y
New York—On Tuesday, December 13, residents, workers, environmentalists and community advocates will head into the final panel meeting of the EPA’s WTC Expert Panel to denounce the EPA’s WTC test and clean program. The EPA will come under heavy criticism for the rigged program, which the WTC Communi
Federal Judge Awards Full $71,000 in Back Wages and Damages
New York—In a precedent-setting decision released yesterday, federal court Judge Leonard B. Sand ruled in favor of immigrant worker Doo Nam Yang, and ordered Yang’s former employer—jewelry company ACBL Corp. of Manhattan—to pay the full cl
Urges Communities to Use AALDEF Hotline for Survivors in Need of Assistance
New York—The Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund (AALDEF) announced the filing of its first T Visa petition yesterday on behalf of Sara, a trafficking survivor, under the civil rights groups newly launched Anti-Tr
Monitors Document Concerns in NY, NJ, and MA
New York, NY—More than 275 volunteers from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and a coalition of Asian American advocacy groups monitored yesterdays elections at approximately 80 poll sites in New York, New Jersey, and Massachus
New York—The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) this week urged Congress to reauthorize and expand Language Assistance Provisions under Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act. The historic federal provisions require that certain jurisdictions guarantee translated voting materials
New York—Mr. C, a waiter from Bangladesh and a client of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), won a major victory against a prominent downtown Manhattan Indian restaurant recently, receiving $75,000 to settle his claim for back wages he was owed for years of 70-hour weeks wi
On Election Day, Tuesday, November 8th, the civil rights group Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) will dispatch approximately 250 volunteer poll monitors to document incidents of voter discrimination in New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts to assess compliance with the feder
Asian Americans and Latinos hail decision, applaud the City of Boston and U.S. Department of Justice
Late yesterday afternoon, a panel of judges approved a settlement that requires the City of Boston to provide Chinese, Vietnamese, and Spanish language assistance to voters, including bilingual ball
A Korean worker who worked 72 hours a week at a New York City grocery store has won a major settlement, receiving $35,000 to settle his claim for his unpaid overtime wages.
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) Korean Workers Project, with help from YKASEC—Empowering the Kore
A group of three Korean-Chinese construction day laborers whose employer refused to pay them any wages for their work won a settlement of about $2,900 to settle their claims.
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) Korean Workers Project, with help from YKASEC—Empowering the Ko
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION: Thursday, September 22, 12:00 PM, 26 Federal Plaza, New York City.
Break the Chains, a national alliance of African-American, labor, faith-based, and immigrant groups, is calling on Congress to oppose new guestworker programs and to repeal the “employer sanctions” provisions
NEW YORK, NY — The AALDEF Korean Workers Project is the only project in the East Coast designed specifically to serve the needs of low-income workers of Korean descent. Many of the over 200,000 Korean Americans working in the New York City area work as waiters, hairdressers, nail salon workers, and
YKASEC and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) Korean Workers Project announced the publication of the first-ever Korean-language booklet on New York State unemployment insurance (UI) benefits.
According to statistics from the New York State Department of Labor, the limited
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the federal Voting Rights Act earlier this month, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), a 31-year old civil rights organization, released a new report outlining an array of voting obstacles encountered by Asian American in the November 20
New York—The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), a 31-year old civil rights organization, announced today a new initiative to defend against local and state enforcement of immigration laws and released a new legal rights pamphlet for immigrants and their families, which will be
Council Members and community advocates today announced the pending introduction of legislation calling on Congress to re-authorize provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act to ensure continued protection of the franchise to all New Yorkers. On the eve of the 40th Anniversary of this historic legisla
Coalition, Congress Members, Announce Expansion of 9/11 Health Program
WHAT: Beyond Ground Zero Network and Bellevue Hospital Center announce 9/11 Community Health Initiative, a comprehensive program designed to address the mounting public health crisis in Lower Manhattan arise out of the World Tra
An injured Korean stock worker who worked more than 82 hours a week at a New York City warehouse won a settlement today of $5,000 to resolve his claim for his unpaid overtime wages.
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) Korean Workers Project, with help from YKASEC—Empowering
