The Working Class
National (or available in multiple states)
Labor Protections, Fair Pay, Anti-Discrimination
- National Employment Law Project (NELP): https://www.nelp.org/
- NELP focuses on advocating for low-wage workers' rights, ensuring fair pay, workplace safety, and strengthening union power. They provide research, policy guidance, and legal support to address labor inequities.
- Economic Policy Institute (EPI): https://www.epi.org/
- EPI works on exposing policies that harm labor protections and promotes stronger collective bargaining rights. Their studies and advocacy campaigns focus on how rollbacks impact worker wages and safety.
- Legal Aid at Work: https://legalaidatwork.org/
- This organization offers free legal counseling and resources to workers facing exploitation or discrimination, particularly those in low-income and precarious jobs.
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): https://www.aclu.org/
- The ACLU combats workplace discrimination and unfair labor practices through legal action and policy advocacy.
- Center for Popular Democracy: https://www.populardemocracy.org/
- This network supports grassroots organizations working to advance workers' rights, including fighting for fair wages and protection from labor law rollbacks.
- Jobs With Justice: https://www.jwj.org/
- An advocacy group focusing on uniting workers, community leaders, and unions to defend collective bargaining and workplace standards.
- Workers Defense Project: https://workersdefense.org/en/
- Focuses on advancing fair treatment, safety, and pay for low-wage workers in industries like construction, offering legal aid, advocacy, and organizing services to protect workers' rights
- The Fairness Project: https://thefairnessproject.org/
- Works to advance and protect economic justice policies by fighting for living wages, paid sick leave, and other essential labor rights. They focus on grassroots efforts to ensure fair pay and worker protections.
- Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW): https://ciw-online.org/
- A human rights organization that works to improve conditions for farmworkers, advocating for higher wages, better working conditions, and a fair food system through the Fair Food Program.
- United for Respect: https://united4respect.org/
- This organization supports retail workers by advocating for fair wages, better working conditions, and the right to organize without fear of retaliation, especially in large retail chains like Walmart.
- Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA): https://www.liuna.org/
- A union organization that represents construction workers, providing advocacy, legal resources, and benefits for its members to ensure fair wages and workplace protections.
- National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA): https://www.domesticworkers.org/
- Focuses on improving the lives of domestic workers through legal advocacy, organizing efforts, and campaigns to secure fair wages and labor protections
- Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC): https://www.splcenter.org/
- While known for its work on civil rights and racial justice, SPLC also provides support for workers' rights through its legal advocacy, particularly focusing on the protection of immigrant laborers in the South.
- Southern Workers’ Assembly (SWA): https://southernworker.org/
- Operating in states across the South, SWA focuses on organizing the working class, particularly in industries that have seen wage stagnation and unsafe working conditions. They focus on strengthening worker rights and counteracting policies like those outlined in Project 2025
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- AFL-CIO: https://aflcio.org/
- We strive to ensure all working people are treated fairly, with decent paychecks and benefits, safe jobs, dignity, and equal opportunities. We help people acquire valuable skills and job-readiness for the 21st century economy. In fact, we operate the largest training network outside the U.S. military.
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State-Level
- California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA): https://crla.org/
- Provides free legal services to farmworkers and low-income communities in California, advocating for labor protections, fair wages, and safe working conditions, particularly in agriculture and service industries.
- Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP): https://www.txcivilrights.org/
- Based in Texas, TCRP works to protect workers' rights through litigation and advocacy, especially in the state’s large immigrant and low-wage worker populations. They focus on ensuring fair pay, safe workplaces, and fighting against discrimination.
- Texas AFL-CIO: https://texasaflcio.org/
- This organization represents thousands of workers across Texas, advocating for labor rights, including fair wages and safe working conditions. They provide organizing support and legal resources for workers in a state where worker protections are often under threat.
- OK WCC: https://www.wcc.ok.gov/
- For issues related to workplace injuries and rights. The Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission is the agency responsible for adjudicating cases of injured workers. Oklahoma workers and employers who wish to dispute a workers compensation claim can file a case with the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission.
- Oklahoma AFL-CIO: https://www.okaflcio.org/
- OK AFL-CIO advocates for labor rights across the state, working on local campaigns to improve conditions for workers and counter anti-union legislation.
- Wage and Hour Unit (Oklahoma Department of Labor): https://oklahoma.gov/labor/workplace-rights/wage-hour.html
- This unit helps ensure that workers receive fair pay, investigating claims of unpaid wages, overtime disputes, and non-compliance with employment laws. Workers can file wage claims for unpaid or incorrectly paid wages.
- Kansas Legal Services: https://www.kansaslegalservices.org/
- Providing assistance with employment-related legal matters, Kansas Legal Services supports workers with issues like unemployment claims, wage disputes, and workplace discrimination. They offer free or low-cost legal services and also engage in public education around workers' rights.
- Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC): https://www.tnimmigrant.org/
- TIRRC advocates for immigrant workers in Tennessee, offering support for issues such as wage theft, discrimination, and retaliation. They also provide resources for organizing to defend labor rights.
- Arkansas Workers’ Center: https://dws.arkansas.gov/workforce-services/arkansas-workforce-centers/
- A grassroots organization that supports immigrant and low-wage workers in Arkansas, the center offers legal assistance and organizing services focused on combating wage theft and unsafe working conditions, particularly in sectors vulnerable to labor law rollbacks.
- Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights: https://www.msworkrights.org/
- This nonprofit helps workers in Mississippi by offering legal assistance and advocacy on issues like wage theft, unsafe working conditions, and retaliation. They also provide a platform for organizing efforts in a state where labor laws are often unfavorable to workers.
- Step Up Louisiana: https://www.stepuplouisiana.org/
- This organization advocates for workers' rights, particularly in New Orleans. It has been active in pushing for a Workers' Bill of Rights that includes a fair wage, paid leave, healthcare coverage, and protections against union-busting. They are also campaigning for policies that ensure better health and job security for low-wage workers, especially in industries that lack sufficient protections.
- Georgia Legal Services Program: https://www.glsp.org/
- Serving low-income individuals, this nonprofit offers legal representation and education about employment rights, including wage theft, labor violations, and discrimination. They work to protect workers’ rights across the state, especially in low-wage industries
- North Carolina Justice Center: https://www.ncjustice.org/
- The North Carolina Justice Center advocates for economic justice, including the protection of workers' rights in a state with weak labor protections. They provide resources for workers facing unfair wages and unsafe conditions.
- Massachusetts AFL-CIO: https://massaflcio.org/
- The state chapter of the AFL-CIO, which advocates for workers' rights in Massachusetts, including campaigns to raise wages, improve working conditions, and protect workers from exploitative practices in the state’s workforce.
- Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC): https://www.miracmn.com/
- MIRAC advocates for the rights of immigrant workers in Minnesota, focusing on improving working conditions, advocating for fair wages, and organizing workers to combat exploitation in industries like agriculture and service.
- Idaho Legal Aid Services: https://www.idaholegalaid.org/
- This nonprofit helps Idaho workers with employment issues, including wage theft, worker’s compensation, and disputes over job safety. They also provide education on worker rights and offer legal resources to assert those rights.
- Arise Chicago: https://www.arisechicago.org/
- Arise Chicago builds partnerships between faith communities and workers to fight workplace injustice through education, organizing, and advocating for public policy changes. Arise Chicago was founded in 1991 by a diverse group of religious leaders who created a model to combat some of poverty's root causes (workers being paid improperly, workers receiving less than a living wage, etc.) by bringing the moral voice to both non-union and union workplace struggles
- New York Workers’ Center for Racial Justice: https://www.center4racialjustice.org/
- A New York-based nonprofit that supports low-wage workers, especially immigrant and Black workers, providing organizing support and legal resources for fair wages, labor rights, and protection from discrimination.
- Washington State Labor Council (WSLC): https://www.wslc.org/
- This state-level organization focuses on advancing labor rights in Washington, offering resources for organizing, legal advocacy, and campaigns on behalf of workers to improve pay and working conditions across industries.
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