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"Campaign to Educate Chinese Staff"
NYC can be a very dangerous place to live and work.
NYC XYZ wrote:
> A silver lining?
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> http://www.newsday.com/mynews/ny-nyd...0,969024.story
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> Many of workers who toil in the kitchens and over stoves are
> immigrants, including undocumented ones who face abusive bosses and
> working conditions, said advocates from the Restaurant Opportunities
> Center, which runs the new project.
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> "Labor laws apply to people regardless of their immigration status,"
> said Celine Liu, an organizer.
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> The center was launched soon after the Sept. 11 attacks by displaced
> workers from the Windows on the World and is an advocacy group helping
> workers win better wages, benefits and improve health conditions.
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> Advocates said the killing of FaHua Chen earlier this month was an
> example of the challenges workers face. Chen, whose body will be
> cremated today, was shot during a botched robbery while making a
> delivery in the Bronx Oct. 9.
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> Several workers joined organizers at a news conference outside City
> Hall to announce the project. Councilman John Liu of Flushing, who has
> been assisting the Chen family, said more needs to be done. "These
> workers are important and vital to city life in New York and we must
> make sure that they all understand their rights and responsibilities,"
> he said.
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