CTIWoRC, or El Centro,
works around three main program
areas:
·
Worker’s Rights Education and Advocacy
·
Leadership Development and Organizing
·
Day Laborers and Domestic Workers
Worker’s Rights Education and Advocacy
o
Weekly worker rights clinics
for
low-income and immigrant workers, informed over 1500 working men and women
of their workplace rights since 2002. Distributed over 4,000 worker rights
booklets.
o
Recovering Unpaid Wages,
through legal advocacy and direct action, 325 workers have recovered
more than $350,000 in unpaid wages since 2002.
o
Facilitate the new Transnational Workers’ Rights Clinic at the UT
School
of
Law,
where
law students work with
el Centro
to assist workers with their wage claims.
Leadership Development and Organizing
o
Host
worker meetings every Tuesday evening
where workers unite in their
struggle to recover unpaid wages and defend worker dignity and human
rights.
o
The
8-week Leadership Course for workers
who wish to serve as Workers’ Rights
Advocates with CTIWoRC and in their communities; over 20 graduates in
the first year.
o
The
Worker Coordinating Committee,
formed in June 2005, the Committee will serve as
El
Centro’s first worker-led decision-making body.
Day Laborers
o
Organizing day laborers
to
improve their lives at informal hiring sites and support the creation of the
Day Laborer Committees.
o
“Day
Labor Street Theatre” utilizes popular education to inform day laborers
about their rights and to analyze the realities on their corners.
