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Chicago Workers Collaborative receives funds from CCHD

The Chicago Workers Collaborative receives a grant from CCHD. The group organizes low-wage temporary laborers to protect their rights, fighting anti-worker and anti-immigrant activities of employers while strengthening protections for temporary agency workers. CWC has raised labor standards in Illinois through grassroots campaigns that led to the passage of seven new laws, including the toughest temporary-labor and wage-theft laws in the country.
From left, Elvia Garcia, Isaura Martinez, Enedina Zacarias, Isabel Martinez, and Leticia Garay plan strategies for the Chicago Workers Collaborative in Little Village on Oct. 13. Chicago Workers Collaborative, which receives a grant from CCHD, organizes low-wage temporary laborers to protect their rights, fighting anti-worker and anti-immigrant activities of employers while strengthening protections for temporary agency workers. CWC has raised labor standards in Illinois through grassroots campaigns that led to the passage of seven new laws, including the toughest temporary-labor and wage-theft laws in the country. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Leticia Garay holds onto a booklet during a meeting of the Chicago Workers' Collaborative in Little Village on Oct. 13. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Isaura Martinez talks with members of the Chicago Workers’ Collaborative in Little Village on Oct. 13. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

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