On Sunday, Jan. 27 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lynn will be sponsoring a Winter Forum on “Immigration Rights in Massachusetts.”
Centro In the News
Marblehead Reporter / Wicked Local Marblehead
Immigration rights to be discussed at UUCGL
January 11, 2013
Marblehead —
Wicked Local Somerville / Somerville Journal
Somerville aldermen to stop using ‘illegals’ for undocumented immigrants
November 1, 2012
Somerville —
Somerville aldermen and Mayor Joe Curtatone agreed to refrain from using the word “illegals” when referring to people, at last week’s board meeting.
A team of youths came before the Board of Aldermen at last week’s board meeting urging city officials to give immigrants who live in the city the respect they deserve as human beings by not using terms like “illegals” to describe undocumented people.
Jamaica Plain Gazette
Letter: Wage theft is a widespread problem
August 17, 2012
A father of three told me: “This man was looking for people to paint cars in his body shop after hours. He said he’d pay $20 an hour, so I went there after my regular job. I worked there six hours a night. I was there for two weeks and then I asked him for my pay. Then he kicked me out. When I went back with my friend, who he didn’t pay either, to ask for my money, he told us not to come back, and that his girlfriend works for Immigration.” They never received the pay for their work. He told me this story about two years ago, at a free clinic in Metro West where I volunteer.
Wicked Local Somerville / Somerville Journal
Protests continue outside Diva in Somerville
August 16, 2012
For several weeks Centro Presente organizers have been picketing outside One World Cuisine restaurants in Somerville, Cambridge and JP to protest the non-payment of wages and overtime to eight former workers.
We wrote an article on this issue recently but they continue to picket as the issue has not been resolved.
Jamaica Plain Gazette
Restaurant picketed in wage dispute
August 3, 2012
CENTRAL JP—Protesters picketed outside Bukhara Indian Bistro at 701 Centre St. last week to demand payment of what they claim are owed wages from the restaurant’s owner, One World Cuisine restaurant group, as part of coordinated protests across the city.
Somerville Patch
Fighting for Workers' Rights In Somerville
August 2, 2012
About a dozen folks from Somerville picketed the Diva restaurant in Davis Sq. on Thursday, August 2 because the owner, One World Cuisine has been treating its employees unfairly.
The action is part of a campaign by the immigrant rights group, Centro Presente to support seven workers who are victims of wage theft. They received less than minimum wage and were not properly paid for their overtime hours. Centro Presente estimates that the workers are owed over $50,000 in back wages!
Wicked Local Somerville / Somerville Journal
Protesters picket Somerville’s Diva Restaurant
July 27, 2012
Somerville —
Community organizers and workers from Diva Restaurant’s parent company protested the withholding of more than $50,000 in wages from workers on Thursday afternoon in Davis Square.
“Do the right thing, Diva, do the right thing,” chanted a group of eight outside the restaurant while a few people were dining inside. The protesters held up signs with slogans such as “Can you imagine not getting paid? That’s what happens to immigrant workers.”
Univision New England
Exigen Pago de Salarios
July 26, 2012
En Somerville, Activistas junto a Trabajadores Latinos reclamaban salarios.
Con pancartas y cantos de protesta, Activistas junto a Trabajadores dejaron sentir hoy su descontento ante Bukhara Indian y otros Restaurantes por supuestamente deberle a varios de sus ex-empleados alredor de 50 mil Dolares en salarios no pagados.
Univision New England
Comunidades Seguras #5
July 20, 2012
Presentamos la ultima parte de nuestro Reportaje Especial, Comunidades Seguras Inmigrantes Viviendo Bajo la Sombra.
Hoy veremos como Organizaciones de Massachusetts se estan uniendo para combatir este Mandato de la Administracion Obama.
Organizaciones Pro Inmigrantes de la region no bajan la guardia y siguen declarandole la guerra a proyectos que consideran atentan contra los derechos de este segmento de la Poblacion. Es por esto que nace la iniciativa Comunidades Justas en respuesta la implementacion del Programa de Comunidades Seguras.
Ch. 22 News - WWLP
Secure Communities and profiling fears
May 11, 2012
BOSTON, Mass. (WWLP) - Immigrant advocates rallied outside the JFK federal office building in downtown Boston Friday, protesting the federal government’s decision to implement a program called “Secure Communities” in Massachusetts next week. The program allows law enforcement to share fingerprint information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an agency that can act on deportation proceedings.
“Secure Communities is a program that’s going to devastate our community,” said Brazilian Immigrant Center executive director Natalicia Tracy.
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