Workers’ Rights
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Joint Submission of Coalition of Immigrant Rights Organizations to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of the United States
Receiving Body United Nations, Human Rights Council Report Type Submission for the Universal Periodic Review Tags Submission Partners
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Trump’s Attacks On Press Freedom Are Paving The Way For Authoritarianism A leading global democracy research institute says democratic “backsliding” must be turned around quickly—warning that after 10 years, recovery is “close to impossible.” In 2024, the Democrats ran on the catchphrase “We are not going back.” Even after the party’s resounding defeat,…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Trump Administration Advances Immigration Crackdown On Foreign Student Protesters The Trump administration is ramping up penalties against students who engaged in protests against the war in Gaza, revoking the visas of hundreds of alleged demonstrators. The Trump administration is ramping up penalties against students who engaged in protests against the war in Gaza, revoking…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Judge Rules DOGE’s USAID Dismantling Likely Violates The Constitution The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development by billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency likely violated the Constitution, a federal judge ruled as he indefinitely blocked DOGE from making further cuts to the agency. The order requires the Trump administration to restore email and computer…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share US Added to Human Rights Watchlist For ‘Narrowing’ Freedom and Now Ranks Near Serbia and Congo The U.S. was added to a watchlist of countries with “faltering civic freedoms” after a global watchdog group raised alarm bells over recent actions taken by President Donald Trump and his administration. The U.S. joins the Democratic Republic…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Will Trump’s Executive Order Require Americans to Carry ID or Face Arrest? Among President Donald Trump’s slew of immigration-related executive orders signed in his first week is mention of an 80-year law that went largely unnoticed. In seeking to tighten border security, Trump invoked a rule requiring immigrants to carry identification proving their status — something civil-rights groups…
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#NoExcuse for US Investors: Addressing Gender-Based Violence in the World of Work
Tags Share As we await the impacts of the new administration’s economic policies, institutional investors and asset managers can strengthen their portfolios by proactively addressing gender-based violence and harassment within both their workplaces and investments. Violence and harassment persists across the supply chain, with one in five workers reporting such experiences—and the financial sector is…
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Coalition of Immokalee Workers: “A true force of nature”: CIW pays tribute to Ethel Kennedy at extraordinary memorial ceremony in Washington, DC
Tags Share The Coalition of Immokalee Workers published a touching tribute to our founder, Ethel Skakel Kennedy. Mrs. Kennedy joined the CIW in the fight against the exploitation and abuse of farm workers. In 2003 the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award went to three CIW leaders — Lucas Benitez, Julia Gabriel, and Romeo Ramirez…
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A more inclusive economy is a healthy economy
Tags Share New York City Comptroller Brad Lander shared that there is a “real opportunity to build a more inclusive economy, but we are going to have to be more courageous and more disciplined about it,” while speaking at the opening panel of the second day of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Compass Summer…
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Blair LM Kelley traces the history of the Black working class
Tags Share On Tuesday, July 23rd, RFK Human Rights hosted its July Book Club featuring the recipient of the 2024 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Book Award, Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class by Blair LM Kelley and moderated by historian and author Ted Widmer. This work spans two hundred years―from one…
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Heat, Humidity, and Inhumanity: Inside Florida’s Heat Protection Preemption Law
Tags Share Florida is the hottest state in the US. Yet, Governor Ron DeSantis just signed a bill banning local measures aimed at protecting outdoor workers from extreme heat exposure. This decision displays not only cruelty but also reflects a shortsightedness that harms the well-being of Floridians. The evidence is extensive: extreme heat poses severe…
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N.Y. farm workers are being denied their rights
Tags Share Writing in the New York Daily News, our president Kerry Kennedy highlights recent attempts to stop vulnerable New York farm workers from organizing. Apple and vegetable workers at five upstate companies recently voted to be represented by the United Farm Workers, a union founded by Cesar Chavez with support from Kerry’s father Robert…
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