Tags Share This is a historic occasion. We have come here out of respect for one of the heroic figures of our time—Cesar Chavez. But I also come here to congratulate all of you, you who are locked with Cesar in the struggle for justice for the farm worker, and the struggle for justice for…
Tags Share There is a compelling need for a reevaluation of our public attitudes toward political life. The national attitude that politics is somehow a degrading occupation for which no man of intelligence or ambition should aspire is becoming too deeply ingrained in our national thinking. There have been many jokes directed at politics. I…
Tags Share I very much appreciate your invitation to be here today and discuss with you some of the problems we have uncovered so far in our investigation, as well as some of the areas in which legislation is being considered. The committee…has heard over 250 different witnesses in some 130 sessions. We have received…
Tags Share Tonight I want to speak with you not about labor unions, but about the common future of those who labor; about what has too often happened to the great American dream, and about how we can bring new opportunities to millions of Americans. The Americans of whom I speak, however, are not the…
Tags Share “Every asset class has been leveraged in the growth of mass incarceration and every asset class must be a part of decarceration. We are asking investors to align their capital with our values.” –Christina Hollenback The RFK Compass Investors team successfully hosted its very first panel at SXSW in Austin Texas on March…
Tags Share New York’s new mayor has recently twice diminished the dignity of workers who for years now have been on the front lines and otherwise lauded — rightly so – as essential. Arguing that businesses need to remain open so service establishments can be patronized, the Mayor said, “My low-skilled workers, my cooks, my…
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights launched a new Workplace Dignity initiative on Oct. 6 to advise employers on how their employees are valued and treated at work.
Tags Share Saru Jayraman has been at the forefront of advocating for tipped workers to be paid what they’re worth instead of subsisting on the meager wages provided by the $2.13 subminimum wage to tipped workers under federal law. Even when you add tips on top, it’s not anywhere near what a worker needs to…
The history of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is closely tied to the rights of the farmworker movement. That work continues today and is explored in this lesson plan.
Refusing to pay workers a fair living wage is not only immoral, it runs counter to the interest of shareholders.
Companies must now take action to back up their pledges of social responsibility.
Tags Share (New York | May 11, 2016) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights applauds yesterday’s filing of a case by the New York Civil Liberties Union to challenge discriminatory exceptions to New York labor law denying farmworkers the right to organize under New York’s Constitution. The NYCLU’s constitutional challenge was also endorsed by Governor Andrew…
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