LWC addresses the need for community-based leadership development, improving the living & working conditions of workers in the laundry & food service industries
Joined March 2015
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12 Nov 2025
Los Cabricanecos know, community protects community. Organizing is our power to protect each other! #CommunityStrength
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LaundryWorkersCenter retweeted
Today, alongside @VendorPower, @DesisRisingUp, @LosDeliveristas, @LWC_workers, CM @HarveyforNY, CM @alexaforcouncil, CM @ChrisMarteNYC, CM @CabanD22, @CMJustinSanchez, we are calling on the @NYCCouncil to invest $5M in the Worker Rights Organizing & Education Initiative.
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LaundryWorkersCenter retweeted
My mayor is Muslim.
My bagel is Jewish.
@NYCCouncil should invest $5 million in the Worker Rights Organizing & Education Initiative.
🟠🔵 Knicks in five. 🗽🏀
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When these emergencies strike, no New Yorker should be forced to make the impossible choice between protecting their health and keeping a paycheck. Thank you @SolagesNY and @HarryBBronson for calling on the NY Legislature to fix paid medical leave: empirereportnewyork.com/opin…
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In the news: Check out this article from Amir Khafagy. The story shared here is from an LWC member. Like many others, immigrant Mr. Guerrero is suffering retaliation for demanding his rights. No more abuse✊🏾
documentedny.com/2026/05/20/…
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TODAY. Child Care For All NJ launches.
Parents, providers, and community are at the Statehouse Annex Courtyard to demand a child care system rooted in racial and gender. We're joining the national #DayWithoutChildCare because this fight is everywhere.
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CEOs like Dave Bolotsky know paid leave is good for business. But too many New Yorkers struggle to stay afloat financially when serious health needs arise. Fix NY's paid medical leave – pass A9571/S172! @NYSA_Majority @GovKathyHochul @AndreaSCousins amny.com/opinion/new-yorks-p…
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$170 a week is not support. It is an insult to someone who has given years of honest work." Listen to business owners like Dave Bolotsky – pass A9571/S172 and fix paid medical leave! @NYSA_Majority @GovKathyHochul @AndreaSCousins amny.com/opinion/new-yorks-p…
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“In a life cut tragically short, Mahoma brought justice to the lives of countless workers and helped lay the foundation for the city’s immigrant workers’ rights movement." A tribute to labor leader Mahoma López Garfias on @Documentedny: tinyurl.com/ypzv6x8u
📸: @LWC_workers
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LaundryWorkersCenter retweeted
Last Week, We Lost a Giant in the Immigrant Labor Movement
Mahoma López Garfias, Labor Leader of the @LWC_workers, Dies at 47
Garfias led the Hot & Crusty union campaign and was the focus of the doc film “The Hand That Feeds.”
New for @Documentedny
documentedny.com/2026/02/05/…
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Mahoma Lopez Garfas, a fearless leader and labor organizer, dedicated his life protecting the dignity and respect of all workers. He is a huge inspiration.
Rest in Power, Mahoma✊
RIP to the truest warrior and most dedicated organizer we've ever known Mahoma Lopez
Garfas
Rest in Power
#rip #restinpower #immigrantrights #workersrights #workerpower #immigrantpower #organizing
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RIP to the truest warrior and most dedicated organizer we've ever known Mahoma Lopez
Garfas
Rest in Power
#rip #restinpower #immigrantrights #workersrights #workerpower #immigrantpower #organizing
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LWC with the support of many other community organizations launched a campaign for Salvador Pardo against Dollar Depot in NJ. Salvador works over 64 hours a week to support his family, suffering exploitation. Today we delivered our letter
demanding better condition. ✊🏾
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Thank you to all the amazing organizers who came out in support today and thank you to the community for supporting us. When we organize we win! Sí, se puede
#communitystrength
#workerpower #immigrantpower
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Special thank you to the amazing organizer Mahoma Lopez who inspired so many of us who couldn’t be here today
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Today our coalition delivered our letter to the employer of Salvador Pardo at Dollar Depot!
Demanding they obey the law and pay a minimum wage! They have to weeks to respond otherwise we will return! Sí, se puede! #communitystrength #workerpower #Immigrantpower
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Today our coalition delivered our letter to the employer of Salvador Pardo at Dollar Depot! Demanding they obey the law and pay a minimum wage! They have to weeks to respond otherwise we will return! Sí, se puede! #communitystrength
#workerpower #Immigrantpower
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Salvador is from Mexico working two jobs over 64 hours a week to support his family, suffering exploitation and wage theft over the course of many years totaling over $100,000.
#workerspower #Immigrantpower
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This morning Laundry
Workers Center with the support of many other community organizations launched a campaign for Salvador Pardo against Dollar Depot in East Orange
#communitystrength #workerpower #immigrantpower
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