As a domestic abuse survivor, I (Jessy Correa) don’t take for granted the peace of mind that comes with having a safe place to call home. After bouncing from hotel to hotel, I thought a sense of security would come when my children and I got the keys to our first apartment. However, erratic rent …
2023 in Review: Letter from the Executive Director Dear Comrades, For 24 years, Miami Workers Center has been on the frontlines, envisioning and diligently working towards an ambitious agenda to transform our broken housing ecosystem, improve worker conditions, and build a beloved community of mutual support, sisterhood and solidarity. In 2023, we had some incredible …
4 Things We’re Doing to Transform Miami-Dade County and Beyond March 2024 Newsletter 2024 is a big year for MWC. We’re celebrating our 25th anniversary, advancing grassroots campaigns for tenant and worker justice, and putting our plans into action. Last Fall, the Board, Staff, and Members of Miami Workers Center engaged in a strategic planning …
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Miami Workers Center builds the power of working-class Black and Immigrant communities in Miami-Dade County. We develop leaders and advance grassroots campaigns to transform ourselves, our workplaces and our neighborhoods and win the respect, rights, and resources we all deserve. This Political Moment It is no question what we are up against here in Florida. …
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This week is Give Miami Day, an opportunity to pour into organizations that speak to our values as people who care about justice and dignity for all. For 24 years, MWC has been fighting against corporate greed and for community power – and we need your support. This year’s regressive, anti-worker, and anti-immigrant Florida Legislative Session showed us …
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Abuse has no place at home, at work, or in our neighborhoods. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. As an organization of working-class women of color, we stand against all kinds of abuse that violates our autonomy, our rights, and dignity as women and people. Survivors are faced with a number of challenges when trying …
Comrades and Supporters, We hope this newsletter finds you well and safe in this extreme summer heat. Here you’ll find updates on what we’ve been up to and the campaigns we’re advancing to win meaningful changes in our communities and our lives. At MWC, members and organizers are working diligently to move forward campaigns that demand …
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* Wednesday, June 7, 2022Media contact: Lizzie Suarez lizzie@miamiworkerscenter.org, 305-759-8717 (ext 109) Miami, FL – Tenants and families at risk of eviction and displacement in Miami-Dade due to rental price gouging, housing discrimination, and inaccess to affordable housing will be gathering on Saturday, June 11th at Joseph Caleb Center for a “Tenant Assembly”, …
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* Friday, April 29, 2022Media contact: Lizzie Suarez lizzie@miamiworkerscenter.org, 305-759-8717 (ext 109) Miami, FL – Workers in South Florida who have been on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic, and experiencing rising costs of living and rent hikes, will be gathering to march through Downtown Miami on May 1, International Workers Day. Care …
By VERONICA EGUI BRITO • Published April 1, 2022 The housing construction deficit in Hialeah hurts residents’ quality of life, and is emblematic of the larger Miami-Dade County home affordability crisis exacerbated by the pandemic. The cost of renting and buying homes becomes more difficult by the day for people in this city, forcing painful displacements and eviction …