Fighting for the Employment Rights of Workers with Criminal Records
Author: Jessie Warner, Staff Attorney, National Employment Law Project (“NELP”) Even as a community-based lawyer, I started with the legal barrier; a claim of employment discrimination cannot be brought if it occurred more than 300 days ago. The denial that…
Lake Worth, Florida, Settles Discriminatory Code Enforcement Case with Guatemalan Residents
Author: Mona Tawatao, Regional Counsel, Legal Services of Northern California Earlier this month, the City of Lake Worth settled a lawsuit brought by seven Guatemalan families left homeless as the result of a night time raid in March 2006 conducted…
Targeted Enforcement of Section 8 Participants in Antioch
Author: The Race Equity Project, Legal Services of Northern California Several trends collided in the town of Antioch to cause a “perfect storm” threatening the civil rights of African-American participants in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program. Antioch, a…
