Help for Workers, Right in the South Bronx ALEX MOORE NOVEMBER 1, 2021 New Job Training Program to Stem Gun Violence To stem the gun violence and begin to give residents resources to reduce their own risk, New York is investing millions of dollars across the state in workforce service providers so that unemployed young adults have viable employment and career opportunities. In New York City, the new program will be implemented by the Consortium for Worker Education and a network of neighborhood-level partners, funded under the New York State Department of Labor. Read More CWE SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 Census Outreach Yields Historic Count for NYC Census statistics released this month show that 8.8 million people now live in the five boroughs. The 629,000 person increase is due in part to the influx of immigrants and other transplants who have moved to New York over the last ten years, but much credit goes to city leaders and the hundreds of community organizations who fought through federal threats and the pandemic to ensure every New Yorker was counted. Read More CWE AUGUST 31, 2021 City Council Reinvests in Job Training The New York City Council restored funding for key job training programs to pre-pandemic levels in the recently passed city budget. Read More CWE AUGUST 6, 2021 CWE and community partners reach out to excluded workers This month, CWE and six partners across New York City were selected by the Department of Labor to outreach to eligible community members and educate them about the Excluded Workers Fund. Read More CWE AUGUST 6, 2021 Programa del Ayuntamiento (City-Council) que mantiene viva la esperanza de los inmigrantes El Covid-19 no solamente solo fue una crisis de salud para las familias trabajadoras de la ciudad de Nueva York. También fue una crisis laboral, crisis de alimentos y crisis de vivienda. Para poder sobre llevar estas múltiples crisis, muchas personas se acercaron a organizaciones comunitarias que les habían brindado apoyo anteriormente y gracias a estas instituciones locales salieron adelante. Read More CWE JUNE 14, 2021 We asked workers what they need to recover. Here's what they said A first-of-its-kind survey focused on COVID impacts facing workers at the neighborhood-level. Read More CWE JUNE 14, 2021 City Council program keeping hope alive for immigrants For many immigrants, the road to a stable life in the United States is a difficult one, and the last few years only made it harder. As the federal government rolls back some of the harshest policies of the Trump administration, CWE’s Immigration Protection Group and our partners are educating immigrants on what the changes mean for them and how they can prepare for what’s next. For Thanaa, help from IPG member the ANSOB Center made the difference in her becoming a citizen. Read More CWE JUNE 3, 2021 Consiguiendo que nuestras comunidades sobrepasen al COVID - y vuelvan al trabajo La pandemia COVID-19 puso al descubierto las desigualdades en nuestra sociedad, desde el acceso a servicios de salud hasta las disparidades de tipo racial sobre quién realiza aquellos trabajos que exponen mayor riesgo. A medida que la pandemia forzó el cierre económico de diversos sectores e instituciones, muchas personas que ya vivían en circunstancias de necesidad en cuanto a vivienda, alimento o pobreza extrema fueron empujados mas al límite. Read More CWE APRIL 26, 2021 Getting Our Communities through COVID — and Back to Work The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the inequalities of our society, from unequal access to healthcare to racial disparities in who performs the most dangerous jobs. As the pandemic forced sectors of the economy and other institutions to close, many who were on the brink of homelessness, hunger, or poverty were pushed over the edge. Read More ALEX MOORE APRIL 19, 2021 Recession Hits Young Workers Hardest The COVID-19 pandemic sparked the worst economic recession since the Great Depression, but as with the health impacts of the virus, some Americans have been hit harder than others. Young workers are facing higher rates of unemployment than other workers and will need additional job training and job placement support to enter, or reenter, the workforce. Read More CWE MARCH 24, 2021 CWE Immigration Protection Group Takes Stock of Immigration Reforms During the Trump administration, CWE launched the Immigration Protection Group to bring together the organizations in New York that were responding to aggressive immigration enforcement and heightened scrutiny of citizenship applicants. When the group met this month for its first time since the inauguration of President Joe Biden, a lot had changed, but it was clear that there is still much work to do. Read More CWE MARCH 2, 2021 CWE Partners Prepare NYC for the New Normal of Work As we take steps toward putting this health crisis behind us, we must also consider what support displaced, incumbent, and new workers need to succeed in their careers in the pandemic's wake. The CWE network of community organizations and labor unions are already creating that vision and putting it into practice. Read More CWE MARCH 2, 2021 CWE Surveys Astoria Workers to Model Pandemic Impacts The Consortium for Worker Education is seeking a detailed snapshot of how COVID-19 and the recession are affecting New Yorkers on the community-level, through a new survey of residents of the Queens neighborhood of Astoria. Read More AMANDA FARIAS DECEMBER 22, 2020 CWE Presents to Council Hearing on Workforce Development and Unemployment CWE presented testimony about our network of workforce development community-based organizations (CBOs) and union partners to work to ameliorate the increasing numbers of unemployed New Yorkers. Read More AMANDA FARIAS DECEMBER 17, 2020 Union workers educating each other, and all of us New York City is home to 695,000 union members. What can they teach the rest of us? Read More AMANDA FARIAS DECEMBER 4, 2020 A Pandemic-Ready Training for Restaurant Workers The novel coronavirus has devastated New York’s restaurant industry, leaving hundreds of thousands of restaurant workers unemployed or underemployed, while presenting new challenges to those who remain on the job. At the peak of the pandemic, many restaurant workers have turned to the Restaurant Opportunity Center (ROC) New York, a service organization that has spent nearly two decades organizing and supporting the city’s restaurant workers. Read More AMANDA FARIAS OCTOBER 13, 2020 Riis Settlement: Serving and Empowering Western Queens Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement listens to the community about what they say they need and develops responsive programs. In recent years, the organization has taken that to the next level by building leadership and advocacy skills so students can organize, advocate, and ensure that institutions meet their needs. Read More AMANDA FARIAS OCTOBER 1, 2020 COVID Recession Hits People of Color Hardest The latest report in a series from the New School’s Center for New York City Affairs and the Consortium for Worker Education shows that the coronavirus pandemic and associated recession continue to have a devastating impact on New York workers. Read More AMANDA FARIAS AUGUST 25, 2020 CWE Workers Help Thousands Get Counted The Consortium for Worker Education and the New York City Central Labor Council launched CWE-CLC Workers Count2020 to ensure that New Yorkers get counted. Working with affiliate unions and community partners, CWE census outreach workers organized residents across the city to participate. Read More AMANDA FARIAS AUGUST 25, 2020 Older CONTACT JOBS TO BUILD ON ASTORIA WORKER PROJECT NYATLAS FOR STAFF USE ONLY