Immigrant Workers

“Chisme” is the name by which the Salvadoran artist José Campos, known in the art world as “Studio Lenca,” decided to call a collection of life-size wooden figures representing Latino immigrant workers.

Almost 27% of people living and working on Long Island are in a labor union.

Local advocacy groups, including the New Haven-based Unidad Latina en Acción, rallied in support of the federal policy that was released last week that protects undocumented workers who are whistleblowers.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has created a permanent task force to protect exploited immigrant workers.Cuomo says in the past year the state has ordered…