Enforcement actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are affecting landscape and construction sites all across the country. At this webinar, representatives from Construction Workers United, an initiative of the Worker’s Justice Project, and the League shared brief updates about this fast-changing landscape, and presented a request for design proposals focused on information sharing and enhanced protection of workers on jobsites. 

Resource Guide

As federal immigration enforcement intensifies, built environment professionals are keen to keep workers in their industries as safe as possible. This non-exhaustive list is meant to provide resources and connect interested parties in support of this effort.

This event was co-organized with Construction Workers United, an initiative of the Worker’s Justice Project.

Construction Workers United (CWU) organizes and advocates for day laborers and low-wage immigrant workers in New York City’s construction industry. In their own words, “CWU is preparing the next generation of builders in NYC by delivering effective, culturally-competent health and safety training under Local Law 196, raising the wage floor for day laborers through negotiations with employers, operating a hiring hall for day laborers, preventing wage theft, and connecting the dots between workforce development and worker protections.”

Founded in 2010, the Worker’s Justice Project (WJP) is a New York City worker center that educates, organizes, and fights for better work conditions and social justice in the workplace. With a base of more than 12,000 members, WJP organizes low-wage, immigrant workers who are fighting to raise workplace standards in the construction, house cleaning, and app-based delivery industries.