Salvadoran Eva Luz Pineda presented along with other workers numerous cases of harassment, verbal mistreatment, and withholding salary on the part of employers from restaurants, hotels, car washes, and other Long Island businesses. more>

Recently, there have been reports of drivers being stopped by police, fined, removed from their vehicles, and left by the road. Not having been pulled over for violating the law, drivers were stopped simply because of their Latino appearance. more>

“There were several Latino workers on the job; one of them, who knew a little English, told me that the next day work would start later. When I got there at the agreed time, someone else was in my place. The boss was angry and I lost my job,” explained Jose Beltran. more>

What happens when the unheard underbelly of the airport kitchen system decides it has something to say to one of the world’s biggest airline partner corporations? Nobody’s quite sure just yet, but Eliot Spitzer himself may soon get in on the talking. more>

With the proliferation of gangs both here and in El Salvador, police departments in both countries are putting their heads together to combat the problem. This may become a model for other countries in the region that face the same problem. more>