Author Archives: Migrante New Jersey

Migrante New Jersey and Anakbayan New jersey invites you to our annual ‘salu-salo’, a community picnic and family day. Salu-salo’ means a gathering or a banquet in Filipino. Come join us as we get together for a nice afternoon at the Bayonne park and build community. There will be food, fun, Filipino games and lotsContinue reading “Migrante NJ Invites you to annual Salu-Salo”

Migrante New Jersey holds a Know Your Rights workshop this past Sunday at the Social Justice House at Saint Peter’s University. This workshop was in partnership with Atty. Cristina Godinez of The Migrant Center of St. Francis of Assisi Church The workshop tackled the basic rights of immigrants and how they can protect them. Atty. GodinezContinue reading “Migrante New Jersey holds Know Your Rights workshop”

The Filipino Immigrants & Workers Organizing Project calls on our kababayans to come and join us on May Day as we march for living wage, family reunification and legalization for all. We will be marching with Anakbayan New Jersey, the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) along with various community organizations. What: Rally & March When: May 1,Continue reading “#MayDay2016: Rally and March”

Good afternoon, we are from the Filipino Immigrants and Workers Organizing Project or FIWOP. We are an organization for Filipino immigrants and workers based in Jersey City, NJ. We aim to educate, organize and mobilize Filipino immigrant workers for the advancement of their rights and welfare. Today, we stand with our fellow workers in demandingContinue reading “FIWOP Statement on $15 Now Rally”

Dear Community Leaders, We are inviting you to a day of action in support of raising the living standards of working people across New Jersey. On Sunday, April 3, 1pm at Journal Square, we will be having a rally in support of raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour. This rally aims to sendContinue reading “Join us for a rally in support of $15 minimum wage on April 3”

Jersey City, NJ – The Filipino Immigrants and Workers Organizing Project (FIWOP) commends the recent executive order by the Jersey City mayor, Steven Fulop, raising the minimum wage of all employees of the city government to $15 per hour. In a press release, Fulop said, “not only is this the right thing for Jersey City,Continue reading “Filipino workers organization commends Fulop, calls for $15 now”

The Filipino Immigrant and Workers Organizing Project (FIWOP) joins the rest of the community in urging our City Council to pass the resolution for driver’s license for undocumented immigrants. This is an important issue in the Filipino community. Based on a survey conducted by FIWOP last April of this year, 9 out of 10 FilipinosContinue reading “Filipino Immigrants and Workers Organizing Project urges City Council of Jersey City to support the campaign for Driver’s License for All.”

Ang Filipino Immigrants and Workers Organizing Project (FIWOP) ay ikinararangal na suportahan ang unang Citizenship and Deferred Action (DACA) Clinic ng We Are One New Jersey sa katapusan ng buwan! Ang hangarin ng Citizenship and DACA Clinic ay makapagbigay ng tulong sa ating mga kababayan para maging U.S. Citizen and para sa mga kwalipikado paraContinue reading “FIWOP Invites you to a Citizenship and Deferred Action (DACA) Clinic”

Secaucus, NJ – Filipino activists and community advocates rallied at Alaris Health at the Fountains- South Campus early Tuesday morning to demand full back wages and job reinstatement for two Filipino workers. Bernadette De Leon and Yolando Simon, both dietary aides, were unjustly suspended on May 29, 2014, and eventually terminated on July 10, 2014.Continue reading “Community Members Stage Rally at Alaris Health at the Fountains Following Unjust Termination of Two Filipino Workers”