Building a center for workers

The Astoria Worker Project is a new initiative from the Consortium for Worker Education (CWE) to create a worker center to offer a range of social services to the residents of Astoria and Western Queens. The Astoria Worker Project will meld CWE’s proven workforce development programming with forward-thinking services that are responsive to New York City’s evolving economy. The center will offer workforce development resources and enhance workers’ rights, address mental health needs, support the creation of worker co-operatives, and provide programming to benefit Astoria’s immigrant communities.

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Reports:

We recently publushed two reports done in partnership with the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School and the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies on the state of the Western Queens workforce. Our report with the New School represents the largest neighborhood-focused study of the gig economy to date, while our study with CUNY convened workers across industries. Our results show a crisis for gig workers and an urgent need to provide resources and protections for this growing workforce.