Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores

At A Glance

Location: 

New Bedford, Massachusetts

Primary Issue Area:

  • Environmental Health

Active since:

2008

Grants Received In:

  • 2010

Core volunteers:

23

Community Size:

94,929

Our Purpose

to educate and advocate for Latino workers to advance their human rights, protest abuses, and help take action at work sites and in the community to change abusive conditions.

Summary of Projects

Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores received a NEGEF grant in 2010 for trainer stipends and travel to recycling plants to work with latino workers at recycling plants in Central MA who are exposed to dangerous working conditions, including handling harsh cleaning chemicals, with no protection.