Workers Assembly on Immigration!

On April 18th, 80 of our workers and several staff members hopped on a bus headed for the Workers Assembly on Immigration in Tacoma!

The day-long conference was held at the Tacoma Campus of the Evergreen State College, and was hosted by The Committee Pro-Immigration Reform and Social Justice, and the Evergreen Labor Center.

The day was an opportunity diverse groups of workers, including immigrants, students, and unions, to come together and have conversations about immigration and labor.

Organizers focused on the idea that an injury to one is an injury to all, and conversations centered around how that phrase applies to immigrants.

Our participants valued the chance to be a part of important and in-depth dialogues.

Over 200 people attended, with CASA Latina bringing about 80! Aside from the good dialogues, there was some tasty food, and of course, fun on the road trip! Check out the video below.

CASA Domestic Workers are Green Clean Certified!

Our newly formed Domestic Workers program recently boosted their qualifications by completing a "Cleaning with Caution" certification class.

The class, a collaboration between the University of Washington, King County, the Environmental Coalition of South Seattle, and Casa Latina, was three sessions long during the month of March.

Domestic Workers who went through the program

received specialized training, environmentally friendly cleaning supplies, and a certification card which will allow them to prove to employers their specialized knowledge.

Needless to say, on the last day of the training, the group was excited to have succesfully completed the class and ready to try out their new skills!

We hope to offer this training again in the near future.

CASA on the BBC!

On March 28, 2008, BBC en Espanol (BBC in Spanish) reporters from Miami came to CASA Latina to record a story in the series called "de Costa a Costa" (Coast to Coast) where they are taking a trip from Washington State to Washington, DC and are reporting on how Latinos are doing in the United States.

Check us out!

Click here to watch an incredible video of Pedro, our Day Worker Center Organizer giving a message to the next president of the United States (in Spanish).

Click here to see the de Costa a Costa website.

Click here and here to see a few more pictures taken by the BBC of our Workers' Center.