Currently, 63% of our city budget goes to cops, jails, and reactive measures. Only 3% goes to children and families, and 1% to job development. Hospitality workers bring in 9.1 billion dollars a year to the New Orleans economy. We have a right to the wealth we produce. We refuse to accept that billions in […]
Baristas and staff at Still Perkin’ have entered their second week of strikes as local labor efforts continue to build momentum and garner national attention. According to a press release by the New Orleans Hospitality Workers Alliance, on May 13, five employees presented the conditions upon which they would agree to return to work. The […]
Many restaurants across the city have announced that they're choosing not to reopen their dining rooms.
As Mayor LaToya Cantrell prepared to brief the public on the latest CORVID-19 (aka coronavirus) developments, members of the New Orleans Hospitality Worker’s Alliance entered the briefing room and begged for the city to implement measures that would guarantee them healthcare and paid sick leave in the event of an outbreak. Activists holding signs reading […]
In a plan to unite the working women of New Orleans, NOHWA is working with the New Orleans Peoples’ Assembly to organize a mass march for justice.
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