Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, Somerville’s SomerViva Office of Immigrant Affairs, and the Somerville Worker Center, in partnership with the Brazilian Worker Center and the Brazilian Women’s Group, are announcing a free immigrant workers’ rights fair on Saturday, June 8, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Somerville Worker Center located at 530 Mystic Ave, Suite 111.
The fair will feature two workers’ rights presentations, one at 11:30 a.m. in Spanish and one at 1:30 p.m. in Portuguese.
Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with staff from local workers’ rights organizations on a diverse array of topics including wage theft, safety at work, workers’ compensation, domestic workers’ rights, human trafficking, tax filing and deferred action.
Advocacy groups currently expected to attend the Immigrant Workers’ Rights Fair include:
Boston University Human Trafficking Unit
Brazilian Women’s Group
Brazilian Worker Center
Greater Boston Legal Services
Justice at Work
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
The Somerville Worker Center
Spanish and Portuguese interpretation will be available, and multilingual staff will be on-site. If you need interpretation in additional languages, please email somerviva@somervillema.gov or call 311 at 617-666-3311 at least seven days in advance of the date of the event.
Registration is not required, but is encouraged at the below links:
English: tinyurl.com/2kmkvpvx
Portuguese: tinyurl.com/4s58ee2s
Spanish: tinyurl.com/yeywxa4w
For more information or if you have questions, please contact somerviva@somervillema.gov or call 311 (617-666-3311).
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