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Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP) staff and Community Navigators-Independent Contractors seek to educate low-income workers about their rights in the workplace. Our organization builds upon relationships with churches, consulates, and organizations in the community to deliver "Know your Rights" presentations to groups of low-income workers. FLAP staff and Community Navigators-Independent Contractors travel to different populations in Illinois to inform low-income workers about their rights and the legal resources available to them. Through its own community outreach and education work and through its relationship with other community groups in the area, FLAP builds a relationship of trust with low-income immigrant, migrant, and seasonal low-income workers.
Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP) staff and Community Navigators-Independent Contractors seek to educate low-income workers about their rights in the workplace. Our organization builds upon relationships with churches, consulates, and organizations in the community to deliver "Know your Rights" presentations to groups of low-income workers. FLAP staff and Community Navigators-Independent Contractors travel to different populations in Illinois to inform low-income workers about their rights and the legal resources available to them. Through its own community outreach and education work and through its relationship with other community groups in the area, FLAP builds a relationship of trust with low-income immigrant, migrant, and seasonal low-income workers.
University of Chicago - Arthur Kane Center for Clinical Legal Education provides free or low-cost legal services related to the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions, and the government.
MALDEF has defended the rights of the Latino community in the U.S. MALDEF works in litigation, public policy advocacy, and community education in the areas of: Education, Employment, Immigrant Rights, and Political Access.They do NOT do any immigration representation (i.e. deportation; asylum; adjustment of status)

Services

Immigration Issues
Education Advocacy Groups
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Hispanic/Latino Community
Labor and Employment Law
Offers legal representation for migrant workers to recover owed wages. Other areas of representation include: - Denial of overtime wage rates - Illegal pesticide exposure - Hazardous housing - Unsanitary working conditions - Illegal deductions from wages [for visa, travel, housing, equipment and uniform expenses] - Discrimination - Injuries at work - Affected by COVID-19
Provides free legal aid for immigrant workers in the Chicagoland area. Offers assistance for immigration issues, employment/labor issues, and family law.
Provides free legal advice on civil legal issues, such as: Housing: - Eviction/Foreclosure - Unsafe Conditions - Discrimination Public Benefits: - Social Security - SNAP - Medicare/Medicaid Safety: - Orders of Protection - Custody - Other Family Issues Stability: - Expungement - License Reinstatement - Employment Issues
Offers community outreach to educate migrant workers on their rights in the workplace. Services provided by community education volunteers who are not attorneys.
Ascend Justice offers free help with legal problems commonly experienced by survivors, such as: need reasonable accommodations at work, break their leases or change their locks, screening and referrals for bankruptcy along with crime victims' compensation.

Services

Crime Victim Compensation
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Labor and Employment Law
Bankruptcy Assistance
Offers education to farmworkers to identify human labor trafficking in the workplace. Also provides assistance on how to report suspicion of human trafficking amongst workers.