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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Ligia M. Guallpa, Executive Director of Workers Justice Project
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Ligia M. Guallpa, Executive Director of Workers Justice Project, testified about the organization's accomplishments and impact on low-wage workers, emphasizing the need for continued city funding support. She highlighted successful initiatives in worker rights, case management, and workforce development.
- Recovered $16.75 million in stolen tips for DoorDash workers through a labor investigation with the Attorney General's office
- Partnered with DCWP to investigate DoorDash for wage theft, recovering nearly $40,000 in stolen wages
- Provided various services including e-bike trade program registration, workforce development training, and construction site safety training
- Requested continued support for key initiatives and $2 million for DCWP
Ligia M. Guallpa
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Thank you so much.
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Thank you, chairwoman, Julia Menon and, council member Gail for the opportunity to testify today.
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So my name is Lihia Galpa.
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I work with the Workers Justice Project.
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And I'm here today to share a little bit of also what we have been able to accomplish thanks to the city council's funding support this past, eight months or actually over the past year or two.
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So we have been in the front line supporting about 8,000 low wage workers, like day laborers, domestic workers, and delivery workers by providing access to workers' rights case management support, labor rights education, workforce development trainings, and other critical services.
1:59:55
In the past nine months, we have been able to achieve key milestones, and I'm just going to name a few of them.
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One is empowering workers through case management, which led to a major labor investigation by the Attorney General's office and recovered $16,750,000 in the stolen tips for DoorDash workers.
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So right now, this next six months is going to be about outreaching to make sure those workers can come forward.
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We also have been partnering with, the agency, DCWP, to investigate DoorDash for wage theft, and which we have been able to accomplish in recovering close to $40,000 in, stolen wages.
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We have helped register 225 app delivery workers for the most recently launched e bike trade program with DOT.
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We have provided workforce development training, also assistance with training and case management to two thirty deliveristas as well, also assist nearly 100 workers to get some sort of deferred action on immigration protections, and train over 800 workers in construction site safety training and connecting jobs that has generated over $1,000,000 in income for their families.
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And these are just examples of what workers' justice has been able to accomplish with DCWP, I mean, with the city funding support, and I'll end there.
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I'm here once again just seeking support for key essential initiatives like the Day Labor Workforce Initiative, which has many of us have been depending on, the construction site safety low wage, worker initiative, and asked for $2,000,000 as well for DCWP, which has been an incredible partner that we rely on and we continue to have their support, especially now more than ever.
2:01:42
Thank you.