DUUF is partnering with the grassroots organization, Denton Worker, to produce “Know-Your-Rights” on Sunday, Feb. 19 from 5-7 pm at DUUF. Participants in this workshop will learn their worker rights, be able to ask questions of representatives of federal agencies tasked with enforcing workplace laws, and be assisted in starting the process of seeking justice. 

This is a two-hour program beginning at 5 pm on Feb. 19. It will be offered in Spanish and English at DUUF.   During the first hour, representatives of federal agencies will describe the wide range of illegal workplace practices, so that audience members can learn if the ways that they are being mistreated by their employers constitute violations of federal law. These federal agencies are the Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division; the National Labor Relations Board; the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; and the Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Then, in the second hour, the federal agency representatives and trained members of the Denton Worker Organizing Committee will meet with workshop attendees to answer their questions and assist them with beginning the process of filing a complaint. Each workshop participant will receive a folder containing informational materials from each of the four agencies – as well as a pen and a pad of paper for taking notes.

DUUF is providing food, child care, and technical assistance.  Contact [email protected] for more information or if you’d like to assist.