Publication submitted by NOWCRJ and CLASP to the Mayor’s Office, City of New Orleans This paper documents, from worker testimony and the public record, how the systems around Mardi Gras cleanup labor have not worked for the people who make our city’s signature celebration possible,…

The report draws on three different forms of immigrant gig worker data: programmatic data from the IRC, a service provider for immigrants and refugees; survey data; and qualitative interviews. The qualitative interviews were conducted in late 2024 and early 2025, before the second Trump Administration…

CLASP’s new report, The Exploitative Mechanisms of Precarious Work: National Insights and New Orleans’ Worker Voices, examines how subcontracting, staffing intermediaries, and enforcement gaps create a labor system defined by invisibility and risk-shifting. Through national data and testimonies from event-based workers in New Orleans, this…

App-based workers deserve fair pay and predictable schedules. CLASP's newest publication provides a framework for policymakers to use when determining how to best improve working conditions and boost our economy.