Step Right Up

City Studies

Step Right Up

Your Guide to Welfare in NYC

Making Policy Public

Your Guide to Welfare in NYC

The Wait

Urban Investigations

The Wait

In the Streets!

Urban Investigations

In the Streets!

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Making Policy Public

Innocent Until Proven Risky

It's Not Just in Our Heads

Urban Investigations

It's Not Just in Our Heads

Print Stand Up to Clean Up!

Each morning, female day laborers across New York City gather on street corners looking for domestic work. House cleaning is a tough industry: workers are vulnerable to unsafe conditions, from exposure to toxic chemicals to working without breaks. Many house cleaners are expected to clean entire rooms on their knees, complete work on unrealistic schedules, and accept illegally low wages.

CUP collaborated with Worker’s Justice Project, designer Yeju Choi, and illustrators Sam Holleran and Hyoungkee Kim to make Stand Up to Clean Up!, a guide that helps workers advocate for safer working conditions and better wages. The illustrated guide spells out labor rights and workplace phrases in Spanish and Polish, giving house cleaners the language tools they need to negotiate wages and stay safe and healthy. 

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

Keep Your Family's Home

Public Access Design

Keep Your Family's Home

What Is Affordable Housing?

Envisioning Development

What Is Affordable Housing?

Swept Up

Urban Investigations

Swept Up

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights