What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

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What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Is Justice For All?

City Studies

Is Justice For All?

Stand Up to Clean Up!

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Stand Up to Clean Up!

Pass It On!

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Pass It On!

Fast Trash

City Studies

Fast Trash

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. 

Store Stories

City Studies

Store Stories

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

A Bet on Debt

City Studies

A Bet on Debt

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Engage to Change

Know Your Lines

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Know Your Lines

Social Security Risk Machine

Making Policy Public

Social Security Risk Machine