Interview with Ligia Guallpa

17/10/2025 35 min

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🎙️ Ligia Guallpa: Fighting for New York’s Immigrant WorkersIn this episode of The Perez Notes, Roberto Perez speaks with Ligia Guallpa, Executive Director of the Workers Justice Project (WJP) — and one of New York City’s most influential voices for immigrant and low-wage workers.The daughter of a former day laborer and garment worker, Ligia shares how her personal story fuels her fight for justice, dignity, and safe working conditions. Under her leadership, WJP has organized construction workers, day laborers, and domestic workers, built two Brooklyn worker centers, and helped form Laborers’ Local 10, a union empowering immigrant workers across the