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A protester holds a sign that reads “Who Can We Trust?” while marching at a demonstration for Saleem Osman. Other protesters stand in the background. On the side a police officer watches over the scene.

On May 26, 1994, Saleem Osman, a CAAAV…

A vacant Dragon Gate Market with empty stalls in Sara D. Roosevelt Park on the Lower East Side. Two people walk in the distance. In the back, there is a large mural painted on a brick building that features a dragon in front of a city skyline.…

Six people stand on the steps of City Hall in New York City. On the left, four of them, smiling, pose for a picture while holding a handwritten sign that reads “Kalayaan at Pagkakaisa / Freedom and unity for all domestic workers / Filipina domestics…

A group of people pose for a picture on the steps of City Hall in New York City. Some of them are smiling and holding handwritten signs that advocate for domestic workers' rights. Legible signs read: "Domestic Workers United will never be defeated!",…

In this set of photographs, a group of people stand on the steps of City Hall in New York City. Some of them are holding handwritten signs advocating for domestic workers' rights. Legible signs read: "Respect Women’s Labor!!”, “Domestic Workers…

A child wearing a four-sided protest sign and marching in a Philippine Independence Day Parade. The words "WORKERS" and "WOMEN" are visible on the child's sign, likely representing the Women Workers Project (WWP) of CAAAV. Other marchers holding…

A group of female workers are protesting and picketing on the sidewalk with banners that read "Stop Exploitation of Workers", "Slavery was abolished in the US", "Stop Bringing Slavers, We Are Watching You Andolan".

The Lease Drivers Coalition (LDC), an advocacy project of the Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence (CAAAV) fights for structural change in the taxi driving industry. They aim to bring safety and economic justice to the taxi workers in New York city.…

Saleem Osman (left) was a CAAAV organizer for the Lease Drivers Coalition. CAAAV formed the LDC to organize lease drivers to demand safer working conditions, medical benefits, fair hearings with the Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC), and better pay.…

Saleem Osman, CAAAV organizer for the Lease Drivers Coalition, was violently assaulted and arrested in May 1994 for his activism. Cab drivers and protesters started a demonstration outside Manhattan DA’s office right away to denounce his unjust…