February 20, 2013 - Less than two weeks ago, workers at the Sixth Avenue Car Wash in Greenwich Village dropped their sponges and walked out for several hours, protesting the owners’ decision to close the shop, a move they saw as retaliation for their recent decision to union Read more.

February 10, 2013 - On a typical post-snowstorm weekend, the Sixth Avenue Car Wash in Greenwich Village is all bustle and business, with as many as 400 cars passing through the brick building between sunrise and sunset, according to employees. Read more.

February 10, 2013 - “John Lage, respect your workers,” read a sign carried by one of the nearly 50 workers and union members who rallied Wednesday morning outside Lage Car Wash Inc., in SoHo. Read more.

December 20, 2012 - In December, employees at Sunny Day Car Wash in the Bronx became the fifth group of car wash workers in New York City to vote to join the RWDSU. Read more.

December 11, 2012 - Balloting is disputed by management, but 'carwasheros' at Bronx workplace are the fifth to unionize Read more.

November 29, 2012 - The demand for decent wages and safer working condition continues for car wash workers in New York City. Read more.

November 29, 2012 - Workers at one Jamaica car wash believe they have taken an important step forward in ensuring that they are treated fairly, paid adequately and work under safe conditions, by unionizing. Read more.

November 29, 2012 - Nine months after launching the Citywide Workers Aligned for a Sustainable and Healthy New York campaign to fight mistreatment in the car wash industry, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union has achieved a new milestone. Read more.

November 27, 2012 - Local pols join protesting carwasheros to demand their jobs back Read more.

November 19, 2012 - They are finding courage to take action against abusive bosses Read more.

November 19, 2012 - On Sunday, over a dozen car wash workers didn’t report to their place of business. On Monday, their employers told them they were out of jobs. Read more.

November 15, 2012 - Employees that are picketing Sunny Day Car Wash here gained a small victory in court yesterday, the New York Daily News reported. Read more.

November 14, 2012 - More than a dozen immigrant 'carwasheros' have been picketing for days in front of Sunny Day Car Wash on Third Ave., saying they want to join a union and are owed weeks in unpaid wages. Read more.

November 13, 2012 - The workers say they want to unionize and that they haven't been paid in weeks. Read more.

October 24, 2012 - Demanding to be paid minimum wage with overtime and sick days, workers at Bronx car wash owned by car wash mogul John Lage have voted to join a union Read more.

October 23, 2012 - Efforts to organize New York City’s 200 or so carwashes gained steam this weekend, with Webster Car Wash in the Bronx becoming the second unionized car wash in the city. Workers voted 23-5 to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. Read more.

October 23, 2012 - Exploited car wash workers in New York City continue to buck anti-union sentiment nationwide by doing something they have never done before: organize. Read more.

October 22, 2012 - Workers at a Bronx carwash have voted to unionize. They're the second group of New York City carwash workers to join a union. Read more.

October 21, 2012 - Maintaining that they face widespread minimum-wage violations, workers at a Bronx carwash belonging to one of the city’s largest carwash owners voted to unionize on Saturday, making it the second of New York City’s 200 or so carwashes where workers joined Read more.

October 21, 2012 - Employees at Webster Car Wash in Fleetwood voted 23-5 Saturday to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. The Webster Ave. wash is the second in the city to unionize. Read more.

October 4, 2012 - In September, workers at Astoria Car Wash & Hi-Tek 10 Minute Lube in Queens scored a historic victory, becoming the first car wash workers on the East Coast to join a union. Read more.

September 13, 2012 - Last month, workers at the Hi-Tek Car Wash & Lube, located at 83-01 24th Ave. in Elmhurst, gathered together to rally against unfair labor practices. Read more.

September 13, 2012 - Employees at an East Elmhurst car wash joined a union on Saturday, becoming the first in the city in this industry to do so, organizers said. Read more.

September 10, 2012 - A Queens car wash is the first in the city to be unionized. Read more.

September 10, 2012 - Workers at a Queens carwash have voted to join a union. It marks the first time carwash workers in New York city have agreed to join a union. Read more.

September 9, 2012 - 'Carwasheros' say they are underpaid, badly treated, and can lose a whole day's pay if business is slow Read more.

September 9, 2012 - Workers at a carwash in Queens have overwhelmingly voted to join a union, organizers said Sunday, in the first major victory in a six-month effort in New York City to unionize workers in an industry the organizers say is rife with labor law violations. Read more.

September 3, 2012 - Like most immigrants, Jose Oscar left his native El Salvador looking for a better life, a way to support his two children and aging parents. He didn’t expect America’s streets to be paved with gold and didn’t expect dollar bills to be hanging from trees. Read more.

August 13, 2012 - Irate workers rallied in front of Hi-Tek Car Wash in Brighton Beach on Thursday afternoon, claiming management cut their work hours and reduced pay after employees, former employees, and union activists began targeting the local business. Read more.

August 10, 2012 - Immigrant rights advocates and union members from across the city joined employees of an East Elmhurst car wash last Thursday to demand better wages and working conditions. Read more.

August 9, 2012 - Immigrant "carwasheros" say boss cut hours after wage lawsuit was filed Read more.

July 23, 2012 - Low-wage workers will join with union employes for Day of Action Read more.

July 16, 2012 - A Bronx car-wash owner who failed to pay his workers minimum wage will spend weekends in jail for the next four months. Read more.

June 27, 2012 - Hi-Tek Car Wash crews say the company paid less than minimum wage, grabbed tips and stiffed them on overtime Read more.

May 25, 2012 - Organizers have been ramping up their efforts to change the way car washes treat their workers in New York City, and judging from recent events, it seems that they’ve generated a bit of momentum. Read more.

May 25, 2012 - Undocumented workers say they're being preyed upon Read more.

May 3, 2012 - A bill that would force carwash operators to obtain an annual license or face up to a $15,000 fine was introduced by local lawmakers here, according to Crain’s New York Business. Read more.

May 2, 2012 - To improve working conditions, lawmakers push for annual licensing of the city's 200 car-wash operators. Fines could reach $15,000 a year. Read more.

May 2, 2012 - The New York City Council is looking to clean up the city's car wash industry. Read more.

May 2, 2012 - New York City City Council members have introduced legislation that would require all car washes register for a license with the Department of Consumer Affairs. Read more.

May 2, 2012 - Accusations of labor law violations Read more.

April 13, 2012 - Hilary Klein, lead organizer of Make the Road New York, and Luna Ranjit, executive director of Adhikaar, a Queens-based Nepalese support group, talk about their efforts to organize service workers, like manicurists and car wash attendants, for minimum wag Read more.

April 12, 2012 - Linda Perry of the WBAI Evening News reports on the harsh conditions of car wash workers in New York City and how the Taxi Workers Alliance and the Machinists Union are calling upon their drivers to boycott carwashes where workers are being abused. Read more.

April 11, 2012 - Car washers, taxi workers, livery cab drivers and union leaders showed up on Manhattan's West Side Wednesday to put pressure on car wash owners they say are abusing workers. Read more.

April 11, 2012 - City's largest car-wash chain, the main target of a union campaign that claims workers are cheated, now faces the threat of a boycott by some of its best customers: taxi and limo drivers. Read more.

April 9, 2012 - Public Advocate Bill de Blasio wants city agencies to stop spending money at a car wash company that he says has a history of mistreating its workers. Read more.

April 9, 2012 - City paid Lage Management Corp. $170G for cleanings despite investigation alleging it cheated workers out of wages Read more.

April 5, 2012 - Advocates for workers’ rights said they have some dirt on a Jamaica car wash and that management should come clean. Read more.

April 4, 2012 - Pro-labor coalition calls out employers who discourage organizing among workers Read more.

April 1, 2012 - Coalition fighting for rights of exploited immigrant workers Read more.

March 29, 2012 - Alegan que su patrono los "trata mal, algunas veces nos grita y ganamos menos del mínimo" Read more.

March 26, 2012 - Nicolas claims unfair wages and abuse at LMC Car Wash in Queens Read more.

March 26, 2012 - Exclusive: Workers claim bizman pays employees $5.50 per hour - $1.75 less than legal minimum Read more.

March 22, 2012 - Edilberto Rojas-Rosas is a 25-year-old father of two struggling to support his family on the $378 he brings home weekly for working 72 hours at an East Harlem car wash. Read more.

March 20, 2012 - Car wash workers, one of the most exploited of the low-wage worker groups have had enough of their wage and hour violations, and the unsafe working conditions at Sutphin Car Wash in Jamaica, Queens, LMC Car Wash in East Harlem, and other car washes across Read more.

March 16, 2012 - Stepping up their campaign to improve working conditions, workers and organizers will take aim at a car-wash chain that's been in trouble before. Read more.

March 15, 2012 - Workers charge low pay, long hours and exposure to dangerous chemicals Read more.

March 12, 2012 - Unwilling to rest on his laurels, Stuart Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, whose union was instrumental in the Living Wage NYC Campaign to raise the wages for workers working on development projects receiving weight Read more.

March 12, 2012 - The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union is launching a campaign to bring workers' rights - including the right to organize - to some 5,000 car wash workers in New York City, following a devastating report on wages and working conditions those emp Read more.

March 9, 2012 - The New York Daily News's editorial board hit a home run today with their editorial on the campaign by New York City carwash workers trying to clean up the industry. Read more.

March 9, 2012 - Organizing and invoking their labor rights is the American way Read more.

March 8, 2012 - Meanwhile in New York City, members of Wash New York, a carwash organizing coalition, on Tuesday released a report documenting the unjust working conditions at the city’s carwashes and announced a union organizing campaign among fellow carwash workers. Read more.

March 8, 2012 - Protests have gotten underway over unfair working conditions for carwash workers in New York, and employees are coming forward, proclaiming they were not only treated unfairly, but also put in danger, a DNAinfo.com story said. Read more.

March 7, 2012 - Working at a car wash may be better than digging a ditch, as the 1970s hit song says, but employees in New York City who work cleaning cars and trucks say pay and working conditions need vast improvement. Read more.

March 7, 2012 - On Tuesday morning, a group of roughly 100 workers, local labor leaders and community organizers gathered in the cold in a parking lot in front of Metro Car Wash to announce a bold new campaign for New York City: a drive to bring fair working conditions t Read more.

March 7, 2012 - A first-of-its-kind investigative report has brought to light the widespread mistreatment of New York City’s car wash workers. Read more.

March 7, 2012 - Standing in front of the Metro Car Wash in Rego Park, Queens, a few dozen car wash workers, union activists and a couple of New York City Council members are kicking off a campaign to organize workers and improve conditions at the almost 200 car washes ac Read more.

March 7, 2012 - Muchos empleados, la mayoría inmigrantes latinos, de los talleres de lavado de carros de Nueva York, sufren explotación laboral, de acuerdo a un detallado informe elaborado por varias organizaciones de la ciudad que han lanzado una campaña conjunta para d Read more.

March 7, 2012 - Trabajadores iniciaron una campaña que busca que sus jefes paguen salarios justos. Read more.

March 7, 2012 - A pair of community advocacy groups and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union have joined in a campaign to improve labor conditions for workers at New York City car washes, the coalition announced March 6. Read more.

March 6, 2012 - Nelson Hernandez said his eyes burn for hours after he leaves his job at a Queens car wash. Raul Perez claimed the soap used to scrub down the cars at one location once burned the hairs off his legs. Carlos Garcia, another local car wash employee, said he Read more.

March 6, 2012 - Standing in front of the Metro Car Wash in Rego Park, Queens, Tuesday a few dozen car wash workers, union activists, and a couple of city council members kicked off a campaign to organize workers and improve conditions at the almost 200 car washes across Read more.

March 6, 2012 - A new report alleges mistreatment at the city's car washes. Among the findings released by Workers Aligned for a Sustainable and Healthy New York, more than 70 percent of workers said they put in at least 60 hours a week, and 75 percent said they did n Read more.

March 6, 2012 - Un nuevo informe sobre la situación en los establecimientos de lavado de autos ha despertado la ira de los hombres, en su mayoría hispanos, que trabajaban en este rubro. Read more.

March 6, 2012 - Labor advocates launch campaign to unionize workers Read more.

March 6, 2012 - New York City carwash workers are following their Los Angeles counterparts to battle rampant mistreatment, wage theft and unsafe working conditions. Today the coalition, WASH New York, released a report—“The Dirty Business of Cleaning NYC’s Cars”—that det Read more.

March 6, 2012 - The organized plan for carwash workers to unionize has now spread to the East Coast, according to CBS New York Read more.

March 5, 2012 - Activists and labor groups are coming together to fight what they say are poor working conditions in New York City car washes. The new coalition will unveil a report Tuesday which shows alleged widespread employer abuse. Read more.

March 5, 2012 - A labor battle is brewing in the city. It worked in Los Angeles and now there is a push in New York City to unionize car wash workers. Read more.

March 5, 2012 - At a carwash in an industrial patch of Astoria, Queens, Adan Nicolas, a Mexican immigrant, is preparing to open the newest front in New York City’s labor battles. Read more.

March 5, 2012 - A coalition of labor and community groups will launch a campaign Tuesday to improve conditions for workers at the city's 200 car washes, labor sources said. Read more.

March 5, 2012 - There is reportedly a campaign jumping off Tuesday to improve working conditions for New York City's 1,600 car wash workers by unionizing the work force. Read more.