Capacity-Building & Technical Assistance

Sur Legal Collaborative we offer a variety of technical assistance opportunities to our partner organizations, worker centers, and community-based organizations that work with attention to issues emerging at the intersection of immigration, labor, and the carceral state. Whether through legal research and provision of legal guidance, or direct "train-the-trainer" style sessions to build capacity and impart expertise to workers and organizers, Sur Legal seeks to strengthen a robust ecosystem of support for low-income, BIPOC, justice-impacted, and immigrant worker communities.

This work includes: Train-the-trainer sessions and workshops are provided to community-based organizations, values-aligned coalitions, movement partners, and more, that build the expertise of allies to support workers within their respective communities in filing effective labor complaints. Providing local and regional context on issues emerging at the intersection of labor and immigration within national labor and immigrant-justice spaces (ex: National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, or "National COSH"). Developing and disseminating tools, templates, resources, and guides to support movement partners, organizations, and leaders with the tools needed to: file effective labor complaints and support their membership bases.