NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development Launches Free Online Training Program May 18, 2021, 12:23 pm | in
NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Launches Free Online Training Program
5,000+ Classes Available for the Unemployed and Others
TRENTON –The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) has launched SkillUp New Jersey, a free virtual training program to help jobseekers anywhere in the state upgrade their skills and train for certifications.
The NJDOL partnered with Metrix Learning to develop the SkillUp New Jersey program, which offers individuals a no-cost opportunity to acquire new skills, enhance existing skills, or prepare for certification training through a web-based learning management system.
As Hindu group built world-class temple in N.J., a group of Indian workers alleges they were exploited
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They were allegedly recruited as cheap labor to help build a temple.
Members of the lowest-rung of India’s caste system, known as Dalits, were brought to New Jersey to help build a magnificent Hindu temple in Robbinsville, working behind the scenes to perform what they allege to be grueling and often dangerous work.
“What is ironic here is that those who are forbidden to enter into the Hindu Temples in India for the reason of impurity and pollution are brought into the U.S. with religious visa to build a temple,” said Ben Chinnappan, president and executive director of Dalit Solidarity, a U.S.-based organization advocating for Dalit rights.
Right-wing groups are incorrectly claiming that it was a US contractor, not BAPS, which exploited Dalit workers who were taken from India under false pretences.
FBI agents were at a large Hindu temple in New Jersey May 11 as a new lawsuit claimed it was built by workers from marginalized communities in India who were lured to the U.S. and forced to work long hours for just a few dollars per day.
The lawsuit accuses the leaders of the Hindu organization known as Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, or BAPS, of human trafficking and wage law violations.
An FBI spokesperson confirmed that agents were at the temple on âcourt-authorized law enforcement activity,â but wouldnât elaborate. One of the attorneys who filed the suit said some workers had been removed from the site May 11.
UPDATED: May 12, 2021 08:12 IST
The entrance to the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is seen in Robbinsville Township, N.J., May 11. (Photo:AP)
FBI agents were at a large Hindu temple in New Jersey on Tuesday as a new lawsuit claimed it was built by workers from marginalized communities in India who were lured to the US and forced to work long hours for just a few dollars per day.
The lawsuit accuses the leaders of the Hindu organization known as Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, or BAPS, of human trafficking and wage law violations.
An FBI spokesperson confirmed that agents were at the temple on “court-authorised law enforcement activity,” but wouldn’t elaborate. One of the attorneys who filed the suit said some workers had been removed from the site Tuesday.