But tensions between laundry workers and their employers are becoming more visible as some of the city’s lavanderas have taken very public steps to fight for their rights, leading demonstrations and ...

The laundry workers' union has teamed with a larger labor organization, a move that one official called a step toward erasing the legacy of its indicted ex-leader Frank Ervolino.

NEW YORK — One afternoon last February, in front of dozens of riled-up protesters and two police officers, a small, visibly distraught woman confronted her employer at Sunshine Shirt Laundry Center, a ...