Organizations Filed Purposes:
LELO strives to empower low-income workers of color, recent immigrants and women workers to assert their rights, improve their working conditions and gain a voice in their workplaces, trade unions and communities, in the U.S. and across the globe.
City of Seattle Priority Hire and Pre-filing. LELO priority Hire Program helps individuals interested in working in construction to regain their driver licenses so they can do apprenticeship and ultimately work on City of Seattle public works projects. We advocate on behalf of our clients with Washington State and other courts to reinstate their suspended or revoked licenses. Our success rate was over 50% in some areas we exceeded contract goals. With over 150 participants we provided recovery plans for all participants and help more than 50 clients recovered their driver licenses. We provided more than $3,500.00 in financial assistance to pay help clients with Washington Department of Licensing and related fees.
King County Relicensing Program. LELO's DWLS3D Relicensing Program assisted low income drivers to recover their driver License. This program accepts any low income person who has an unpaid ticket in King County District Courts. The DWLS3D Program goals are to help clients to navigate the court system, educate individuals on the rights and help clients to advocate for themselves. In 2019 DWLS3D had 276 clients and more than 100 regained their driver license. We provide more than $3,000.00 in financial assistance to pay help with Washington Department of Licensing and related fees.
LELO strives to empower low-income workers of color, recent immigrants and women workers to assert their rights, improve their working conditions and gain a voice in their workplaces, trade unions and communities in the U.S. and across the globe. As an organization led by ordinary workers, we develop the leadership of those most marginalized in our society: people of color, working class women, recent immigrants and LGBTQ (lesbian/ gay/bisexual/ transgender/ queer) workers. Our social change strategy is local organizing, with emphasis on political education and solidarity networks with workers across all borders. LELO supports the efforts of Firs Mobil Home Owners Association to stay in their homes. The Tyree Scott Program provided 40 hours of Broadcast content in weekly 10 minute segments for Community Radio KDNA's news program and radio interviews for KXPA on the latest news on immigration, human rights and our economy.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Ricardo Ortega | Executive Director | 40 | $42,411 |
| Mary Keefe | Secretary and Treasurer | 4 | $0 |
| Garry Owens | Vice Chair | 4 | $0 |
| Cindy Domingo | Chair | 3 | $0 |
| Dante Garcia | Board Member | 3 | $0 |
| Romy Garcia | Board Member | 3 | $0 |
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