Immanuel Ness

Who is Immanuel Ness?

Immanuel Ness is a professor of political science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. He was born on 17 June 1958 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He is a labour activist who founded the New York Unemployed Committee, Lower East Side Community-Labor Coalition and labor organiser for several unions. He is author and editor of numerous articles and academic and popular books on labour, worker insurgencies, community public and social health, and trade unions. Notably, he worked with Mexican workers, unions, and community organizations in New York City to establish a Code of Conduct for migrant laborers in 2001 who were paid below minimum wage.