While Congress sits on its hands when it comes to workers' rights, nearly 100 cities and counties across the U.S. have taken bold action to pass new workplace protections. Leading the charge? Worker centers—community-based, non-union groups that stand up for low-wage workers. Despite their small memberships, lean staffs, and limited budgets, these groups are reshaping labor rights from the ground up. How do they pull it off? Professor Rosado spent a year embedded in one such center in Chicago, working as both a workplace organizer and participant observer. In this talk, he will reveal how the center overcame its resource gaps—and why its deep ties to people in both high and low places were the secret sauce to its impact.