Jennifer Gordon was quoted in the New York Times for an article about Saru Jayaraman, a leader in the food labor movement.
The daughter of Indian immigrants, Ms. Jayaraman grew up east of Los Angeles. She was accepted to Harvard at 16, but her parents insisted she attend U.C.L.A. to stay closer to home. At Yale Law School, she studied with Jennifer Gordon, who won a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, or “genius grant,” for her efforts to organize mistreated immigrant workers. It was while employed at the organization Ms. Gordon founded, the Workplace Project, that Ms. Jayaraman received the call from the Windows employees.
“I marvel at her energy and creativity,” Ms. Gordon said. “She’s really an extraordinary leader in the movement for fair food and workers rights.”
