El Molino Informativo (Publication)

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SCA-0126

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection is comprised of issues 001 through 010 of El Molino Informativo, a publication that addresses the precarious conditions, low wages, and discrimination faced by immigrant delivery workers in New York City. The publication features articles by workers and community members without formal training as journalists to cover issues facing immigrant workers often overlooked by mainstream media. It is printed in Mexico.

Dates

2022 - 2024

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

Reproductions may be provided to users to support research and scholarship. However, collection use is subject to all copyright laws. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Historical note

El Molino Informativo was launched on October 12, 2021 by Heriberto Paredes with support from the Red de Pueblos Transnacionales, Consejo de Pueblos Originarios, and Casa de los Pueblos (South Bronx). Its founding was motivated by the March 13, 2021 murder of Francisco Villalva Vitinio, a Nahua delivery worker from Guerrero, Mexico. Villalva Vitinio was murdered while doing his job in East Harlem, New York.

Extent

10 Volumes (10 issues, 2 copies of each; housed in a single flat box.)

Language of Materials

Spanish; Castilian

Additional Description

Arrangement

Arranged in chronological order.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated to the Queens College Library by Heriberto Paredes in March, 2025.

Bibliography

Ruiz, A. (2021, October 29). El Molino Informativo: Un medio hecho para y por migrantes. Pie de Página. https://piedepagina.mx/el-molino-informativo-un-medio-hecho-para-y-por-migrantes/

Warerkar, T. (2021, April 2). Nyc food delivery worker’s death amplifies concerns for gig employees. Eater NY. https://ny.eater.com/2021/4/2/22364128/manhattan-delivery-worker-death-third-party-app-doordash