Pay Abuses Common for Day Laborers, Study Finds

The Washington Post;  June 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ...More than half of day laborers in the Washington area have been...based on the experiences of 476 day laborers in the District, Northern Virginia...American man who earns $991 a month. Day laborers have proliferated in the Washington...

Problem Building; Day laborers crowd Seaside parking lot while city looks...

Monterey County Weekly;  February 2, 2006 ;     525 words ...They've been there for years. Day laborers, standing at the corner of Fremont...something is different now. The day laborers' numbers are starting to swell, fast. In recent years, only about 20 day laborers would stand there on any given...

AFL-CIO will assist day laborers group

Daily Breeze;  August 10, 2006 ;     398 words ......to work with a network of immigrant day laborers to improve wages and working conditions...formally adopted in Chicago, is a sign of day laborers' growing role in the U.S. economy. Experts...agreement does not clear the way for day laborers to become union members, but both sides...

Day Laborers Feel Spurned by Economic Development Chicago Neighborhood.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  January 19, 2003 ;     700+ words ......near 18th and Loomis Streets. There, day laborers gathered at 5 a.m. to flag down contractors...difficult to coexist. Many merchants say day laborers drive away business and have become...Latino Union, an advocacy group for day laborers. These workers have been ignored for...

Day laborers, friend or foe: a survey of community responses.

Fordham Urban Law Journal;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......labor force into their communities. (5) Day laborers are typically at-will employees that...Although these communities rely on day laborers as a source of cheap labor, they also...communities respond with overt hostility to day laborers. (9) Other communities implement solutions...

Homeowners Top Employers of Day Laborers

AP Online;  April 29, 2006 ;     700+ words ......BURBANK, Calif. A security guard keeps day laborers from congregating in the parking lot...where the store's management has asked day laborers seeking work, not to congregate on the...nation. It was first time James hired day laborers, but it won't be his last. "Absolutely...

Study finds day laborers abused

Pasadena Star-News;  January 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ......are common conditions for the 117,600 day laborers in the United States, according to a...study. More than three-quarters of these day laborers are illegal immigrants, the majority...communities to establish job centers, where day laborers can get off the harsh streets and into...

For Day Laborers, Decent Pay but Big Risks; In County Survey, Most Cite...

The Washington Post;  September 23, 2004 ;     604 words ......County's first comprehensive survey of day laborers has found that many earn more than the...employment centers for immigrants. About 200 day laborers were interviewed a year ago for the...provide valuable demographic data on day laborers that would help policymakers make decisions...

AFL-CIO agrees to work with immigrant day laborers network

Chicago Defender;  August 10, 2006 ;     281 words ......to work with a network of immigrant day laborers to improve wages and working conditions...formally adopted in Chicago, is a sign of day laborers' growing role in the U.S. economy. Experts...agreement does not clear the way for day laborers to become union members, but both sides...

Day laborers, organized labor join forces

Oakland Tribune;  September 18, 2006 ;     568 words ......heat of summer and the chill of winter, day laborers gather by the tens of thousands in parking...vibrant movements for workplace rights. Day laborers perform some of the most back-breaking...Illinois at Chicago, nearly half of day laborers surveyed said employers had cheated...

Worker Protection: Labor's Efforts to Enforce Protections for Day Laborers...

General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  October 1, 2002 ;     408 words ...GAO-02-925 September 26, 2002 Day laborers is a term that generally refers to individuals...daily or short-term basis. To find work, day laborers often congregate on street corners and...a daily basis with client employers. Day laborers have an informal relationship with the...

Homeowners No. 1 Employers of Day Laborers

AP Online;  April 29, 2006 ;     700+ words ......04-29-2006 Dateline: BURBANK, Calif. Day laborers wait for work near a Home Depot store...where the store's management has asked day laborers seeking work, not to congregate on the...buddies he rented a truck and hired day laborers outside the local Home Depot. The two...

Day laborers gather at traffic island to learn English.

Stamford Advocate (Stamford, CT);  October 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......afternoon, Susan Benthall said to about 30 day laborers gathered around four picnic tables on...at 1 p.m. unless it rains. About 30 day laborers attend each class, and they are treated...native of Colombia who has worked with day laborers for two years. So when she mentioned...

Day Laborers Sue Chicago

In These Times;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...ON DEC. 5, two day laborers, in conjunction with the workers...corners in search of employment. "Day laborers have been suffering from police...lawsuit. In the first lawsuit filed by day laborers against the city, the two workers...

DAY LABORERS PROTEST CITY ORDINANCE.(News)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  July 28, 2001 ;     494 words ......Staff Writer AGOURA HILLS - Dozens of day laborers and their supporters rallied at a street...each day for a chance to work. About 40 day laborers, or ``jornaleros,'' as they are known...to enact an ordinance that prohibits day laborers from soliciting work on the streets...