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JustNews: Cincinnati Peace & Justice Calendar & Events is a project of CIWC
All non-partisan organizations who advocate peace and justice issues are welcome to participate. To receive a Weekly Digest of upcoming events, subscribe here
The Columbus Dispatch: Employers accused of not paying Latinos by Mark Ferenchik, Monday, October 15, 2007
CIWC brochure: outside pdf / inside pdf
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We Are Their Slaves by Gregory Flannery, June 2008
Non-profit Day Labor Hall Coming to Cincinnati by Lynn Ausman, August 2008
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City Council Gets It Mostly Right & The Enquirer Reports It Mostly Wrong, Weds. May 21, 2008, a Guest article by Curt Braman
Day Laborer for a Day, Thursday, December 08, 2005 a Guest article by John Lavelle
Press Release: Labor Lawsuit Filed Against Labor Works, Schwan’s
Press Release: Wednesday, May 14, 2008: A Rally in Support of A Living Wage for Rumpke Workers
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Sending a Big, Compassionate Welcome, August 11, 2007
Exploitation or Opportunity? Lawsuit claims day laborers shortchanged, May 25, 2007 by Margo Pierce
Job for a Day, Temporary labor is a hard way to make a living by Stephanie Dunlap, July 6, 2006
Jobs Are Not Created Equal: Fighting for the rights you think you have, by Margo Pierce April 30, 2008
All in a Day's Work: An insider's view of how day laborers are treated, by Margo Pierce, June 6, 2006
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National Employment Law Project (NELP): Comprehensive resource for issues concerning immigration, the working poor and the unemployed.
UC Berkeley Labor Center: Workers' Rights Resources:
Extensive web links and bibliography
Labor Center Black Workers Project
Can My Boss Do That - IWJ
Job Quality and Black Workers: An Examination of the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, August 2007, by Steven C. Pitts
Organize...to Improve the Quality of Jobs in the Black Community, May 2004, by Steven C. Pitts
Understanding Low-Wage Work in the United States by Heather Boushey, Shawn Fremstad, Rachel Gragg, Margy Waller: Center for Economic & Policy Research,
March 2007
Geographies of Hope and Despair: Atlanta's African American, Latino, and White Day Laborers by
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The folowing are available through the National Employment Law Projects (NELP) website:
Day Labor in New York: Findings from the New York Day Labor Survey (2003).
Conditions and Legal Consciousness of Homeless Day Laborers in Tucson, Arizona, (2003).
Day Labor, Low-wage Work and Immigrant Employment Opportunities in Chicago (2001).
A Fair Day's Pay? Homeless Day Laborers in Chicago (2000).
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Organizing Communities at the Edge of the Dream by Janice Fine; Book / Briefing Paper
On the Corner: Day Labor in the United States by Abel Valenzuela Jr., Nik Theodore, Edwin Meléndez, and Ana Luz Gonzalez
Legal resources for Worker Centers & Day Laborers
National Day Labor Organizing Network (NDLON): A network dedicated to shattering myths about Day Laborers and achieving just treatment for them. |
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