Posted on 21 October 2008. Tags: economic crisis, Fear, Immigration, Labor
We are going to see alot more of this in the next couple of years: More than 50 day laborers stood, bored, anxious and mostly silent, in the sun-blasted parking lot of a Home Depot here last week, tracking the ebb and flow of customers and hoping for work. The hours crawled by. Six, […]
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Posted on 08 May 2008. Tags: Employer Intimidation, Fear, George Miller, Immigration
It’s no secret that undocumented workers are some of the most vulnerable workers in society. Employers ruthlessly exploit them. I don’t think that most people can understand–deeply understand in your gut–the fear that undocumented workers have to live with every day. Well, here’s as close as you might get to understanding what it feels […]
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