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They hire day laborers to pick the apples.
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The fear is on display outside a convenience store where day laborers sprint into a nearby field when a stranger approaches.
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Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Centro Legal, which also provides legal defense for tenants facing eviction, know-your-rights workshops for largely Spanish speaking day laborers and youth education clinics for high school students, recently lost out on a new $1 million city contract.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
Workers will also be less likely to speak up about poor working conditions or wage theft for fear of being reported to immigration authorities, said Mayra Juárez-Denis, executive director of El Centro De Los Trabajadores, a Denver organization that works with day laborers.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2025
In the aftermath, day laborers were quick to help clean up Pasadena’s streets while volunteers flocked to evacuation sites, offering an extra pair of hands.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Centro Legal, which also provides legal defense for tenants facing eviction, know-your-rights workshops for largely Spanish speaking day laborers and youth education clinics for high school students, recently lost out on a new $1 million city contract.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
Workers will also be less likely to speak up about poor working conditions or wage theft for fear of being reported to immigration authorities, said Mayra Juárez-Denis, executive director of El Centro De Los Trabajadores, a Denver organization that works with day laborers.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2025
In the aftermath, day laborers were quick to help clean up Pasadena’s streets while volunteers flocked to evacuation sites, offering an extra pair of hands.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Day laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20laborer. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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