Day Laborers View ‘A Better Life’ with Director Chris Weitz – Univision
A pocos días de saber si Demián Bichir se llevará un Oscar por su papel en la cinta, estos jornaleros vieron la película con el director Chris Weitz.
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Union forges a new alliance with carwash workers, day laborers
Day laborers, taxi drivers and freelance workers are among the groups that have formed nontraditional alliances. Although they can’t legally bargain on behalf of workers, they can advocate for the same benefits that unions would. “We consider ourselves part of the labor movement without being unionized,” said Omar Angel Perez, executive director
DetailsJustices reject appeal over day laborer law
The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a Southern California city’s appeal seeking reinstatement of its ordinance that prevented day laborers from gathering on busy street corners and soliciting work from passing drivers. The Redondo Beach ordinance allowed police to arrest men who were seen motioning to passing motorists and allegedly causing t
DetailsUnions, NDLON Joined by Fight for Workers’ Rights and Immigrant Rights
“Immigration policy is work policy, ” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) conference in Los Angeles this morning. The AFL-CIO stands “shoulder to shoulder” with immigrant workers, Trumka said, to beat back the enforcement of anti-immigrant initiatives on the state and local level that are a thr
DetailsSatisface a jornaleros decisión de Suprema Corte
Como una victoria de los jornaleros fue calificada la decisión de la Suprema Corte de negar una petición de la ciudad de Redondo Beach de revisar una decisión que declaró anticonstitucional una ordenanza que prohibía solicitar trabajo en las calles. “La negación hoy de una revisión de la Corte Suprema es una victoria singular de la Primera Enmiend
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