General Day Laborer Issues | El Centro News
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El Centro Humanitario works to promote the rights and well-being of day laborers in Denver in many different ways - and one of these ways is through education and advocacy in the community at large.Collected on this page are studies, white pages, and other materials from El Centro and other sources that can be used to better understand the role of day laborers in our economy, the role and rights of immigrants in the U.S., and other facts which have a daily impact on the workers of El Centro and the community we live in.
General Day Laborer News
2007 / 2006 / 2004
2007 Day Laborer
Nonprofit is helping farm laborer with medical, living assistance after stroke
By Ivette M. Yee, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
January 01, 2007
Day laborers Seen as a Local Issue
The Washington Times
By Keyonna Summers
January 02, 2007
Day Laborers, Silent and Despised, Find Their Voice
By Lawrence Downes
January 02, 2007
Day-labor agencies ready for surge of work
By Elizabeth Rhodes
Seattle Times business reporter
January 02, 2007
Hayward council votes to open day-worker center
Proposal to establish facility on South Tennyson road met with little opposition
January 02, 2007
Herndon Approves Day Labor Center
Immigration Called 'Out of Our Control'
By Lisa Rein
Washington Post Staff Writer
January 02, 2007
Prescription costs put day laborer in tight spot
By Betsy Biesenbach
Special to The Roanoke Times
January 02, 2007
Some Day Laborers Choose Streets Over Hiring Halls
By: William Finn Bennett - Staff Writer
January 02, 2007
Yonkers Police Ask Day Laborers To Move, Prompting Harassment Complaints
By Ernie Garcia
The Journal News
January 02, 2007Sweep nabs 12 suspected illegal workers
ICE arrests at area restaurants linked to national cleaning firm
By Fernando Quintero, Rocky Mountain News
February 23, 2007New ICE raid snares 193
12 Denver janitors among those arrested at corporate-run eateries
By Bruce Finley and Aldo Svaldi
Denver Post Staff Writers
Article Last Updated: February 23, 2007Churches out of step, Tancredo says
By M.E. Sprengelmeyer, Rocky Mountain News
February 22, 2006
Police surprised by huge turnout
By Annette Espinoza
Denver Post Staff Writer
March 25, 2006
Try "A Day Without a Latino"
By Cindy Rodríguez
Denver Post Staff Columnist
April 09, 2006'A Day Without Immigrants'
Monday , May 01, 2006
Day Without a Immigrant
Usually behind scenes, Latinos emerge in force statewide
By Nancy Lofholm, Denver Post Staff Writer
May 02, 2006
Day Laborers Build Path to More Secure Work Lives
by Shreema Mehta
June 20, 2006Economics of immigration could defy laws
Experts: Despite greater enforcement, illegal workers will continue to come
The Associated Press
updated, April. 2, 2006
AFL-CIO Aligns With Day-Laborer Advocates
By Karin Brulliard
Washington Post Staff Writer
August 10, 2006
Day Laborers Present Challenges For Unions
The rank and file might balk at organizing immigrants
By Peter Prengaman, The Associated Press
August 14, 2006Aurora plan bans day laborers
Councilwoman says proposal not meant to force illegals out
By Javier Erik Olvera, Rocky Mountain News
Monday, August 28, 2006Day-labor setup gets scrutiny
Aurora is considering restricting how employers recruit workers on city streets, calling the practice "a safety issue."
By Carlos Illescas
Denver Post Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: August 29, 2006
Day-labor gathering rules dropped
The Aurora proposal would have barred employers' vehicles from certain streets. It was a safety issue, said the councilwoman who withdrew it for lack of support.
By Carlos Illescas
Denver Post Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: November 02, 2006
Day Laborers' Rights
The New York Times | Editorial
November 24, 2006
Austin May Open 2nd Day Labor Site
Unknown
November 29, 2006
Day Without a Immigrant
A roar for respect
By Jennifer Brown
November 29, 2006
Day-labor Dispute Simmers
Yvonne Wingett, The Arizona Republic
December 01, 2006
Businesses say they will stop hiring off-duty police to patrol laborers
Sarah Muench
The Arizona Republic
December 03, 2006
Day Laborers Denounce Recent Immigration Raids
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December 21, 2006
Day-labor Law Costs Vista $3,000 so far
By Matthew Rodriguez
Union-Tribune Staff Writer
December 23, 2006
Illegal Immigrants Squatting in Shadow of Wealth
By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press
December 26, 2006
Day Laborers Catch Stabbing Suspect
Unknown
December 27, 2006
Immigrants Wary of Banks Put Faith in New Card
By Steven Greenhouse
December 30, 20062004 Day Laborer
Will Migrant Labor Center Help Jupiter?
By Jennifer Brannock, Staff Writer
October 17, 2004
Discontent over illegals in Arizona
The Christian Science Monitor
October 20, 2004
Dozens of Day Laborers Arrested in Police Sweep
Los Angeles Times
October 23, 2004
Group Holds Protest for Arrested Laborers
By Keith Walker
October 24, 2004
“Sweeps”supporters honor Mayor Mike Naggar
Babette Herrmann, Staff Writer
October 24, 2004
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By David Cho
Washington Post Staff Writer
October 27, 2004
Day Labor Centers Studied; Ideas Sought From Other Cities
The Daily News of Los Angeles
October 28, 2004
Town Council Stalls Again on Migrant Labor Center
Kit Bradshaw Staff Writer, Jupiter Courier (Jupiter, FL)
October 31, 2004
Shooting of Day Laborer Investigated
By Jeannette Rivera-Lyles AND Wanda J. DeMarzo
November 05, 2004
Day Labor for Living Wage
The San Francisco Chronicle
November 6, 2004
El Centro News
2007 / 2006 /2005 /2003Aurora Day Laborers Find Unwelcome Mat on Colfax
by: Kate Bernuth
Dec 04, 2007Aurora, laborers still at odds
City says it'll enforce code, might issue citations to job-hunters
By Elizabeth Aguilera Denver Post Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: June 06, 2007
Heroes or villains?
By PETER MARCUS - August 28, 2007
El Centro Humanitario News
Denver Daily News, Wednesday August 29, 20072006 Centro News
Immigration dispute flares at center
Sunday January 8, 2006
Denver Post'Invasion' target
Protesters say center for day labor fosters illegal immigration
Myung Oak Kim, Rocky Mountain News
Monday, January 16, 2006Groups to protest at immigrant day-laborer site
By Myung Oak Kim, Rocky Mountain News
January 7, 20062005 Centro News
Helping Immigrant Workers on Denver Streets
The Denver Post
May 22, 2005
Manual labor is tough. Not getting paid for it is tougher.
By Luke Turf
Westword
February 24, 2005
City works on day-laborer wage protection
The Denver Post
November 16, 2005
Wage-theft Law Clears Committee
The Denver Post
November 17, 2005
EDITORIAL Council should vote to protect wages
The Denver Post
November 25, 2005Zealotry patrols the border
The Denver Post
December 8, 2005Pay as You Go
March 3, 2005
2003 Centro News
Nun's English classes really about survival
The Denver Post
Stranded in the Land of Plenty
The Rocky Mountain NewsStranded in The Land of Plenty
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part4The Rocky Mountain News
2002 Centro News
2001 Centro News
2000 Centro News
Research
Subcontracted Workers: The Outsourcing of Rights and Responsibilities
Subcontracted Workers are Everywhere in Our EconomyON THE CORNER:
Day Labor in the United States
Marking the Queue: Latino Day Laborers in New
York’s Street Corner Labor Markets
Working on the Margins: Immigrant Day Labor
Characteristics and Prospects for EmploymentChallenging Explotation and Abuse:
A Study of the Day Labor in ClevelandEmployment Research - Fall 1999:
The Policy Implications of Nonstandard Work ArrangementsUnregulated Work In The Domestic Work Indusrty In New York City
Immigration
Worker Brochure - English (Publisher document)
Worker Brochure - Spanish (Publisher document)
