Pablo Alvarado came to the United States from El Salvador in the 1990s and worked for five years as an undocumented laborer. Today he works for the National Day Laborer Organization Network (NDLON) and helps to fight for the rights and dignity of day laborers.
HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 05.08.2012
In September 2008, Hurricanes Ike and Gustav ravaged cities along the Texas coast. Ambitious contractors and those just eager to help went looking for...
AP | JACQUES BILLEAUD | Posted 12.31.2011
PHOENIX — Groups opposing Arizona's immigration enforcement law have asked a federal judge to put a stop to a section of the statute that bans t...
AP | By AMY TAXIN | Posted 09.22.2011
LOS ANGELES -- Most days, they are construction workers and painters and maids. But twice a year, this group of day laborers morphs into actors in a ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 09.05.2011
Late last year, advocates for low-wage workers in Florida's Palm Beach County made what they thought was a modest request of their county commissioner...
Sarita Gupta | Posted 08.20.2011
In the fight for workers' right to organize in America, a 19-year-old migrant construction worker is on the front lines.
Pablo Alvarado | Posted 08.14.2011
The government should stop its immigrant witch hunt and start focusing on real solutions. What we need is verification of workplace safety and effective enforcement of wage and hour laws.
Afton Branche | Posted 05.25.2011
For day laborers, finding work too often means accepting less than minimum wage, forgoing safety equipment, or enduring abuse by crooked employers. A ...
Jordan Flaherty | Posted 05.25.2011
The organizations leading this fight offer a template of inspiring and strategic action for people around the US who want to join in resistance to these policies.
Bill Quigley | Posted 05.25.2011
As people protest the Arizona law that uses local law enforcement to target immigrants, the federal government is expanding its efforts to enact similar policies nationally with the Secure Communities program.
Paul Bowers | Posted 05.25.2011
Here's the idea: On March 7, my roommate and I will head outside in Columbia, S.C. For one week, we will leave behind almost everything except the clothes on our backs. Our purpose? To document the homeless experience in our city firsthand.
usatoday.com | Emily Bazar | Posted 05.25.2011
Growing ranks of U.S. citizens are heading to street corners and home improvement store parking lots to find day-labor work usually done by illegal im...
Aaron Hurst | Posted 05.17.2012