Results tagged “day laborer” from Bay Voices

By Roberto Daza San Francisco’s undocumented workforce waits patiently for a day’s work, crowding the early-morning sidewalks in San Francisco’s Mission District, from the dingy and unkempt landscapes of the 25th Street exit and nearby Rolph Park to the noticeably...
Advocates and lawyers alert day laborers like Carlos Ramirez, who lost the tip of his pinky to a butcher knife, about workers compensation and other legal rights. Lexi Bondar reports from San Diego and San Francisco.

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