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DESCRIPTION:STUDY RELEASED CHRONICLING ABUSES COMMITTED AGAINST BALTIMORE DAY   
 LABORERS  -      Bad Employers Exposed –   The "Grinches who Stole a Day 
 Laborer's Christmas" to be named this   Wednesday    What:            Press 
 conference releasing two-year study outlining   abuses committed against 
 African-American and Latino Day Laborers  When:       December 22, 2004, at 
 11:00 am  Where:      CASA of Maryland - Baltimore, 6 N. Broadway, 
 Baltimore,   Maryland    This Wednesday CASA of Maryland and the Homeless 
 Person's   Representation Project will jointly release Baltimore's Day 
 Laborer   Report: Their Stolen Sweat, a chronicle of abuses commonly 
 committed   by regional employers against primarily African-American and 
 Latino   Day Laborers in the City of Baltimore.    "I have seen three 
 people die since I started doing construction   work," reports one worker 
 interviewed in the study.  "I have never   had a job [in Baltimore] where 
 the safety equipment was adequate,"   reports another.  The report 
 testimony exemplifies national   statistics that construction, the most 
 common industry in which day   laborers operate, posts the second highest 
 incidence of nonfatal   occupational injustices and illnesses, at 7.1 per 
 100 workers.   According to the National Academy of Sciences, foreign-born 
 Latino   men are nearly 2.5 times more likely to be killed on the job than  
  the average U.S. born worker.  "Day laborers form the backbone of 
 Baltimore's economy; they perform   the hardest work, under the worst 
 conditions, for the poorest pay,"   reported Todd Cherkis, a worker 
 organizer with the Homeless Persons   Representation Project.  The day 
 laborer economy is a regional economy; employers oftentimes   drive into 
 Baltimore from the surrounding counties, employ workers   off the street, 
 and then abandon them far from the city at the end   of the day without 
 pay.  In response, workers began to organize.    Two years ago, the United 
 Workers Association was organized by temp   agency workers and most 
 recently, the UWA has focused on the use of   day laborer crews to clean up 
 Camden Yards at the end of home   games.  Similarly, the Baltimore Workers 
 Association brings together   Latino workers who are hired on a daily basis 
 on the street on   Baltimore's Eastside.  The BWA has targeted  The press 
 conference will present the results of the study,   testimonials from 
 workers, and recommendations for reform.  In   addition, the five "Grinches 
 who Stole a Day Laborer's Christmas",   employers who have engaged in 
 egregious or repeated labor law   violations, will be identified.        
 For more information, contact Kim Propeack at 301-379-7461   or Todd 
 Cherkis at 410-685-6589, ext. 19.  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/12/21/54203.php
SUMMARY:Day Laborers Report Release
LOCATION:CASA of Maryland - Baltimore, 6 N. Broadway, Baltimore,   Maryland  
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/12/21/54203.php
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