The Day Worker Center of Mountain View, which has been housed for the past 5 years at the Calvary Church at California Street and Escuela Avenue, is losing its facility on July 31st, 2007. The Center, which is a financially stable, non-profit corporation, has been unsuccessfully searching for a new home in its area for over a year; however, real estate is very costly on the Peninsula. At a press conference on May 18th, the Day Worker Center was to announce that unless a new facility can be found, most of the 90+ workers whom it serves will be joining nearly the same number of workers who already solicit work on the street along El Camino Real.

The Center connects employers and day laborers with jobs in a safe and business-like atmosphere, and also hosts programs such as English language classes, provides a community meeting space, and fosters the development of mutual respect within the community. Without the services that the Center provides, female workers would lose their only organized way to connect with employers, as they do not tend to solicit jobs on the street. The Center receives weekly visits from the Gardner Mobile Medical Clinic, which provides no-charge health services to about 85 workers each month. These workers would be forced to contribute to overcrowding in local hospital emergency rooms.

Press Release from the Day Worker Center | Announcement via the Raging Grannies | Older Day Worker Center website | National Day Laborer Organizing Network