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Pablo Alvarado: The Man Who Organized Day Laborers - Los Angeles - News - The Informer

Pablo Alvarado, 46, normally affable and soft-spoken, bristles when he's called the Cesar Chavez of day laborers. Despite his accomplishments as director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, he doesn't see himself as a hero. "I do this work because I love it," he says. His manner is relaxed but his ebony eyes, deeply set into

Pablo Alvarado: The Man Who Organized Day Laborers - Los Angeles - News - The Informer

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Teatro Jornalero Brings Immigrant Stories To Life With Theater - ABC News

Teatro Jornalero Sin Fronteras is a theater company in Los Angeles made up of day laborers and domestic workers. Its members perform plays that tell their stories as immigrants. None of them have previous acting experience. Albert Sabaté/ABC/Univision Luis Juarez and Maria Lourdes performing in... View Full Size Teatro Jornaleros recently

Jornaleros de LA satisfechos con reforma migratoria - laopinion.com

Bajo la sombra de un árbol en la esquina de Wilshire y Union de Los Ángeles, cuatro jornaleros esperan el milagro de cada día: encontrar trabajo. Marco Mejía, Wálter Castillo, Paulino Ramos y Mario Alonso saben que sin una reforma migratoria prevalecerá esa angustia que experimentan a diario por no tener