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Levantando Nuestras Voces/Lifting Our Voices: Leadership Development Manual Vol. 2 (Spanish) |
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 NDLON leadership development training curriculum, based on popular education principles, for social change (in Spanish).
Leadership development, as practiced in NDLON, is a collective teaching and learning process that allows one to learn while transforming their reality. Based on this philosophy, changing the social structures that perpetuate violence, abuse, exploitation and repression of day laborers requires the active participation of the day laborer. Download PDF (60.3 mb; password protected; contact
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Research Studies on Day Laborers |
Compiled by:
The University of Maryland Labor Law Clinic
(Kijune Kim and Eddie Taylor)
While day laborers have been a significant factor in the American economy for a long time, economists, politicians, and the academic community have largely ignored their impact. Recently however, a few reports and studies have been published about the plight of day laborers. The following synopses represent a comprehensive compilation of the most prominent research reports to date on day laborers. Download PDF |
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Drafting Day Labor Legislation: A Guide for Organizers and Advocates |
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While the majority of state and federal employment and labor laws apply to day laborers, the short term nature of the job and the multiple entities involved in the employment relationship call for legislative reforms addressing the specific needs of day laborers. This Guide provides policy advocates and day labor organizers with a step-by-step guide to drafting day labor legislation. Each step discusses important principles and the specific elements to advocate for in protective day labor legislation. The Guide provides organizers and advocates with model language to propose to policy makers for each of the elements. The appendix offers a chart surveying existing state laws protecting day laborers and regulating day labor agencies. Download PDF |
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A Checklist for Progressive Worker Centers and Hiring Halls |
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In April 2002 NAFFE’s Temporary and Day Labor Action Group met in Chicago. The meeting’s primary focus was worker center and hiring hall strategies. A number of allied organizations —each of which operates a worker center or hiring hall—also participated in the meeting. In total, about a third of the three dozen organizations attending the meeting currently operate some kind of worker center or hiring hall. A version of this report was presented at the meeting. Download PDF |
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The Components of a Day Labor Worker Center Model |
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A summary of the best practices for creating and operating a Day Laborer Center from the perspective of the Workers and their organizations. Click to download PDF | Versión en español |
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