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Day Laborers Sue Chicago

By Akito Yoshikane

On Dec. 5, two day laborers, in conjunction with the workers’ rights group Chicago Committee for the Right to Work, filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Chicago. They charged city police with systematically harassing and falsely arresting workers who gather on the city’s street corners in search of employment. “Day laborers have been suffering from police harassment for decades… return to article

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