In Inland Empire, ‘Temp’ Workers Demand Living Wage
Rose Arrieta reports in Working in These Times: "When companies hire workers through a third party, they can skirt responsibilities that were once a staple for many U.S. workers: healthcare, paid sick days and vacation pay, and the assurance that workers wouldn't be fired on a whim."
Harold Meyerson reports in the Los Angeles Times: "Even by L.A.'s standards of blue-collar invisibility, many warehouse workers in the Inland Empire labor in profound obscurity -- off in a corner of greater Los Angeles, in unmarked mega-sweatshops, working long hours for temp wages with none of the rights of full-time employees."
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Warehouse Workers Shutdown the Inland Empire Warehouse District!
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