They were not what you’d call the usual day laborer gigs. No yard work. No installing doors. No laying down roof tiles on a hot summer day. There was the person who paid several workers to stand in ...

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (KSL) — Without legal authority to work in the United States, Luis’ options are limited. “I’ve looked for work, and usually they don’t hire you unless you have a work permit,” ...

LOS ANGELES -- The nation's largest federation of unions agreed Wednesday to work with a network of immigrant day laborers to improve wages and working conditions for those who solicit work from ...

Alexander, a 19-year-old day laborer, stands at his usual spot in the Mission District in the early morning, keeping an eye out for employers who drive by. Photo by Mariana Garcia. When a truck pulls ...

You know the type: The coworker who's always bragging about all the work they have to do, yet seems to spend the majority of their day socializing with coworkers or doing seemingly nothing at all.

Will skilled union workers starve to protect the wage scales which Labor has struggled 50 years to build? That question was put to a test in New York City last week when some 2,000 union bricklayers, ...