News Articles

• "Day Laborers Sue City Over Arrests" Tribune, December, 2007
• "The Losing End of Compromise" Toward Freedom, June, 2007
• "Housing Slump" Tribune, June, 2007
• "Construction Downturn" Tribune, May, 2007
• "Corruption Leads to Guest Worker Debt" NPR, May, 2007
• "Another March, Another Year" Sun-Times, May, 2007
• "150,000 March on Chicago" Sun-Times, May, 2007
• "Thousands Hit the Streets" Sun-Times, May, 2007
• "Deportations Strand Young Citizens" Tribune, April, 2007
• "ID Sweep Triggers Protest" Tribune, April, 2007
• "Fake ID Raid a Scare Tactic" Tribune, April, 2007
• "Criminalizing a Community" Tribune, April, 2007

• "Throwaway Workers" Tribune, Sept. 2006
• "Day Laborers In Cicero" Tribune, Sept. 2006
• "Day Labor Groups Mobilize" Medill, August. 2006
• "Alianza Historica" La Opinion, August. 2006
• "AFL Aligns with Day Laborers" Washington Post, Aug. 2006
• "Safety Concern: Immigrant Workers are at High Risk" Builder Online, July, 2006
• "Aprehended Along Border" USA Today, June. 2006
  
• "Let the Door Remain Open" F News, May. 2006
  
• Latino Union Director Debates Minuteman WGN News, May. 2006
  
• Demonstrators March CBS 2, May. 2006
  
• 400,000 March Chicago Sun-Times, May. 2006
  
• Massive March Chicago Sun-Times, May. 2006
  
• Protest Preparations CBS 2, April. 2006
  
• Coming to a Big Stop USA Today, April. 2006
  
• "Street Corner Immigration Reform" New York Times, Feb. 2006
  
• "Compromise Sought" Cicero Life, Feb. 2006
  
• "Home Depot Hires a Mediator" Tribune, Feb. 2006
  
• "Podría resolverse situación...en Cícero" Hoy, Jan. 2006
  
• "One Day Laborer Tells His Tale" NPR, Jan. 2006
  
• "'La peor' región para jornaleros" Hoy, Jan. 2006
  
• "Day Labor Myths Don't Work" Tribune, Jan. 2006
  
• "Home Depot Reaches Out..." Cicero Life, Jan. 2006
  
• "Jornaleros enfrentan a Minutemen" La Raza, Jan. 2006
  
• "Protest in front of Home Depot" El Día, Jan. 2006
  
• "Desechan cargos contra jornaleros" Hoy, Jan. 2006
  
• "Protest Peaceful, But No Solution Gained" Cicero Life, Jan. 2006
  
• "Protesters Converge on Home Depot" Chicago Tribune, Jan. 2006
  
• "Laborers on Home Depot Lot Arrested" Chicago Tribune, Jan. 2006
  
• "Arrestan a Más Jornaleros" El Día, Jan. 2006
  
• "Arrestan a Más Jornaleros en Cicero" Hoy, Jan. 2006
  
• "Protesters Converge on Home Depot" Chicago Tribune, Jan. 2006
  
• "Laborers on Home Depot Lot Arrested" Chicago Tribune, Jan. 2006
  
• "Arrestan a Más Jornaleros" El Día, Jan. 2006
  
• "Arrestan a Más Jornaleros en Cicero" Hoy, Jan. 2006

• "La Esquina Organizada Cumple un Año" La Raza, Dec. 2005
  
• "Turf Battles" Chicago Reporter, Dec. 2005
  
• "Day Laborer Battle Outside Home Depot" New York Times, Oct. 2005
  
• "Continúa polémica en torno a jornaleros" El Imparcial, Sept. 2005
  
• "New Law Protects Day Laborers" Chicago Tribune, Aug. 2005
  
• "Day Workers Demonstrate Against Arrests" Medill News, July, 2005.
  
• "Waiting for Support" Chicago Report, Mar. 2005
  
• “A Home of their Own” Extra News, Dec. 16, 2004
  
• "Jornaleros inauguran Centro Laboral" La Raza Story, Dec. 2004
  
• Day laborers deserve work, place to gather Eric Zorn,(scroll down the page to view article)
  
• In These Times: Work Space, Day laborers fight for a corner of their own
  
• Mother Jones: Making it work: in Chicago, as across America, Mexican day laborers struggle to navigate an underground economy