January 31, 2008
Day Laborers Sue Chicago
By Akito Yoshikane
Chicago day laborers look for work outside of the Home Depot on 47th St. and Western Ave. in Chicago.
Share Digg del.icio.us Reddit Newsvine 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 in this city and it’s come to a point where we want to do something to end it,â€