Houston's Day Laborers Face Stolen Wages, Unsafe Conditions When Disaster Strikes
Houston’s day laborers are going unpaid and facing dangerous conditions as they help the city recover from last month’s winter storm.
That’s according to reports received by the Fe y Justicia Worker Center, a local group that advocates for day laborers in Houston. And the group is expecting to see more claims in the coming weeks.
It’s part of a pattern of worker exploitation and unsafe conditions that Houston’s second responders face year-round, according to the group’s legal manager Jessica Diaz.
Over the past year, the Fe y Justicia Worker Center has received 380 worker safety and health complaints and reports of more than $312,000 in unpaid wages from around 200 workers, Diaz said.
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