Sunday, January 26, 2020 Long live the Day laborers! Long live the workers! Long live the José Fernando Pedraza Institute! The development of the National Day laborer Organizing Network, Radio Jornalera, and this Institute, are very close to my heart. I was part of the start of the Day Labor Center in Pomona in 1997. At that time the City Council passed a law that, if implemented, would have fined each day laborer $1,500 just for looking for work on the street. We responded with a march and fi
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Jose Zapata Calderon Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Chicano/a and Latino/a Studies 1050 North Mills Avenue Claremont, CA 91711-6101 (909) 952-1640 Jose_Calderon@pitzer.edu Website: www.josezcalderon.com