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City Council Makes Historic Investment Into Local Day Laborer Centers

Photo by Worker’s Justice ProjectCity Council will inject $500,000 into New York City’s day laborer job centers, announced Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, and Councilman Carlos Menchaca at Bay Parkway Community Job Center (8973 Bay Parkway) Monday. Speaking at the Bensonhurst employment center — which is one

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Leaders Honor Bay Parkway Community Job Center For 12 Years Of Helping Immigrants Realize American Dream

Photo by William AlatristeElected officials, community and labor leaders celebrated the 12th anniversary of the Bay Parkway Community Job Center on Friday, honoring it for its history of helping immigrant laborers attain the American dream through education, jobs, safety training and grassroots organizing. We’ve written about the job center

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Bay Parkway Community Job Center Labors On

Source: FacebookThe New York Times has an excellent article on the famous little shack located at the edge of the Ceasar’s Bay Bazaar (8973 Bay Parkway) parking lot, updating the progress made since our last report on the center. According to the Times, the center has raised the necessary

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Sandy Destroys Bensonhurst’s Day Laborers Center, Laborers Scramble To Rebuild

An emergency meeting. Photo courtesy of the Workers Justice Project/Proyecto Justicia LaboralFor more than 12 years, a center in Bensonhurst provided a myriad of services for day laborers and undocumented workers. The laborers depended on the center to keep them off the streets and help connect them to employers.