| Solutions to Day Labor Grounded in Good Research
Established in 1997, the Day Labor Research Institute consults with cities and counties, law enforcement, business, community, and day laborers themselves to find solutions that fit each community, and conducts academic research into topics related to day laborers. The Day Labor Research Institute has had twelve years of experience in research and practical application with day labor in multiple cities across the U.S., giving us unique and expert knowledge. We are police officers experienced in day labor and community policing solutions, researchers and organizers with years working with day laborers, including undocumented day laborers, and lawyers with expertise in day labor law and day laborer rights.
We have organized and developed day labor programs with high levels of cooperation from day laborers in various states and communities, including Glendale, El Monte, and Concord, California, Chicago, and Austin, Texas. The Glendale facility was awarded the 1997 Herman Goldstein Award for Successful Problem Oriented Policing Projects and a HUD best project award. A number of organizations and retail stores that had issues with day laborers have also consulted with the Day Laborer Research Institute.
The Day Labor Research Institute is available for consultation with county and city governments, law enforcement agencies, communities, and businesses with questions or problems regarding day laborers. If you have questions, or would like to know more about the services of the Day Labor Research Institute, please email us at askus@daylaborinfo.org. RESEARCH BASED SOLUTIONS
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Definition of
“Day Laborer”
Because day laborers know who they are, we depend on day laborers themselves to give us the definition of the words “day laborer.” “Day laborer” is defined as a worker who stands on a street corner, parking lot, curb, sidewalk, park etc. to wait for temporary, short term, long term, or fulltime work. Unemployed workers seeking work by other means are not day laborers (although they may work at temporary jobs through agencies or personal contacts), nor are homeless who stand in the same area as day laborers (but are not seeking work). DayLaborInfo.Org
Daylaborinfo.org is the official website of the Day Labor Research Institute. This website provides a forum for our most current research, and related news items. It also serves as an information source for business, government, law enforcement, nonprofit organizations, day laborers and others concerned with finding long-term solutions to all the various issues pertaining to day labor.
In the spirit of the Internet, daylaborinfo.org makes this information available free of charge to all interested parties. However, all original content, including research, recommended models, news reports, photographs, charts and graphs, and other artwork are copyrighted, and may not be copied, reproduced, displayed, cited or quoted without the express permission of the Day Labor Research Institute. Any reference to Day Labor Institute research, or recommended solutions or models based on that research, or other online information must accurately cite the source.
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