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They hire day laborers to pick the apples.
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Down below, day laborers are busy digging into chorizos, morcillas, and flank steaks grilled right at the construction site, and the scent signals that the weekend is near.
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Allie Lazar, Saveur, 11 Dec. 2024
Some also work as off-the-books day laborers in factories, farms, and other formal businesses that don’t extend full rights or protections to all of their employees.
—Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2020
The third group includes those without land, who work as day laborers on someone else's land.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2024
Regulations on employers loosened after 1980, allowing businesses to gradually offload risks onto subcontractors, day laborers, and other flexible workers.
—Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2020
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Allie Lazar, Saveur, 11 Dec. 2024
Some also work as off-the-books day laborers in factories, farms, and other formal businesses that don’t extend full rights or protections to all of their employees.
—Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2020
The third group includes those without land, who work as day laborers on someone else's land.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2024
Regulations on employers loosened after 1980, allowing businesses to gradually offload risks onto subcontractors, day laborers, and other flexible workers.
—Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2020
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“Day laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20laborer. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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