Thursday, March 18, 2010

Immigrants vulnerable as recession spurs more bosses to shortchange workers

Many lower skilled workers are being cheated by their bosses, but immigrants are most at risk. They don't know their rights, are afraid to complain and don't have many people fighting for them. - - Donna Poisl

By N.C. Aizenman, Washington Post Staff Writer

On a recent Saturday morning, a group of Latino men wearing paint-spattered jeans and grim expressions strode through Adams Morgan in search of the contractor who had cheated them. He'd hired them to remodel a wine shop in the Northwest neighborhood in November and December but paid a fraction of what he had promised before disappearing. Now they were hoping the owner of the shop could offer clues as to the contractor's whereabouts.
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