Protest for day laborers in Queens

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NEW YORK--A spirited crowd of at least 30 showed up on a snowy morning January 10 for a rally called by the newly formed Jornaleros Unidos de Woodside (United Day Laborers of Woodside) to protest ongoing police harassment of mainly immigrant construction workers who wait for work on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens.

This protest was the most visible demonstration of support for immigrant workers so far since police arrested several a few weeks ago for the "crime" of standing in the street. All of the workers were later released, certainly due in part to media attention to the incident. But the arrests clearly served as an act of intimidation to day laborers and all immigrant residents of a diverse, mainly immigrant neighborhood.
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http://socialistworker.org/2009/01/15/protest-for-day-laborers