Post-Katrina
3/7/07 The Times-Picayune – Worker’s Fears Prove to be Prophetic: “He hated going under the houses”
Wage Theft Campaign
3/22/10 The Gambit – Stolen Paychecks
11/20/09 The Times-Picayune – Cops falter in Hispanic outreach: Hassles reported despite Riley pledge
8/28/09 NPR – New Orleans: A Day’s Work Doesn’t Mean A Day’s Pay
7/1/09 The Times-Picayune – Day Laborers Call for Action on Wage Theft
7/1/09 WDSU – Councilman Wants to Stop ‘Wage Theft’ From Workers
6/30/09 Fox 8 News – City Council Promises Help to Unpaid Day Laborers
6/30/09 The Times-Picayune – Laborers Pack N.O. City Council Chambers to Support Wage-Theft Legislation
6/30/09 WWLTV – Day Laborers, Huge Task in Region for Wage Theft, Ask Council for Help
5/1/09 The Times-Picayune – Workers Decry “Wage Theft” In Protest At City Hall
Basile Hunger Strike
8/7/09 The New York Times – Detention Reform
8/5/09 Latin American Herald Tribune – Detained Immigrants Continue Hunger Strike
8/5/09 Univision – Detenidos en Luisiana continúan huelga de hambre para denunciar condiciones
8/4/09 Media-Newswire – Groups Call on Napolitano To Fix Conditions At Louisiana Immigration Detention Facility
8/3/09 The Institute for Southern Studies – Immigrant Detainees Hunger Strike Over Conditions in La. Detention Facility
8/1/09 The New York Times – Detained and Abused
8/1/09 New America Media – Immigrant Detainees Stage Hunger Strike in Louisiana
7/31/09 The Associated Press – Immigration detention conditions poor, hunger strikers say
7/31/09 Feet In 2 Worlds – Immigrant Detainees on Hunger Strike After White House Rejects Change to Detention Standards