Piece workers and day laborers were paid $40 to $50 a week.

But city officials say they are more concerned with meeting the needs of day laborers and the local community.

And I was with children that morning, talking to day laborers.

For the day laborers themselves, the issue has been anything but welcome.

In 1900, he lived with his mother and worked as a day laborer.

In other places, they now work as agricultural day laborers.

First, they had hoped to have a law on the books by this month, because summer is the high season for day laborers.

The survey found that day laborers say they send, on average, $3,600 back to their families each year.

It would not have reduced the population of day laborers the least bit.

Many employ the day laborers, who wait on the street for work.