Monday 17 May 2010

Some S. Fla. day laborers say economy is improving

Some South Florida day laborers say the economy may be improving because more people are willing to hire them.

 

Cesar Jimenez, 35, a Mexican migrant worker from Guanajuato, Mexico, 
leans against the wall of a convenience store in Homestead while he and 
other day laborers wait for prospective employers.
Cesar Jimenez, 35, a Mexican migrant worker from Guanajuato, Mexico, leans against the wall of a convenience store in Homestead while he and other day laborers wait for prospective employers.
ROBERTO KOLTUN / EL NUEVO HERALD STAFF

achardy@ElNuevoHerald.com

Just when day laborer César Jiménez thought he would be returning home empty-handed, he got lucky.
A red van drove up and picked up Jiménez, a Mexican migrant worker and a fellow day laborer for a day's work filling buckets with tomatoes at a nearby Homestead farm.
That Jiménez got work at all is perhaps symbolic of the optimism felt by some that the economy is slowly coming back, at least for day labor.
Recent surveys show that remittances to families in Latin America are stabilizing after severe declines last year and orders of construction materials are increasing

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/15/1631842/some-s-fla-day-laborers-say-economy.html#ixzz0o8O5JouQ

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