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Day Laborers - "Jornaleros"
Desayuno de Esperanza y Enseñanza
(Breakfast of Hope and Learning)
On April 30, 2005, the Richmond Greens (Juan Reardon, Jesus del Toro), Casa Esperanza (Sandra Rodriguez) and Centro Legal (Carlos Mares) organized the Breakfast of Hope and Learning. The 7:30 a.m. event was held at a popular location for day laborers to gather in Richmond, in front of Home Depot. Pastries and hot chocolate were provided by Casa Esperanza (Richmond) and orange juice provided by the Greens. Some jornaleros spoke in appreciation and expressed their concerns for police raids which took place at the Vallejo Home-Depot in the last weeks, where jornaleros with some type of ID were fined $100 and jornaleros without ID were taken to jail.
Father Ramiro Flores gave a "benediction" and words of encouragement to the day laborers. Juan Reardon reiterated the agreement obtained with the Richmond Police to end harassment. Carlos Mares, representing also the National Net of Day laborers, spoke of organization, and of ways to fight for salaries not paid by employers.
Gayle McLaughlin addresses the day-laborers' gathering in Richmond. Carlos Mares from Centro Legal (to her right) distributes educational materials with the help of Father Ramiro Flores from St. Mark's church in Richmond.

Richmond Councilmember, Gayle McLaughlin, leads a moment of silence with Richmond day laborers in honor of the Martyrs of Chicago who fought for an 8 hour work day.

 

Jesus Del Toro reminded the "jornaleros" of the health clinics available to them.

 

Gayle McLaughlin receives a round of applause from the day laborers after congratulating them for May Day and for Cinco de Mayo. She expressed her support for the jornaleros hard work and aspirations, and opened her office's door for city related items.

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