![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Anti-Displacement Project confronts construction contractor Cutler Associates at Mt. Holyoke College
The Anti-Displacement Project confronts construction contractor Cutler Associates at Mt. Holyoke College jobsite. Cutler was targeted for using Labor Ready temps, paid $6.75 and charged illegal check-cashing and equipment fees that reduced wages below the minimum wage, while full-time workers made $18-$20/hr. 10-29-2002
Keywords: anti-displacement project; springfield, massachusetts; cutler associates; mt. holyoke college; scab contractor; labor ready; temp labor; direct action; labor union; workers center; activism; protest
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| A-DP protest inside Holyoke LaborReady
Anti-Displacement Project invades Holyoke, Massachusetts temp-labor supplier LaborReady. LaborReady exploits vulnerable day laborers, takes money out of minimum wage checks for illegal check cashing fees and safety equipment and transportation charges, leaving workers making less than minimum wage for a variety of hard labor jobs. LaborReady threatened legal action against A-DP, forcing them to close a website full of worker testimony against LaborReady and evidence of exploitation and unsafe wo...
Keywords: www.slaverready.com, holyoke, massachusetts, labor ready, laborready, temp labor, temporary; protest, occupation, anti-displacement project, a-dp; labor, worker, union, workers rights, minimum wage, poverty, working poor people, day laborers, osha violations, toxic workplaces, modern day sweatshop labor, cutler, standard plating, labor ready clients
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