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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-07-07 12:16 AM
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Immigrant workers stage a protest at UC Santa Barbara
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Reported by: Leana Orsua
SANTA BARBARA

... The workers say they are being denied their wages. Some say they haven't received paychecks for seven weeks.

UCSB students joined the labor protest outside the facilities management building.

The workers claim the company owes more than 85,000 dollars in wages.

"They're putting their hopes on the administration right now by putting this pressure with the help of the students on the university to get the money that's owed to them," said Ben Castillo, a union representative ...

http://www.ksby.com/Global/story.asp?S=7463481
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