Laborers' Local 79
Laborers' Local 79 members at a rally against "body shops" in 2020.
‘Body Shops specialize in selling the labor of re-entry workers like me because they know how to take advantage of our unique vulnerabilities as Black workers who spent time behind bars.’
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