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Budget woes, recession challenge day-labor centers

The Associated Press//August 3, 2009//

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Budget woes, recession challenge day-labor centers

Budget woes, recession challenge day-labor centers

The Associated Press//August 3, 2009//

Until a day-labor center opened nearby, jobseekers in Keenan Strand’s north Phoenix neighborhood used to drink from people’s hoses, urinate on walls and duck behind bushes to escape triple-digit heat...

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