Here is another nonprofit, supported by your tax dollars and giving jobs to illegals here in the US.
The
Institute of Popular Education of Southern California (IDEPSCA) is a
non-profit community-based educational organization incorporated in 1991. Your contribution will help educate and organize immigrant families: day laborers, household workers, adult learners, parents, youth and children to develop and promote self-sufficiency.
As a community organization that believes that it is only through our working together that we may achieve our goals IDEPSCA relies on donations from a wide base of individuals and institutions.
Currently, IDEPSCA
operates 6- Day Laborers sites: Hollywood, Downtown Fashion District, West Los Angeles, Harbor City, Cypress Park and Pasadena. Besides the centers IDEPSCA also organizes workers in two corners: Chesterfield Square in South Central Los Angeles and Canoga Park in the San Fernando Valley.
The Day Laborer Community Job Centers provide a humane way to look for work and offer a learning environment through literacy, English classes and information about health, labor and immigrant laws. These centers also function as a public safety alternative to soliciting employment on the street corners and suffering from severe exploitation and unsafe working conditions.
Due to supply and demand paradigm, the day laborers are forced to compete with each other promoting employers to take advantage and ending in paying day laborer from $6 to $10 per hour. However, $8.00 an hour is the norm due to the extreme pressure of trying to make ends meet. At IDEPSCA centers, the
workers have established their own minimum wage.
How we work
The Day Laborer Program provides honest, organized, and respectful workers to do the job that may be required from an employer. The employer may call ahead or request a worker in person. Each center follows a registration system to distribute the jobs, but the employer is free to choose a worker in particular. IDEPSCA centers
do not charge any fees to the employers or the workers.
Cypress Park Community Job Center
2055 North Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90065
Ph: (323) 223-2021
Fax: (323) 223-1430
Hollywood Community Job Center
5669 W. De Longpre Avenue
Hollywood, CA 90038
Ph: (323) 469-9002
Fax: (323) 469-9003
Pasadena Community Job Center
500 North Lake Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 91101
Ph: (626) 440-0112
Fax: (626) 440-0114
Harbor City Day Laborer Site
Figueroa Place and Pacific Coast Highway
Los Angeles, CA 90710
Ph: (310) 663-1103
Fax: (213) 252-2953
Downtown Community Job Center
1813 & 1815 S. Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Ph: (213) 747-2064
Fax: (213) 747-2066
West Los Angeles Community Job Center
11299 West Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Ph: (310) 231-1179
Fax: (310) 231-9242
Hours of Operation
The hours are 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through
Saturday. If you need a worker for Sunday you may call
ahead to make arrangements during our business hours.
Type of Skills/ Jobs:
Carpenters- Flooring, Framing and Furniture
Landscaping- Gardening and Bush Clearance, Pilling, Planting, Trimming, and Sprinklers
Plumber- Piping, Digging
Painting- Exterior and Interior
Moving- Loading and Unloading
Masonry- Demolition, Drywall, Plastering, Roofing, Tile, Cement
Janitorial- Clean ups
Car Related Mechanic, Car Wash, Waxing, Polish and Body Shop
Electricians
Handyman
House Cleaning
General Labor
Get Involved!
Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteering with the Day Laborer Program connects you with hundreds of workers from different cultural backgrounds. It provides an interactive way to understand and engage with the day laborer phenomenon through our Popular Education Methodology. We offer rewarding opportunities at the different Community Job Centers and in the organized corners. In all cases, training is provided to ensure that your volunteer experience is both enjoyable and fruitful.
Labor and Civil Rights
Workers cannot defend their rights if they ignore such rights. Our volunteers prepare workshops and materials to inform and educate workers about their labor and civil rights.
ESL Classes
A large number of workers are not English speakers. ESL classes are one of the most crucial needs at the centers. Our volunteers develop curriculums that are specifically designed to prepare workers for conversations and writing skills needed in the workplace.
Special Events
Our volunteers help us organize and host memorable special events, including:
Centers Anniversary Celebrations, Fundraisers, Cultural Celebrations, and Sports Events.
Special Projects
Bring new exciting projects to the Day Laborer Community Job Centers. Through the hard work and dedication of many volunteers we have been able to organize different special projects to promote the life and work of day laborers and household workers in Los Angeles and Pasadena such as: photographic exhibits, day laborer art exhibits, talent shows, theater, and film.
http://idepsca.org/daylabor