Promoting Dignity
and Self Sufficiency
in Our Community
Day Worker Committee and Volunteers tabling at the 2011 Guelaguetza Festival in Santa Cruz. May 2011
DWC in the News
- SCC Planners Give Blessing to Live Oak Day Worker Center- Santa Cruz Sentinel
- Video: SC Day Laborer House Green Lighted- KSBW News
- Day Laborer Center Proposed for Live Oak- Santa Cruz Sentinel
- Day Labor Center for Santa Cruz County is in Developmental Stages- Capitola.patch.com
- Sexta Asamblea Nacional de Jornaleros en LA- Univision
- Centro Para Jornaleros- KSMS News
Day Worker Committee reps at a worker’s solidarity rally. April 2011
Day Worker Center of Santa Cruz County
The Day Worker Center is the newest addition to the CAB family of programs. The CAB Board of Directors approved the Day Labor Worker Center as a formal CAB Program at the June 2011 Board Meeting. We hope to have the Center in operation early in 2012.
(Left) Day Workers investigating to find the best site for the Day Worker Center. March 2010. (Right) Day Worker Committee reps at a worker’s solidarity rally on the front steps of the County building in Santa Cruz. April 2011.
Purpose
The mission of the Day Worker Center is to assist day laborers in Santa Cruz County to secure safe employment, develop job skills, improve wages, and become more fully engaged members of our community. The Center facilitates the employment of day laborers in a safe hiring hall space and through an organized and dignified process. The program incorporates a high level of participation from a workers council to run the Center and is also supported by a social service component. The Center serves workers throughout the County.
Contact Information
Mireya Gomez-Contreras
Program Coordinator
406 Main St., Suite 207
Watsonville, CA 95076
831-763-2147 ext. 202