This study explores labor conditions in the construction industry across six key Southern cities in the U.S. and finds that far too often construction workers across the South face working conditions that should not exist in the twentyfirst century in the richest country in the world. The study documents the alarming prevalence of jobs with wages too low to feed a family. It captures the impact of disabling work injuries on workers and their families that are made even more devastating when the employer does not carry workers' compensation insurance, or misclassifies a wage worker as an independent contractor ineligible for compensation payments.
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- Partnership for Working Families
- Workers Defense Project, Inc.
- Urban Planning and Policy, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago
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- North America / United States (Southern) / Florida / Miami/Dade County / Miami
- North America / United States (Southern) / Georgia / Fulton County / Atlanta
- North America / United States (Southern) / North Carolina / Mecklenburg County / Charlotte
- North America / United States (Southwestern) / Texas / Dallas County / Dallas
- North America / United States (Southwestern) / Texas / Harris County / Houston
- North America / United States (Southern) / Tennessee / Davidson County / Nashville