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They have connections all over the country. you see a big map of the united states. sending workers to small towns across america. so each one of these pieces of white paper represents a different job? >> right. they put the area code. that means which state. kitchen helper. general helper. bus boy. they can call the employer to ask if the job is still available to decide whether theyre going to hire me or not. >> its so interesting all these 318, 606, 812, 724. i mean, wow. with few other optio...

Workers at Parsnip Lodge Coastal Gas Link site reach union contract SHARE ON: Coastal Gaslink Screenshot Camp workers at Parsnip Lodge, a Coastal GasLink site represented by UNITE HERE Local 40, have ratified a standard-setting union contract with Horizon North. Parsnip Lodge is also the first unionized camp on the Coastal Gaslink pipeline. The agreement includes wage increases of up to 47% over the next two years, 100% employer-paid health care benefits, and a travel stipend. Most employees w...

When i got here i just walked into one of these employment agencies, and they have a position. like a waiter or bus boy, cook, dishwasher, something like that. >> when you first came to america, is this the kind of work you expected? >> well, i decided to come here, i was thinking about some better job. maybe like 40-hour work week. can make some money for living. maybe i can have time to go to school. but i dont see any choice here. >> like other poor immigrants, he had to seek a menial job at ...

When i got here i just walked into one of these employment agencies, and they have a position. like a waiter or bus boy, cook, dishwasher, something like that. >> when you first came to america, is this the kind of work you expected? >> well, i decided to come here, i was thinking about some better job. maybe like 40-hour work week. can make some money for living. maybe i can have time to go to school. but i dont see any choice here. >> like other poor immigrants, he had to seek a menial job at ...

Something like that. >> when you first came to america, is this the kind of work you expected? >> well i decided to come here, i was thinking about some better job. maybe like 40 hour work week. make some money for living. maybe i can have time to go to school. but i dont see any choice here. >> like other poor immigrants he had to seek a menial job at one of these agencies. they have connections all over the country. >> seeing a big map of the united states. >> sending workers to small towns ac...

Kitchen helper. general helper. bus boy. the job is still available. to decide whether they will hire me or not. >> signing all these 318, 724, wow. with few other options and deeply in debt from the journey here vincent took a job on one of those post-it notes. >> the best i can find is a bus boy job. i had to work 12 hours a day. i got one day off. and i did earn some money but its not enough. >> its been 16 years since vincent first got here and today hes still trying to dig himself out. ever...