Calling all justice advocates and those who care about the rights of workers in our community. . . .
A leading developer in our community appears to have severely exploited workers, refusing to pay them for work they performed over the past several months, then firing the workers when they sought to advocate for themselves to receive their pay. A press conference will be held today, Wednesday, February 1st, at 3:00pm at the Community Church of Durham, 17 Main Street, in order to make the community aware of this situation and to call upon this employer to pay the workers their full and fair wages.
To find out more about this grave injustice in our community and to stand in solidarity with the exploited workers, please attend this community event, Wednesday 3:00pm.
UPDATE
from Durham Town Administrator
Second, it has come to my attention that there is planned a peace vigil today at 3PM at the Durham Community Church followed by a march from the church, down Main Street toward Jenkins Court, down Jenkin's Court, and into the Tedeschi/Store 24 Lot in the vicinity of the Capstone leasing office. The reason for this vigil is due to alleged social injustices associated with alleged illegal aliens allegedly working for either Capstone, Cottage Builders, or one/some of the numerous subcontractors involved with this large construction project. This issue has taken a substantial amount of time here over the last day and it may potentially draw state-wide or even regional/national attention. The American Friends Service Committee, as well as UNH students, community members, the Durham/Dover faith community, the NH Alliance for Immigrants and Refugees, and the Carpenters Union are all involved. It is estimated that peaceful protesters may come from as far away as Manchester and the crowd may range from 30 to 200 individuals.
News Coverage by Foster's Daily Democrat
Protest in Durham claims immigrant workers not being paid: Undocumented Guatemalans tell police they weren't paid for more than a month's labor
UNH student Emily Balch said she was disappointed students who would be renting these apartments, expected to be completed in time for the fall semester, would be "unknowingly signing leases where human rights were abused."
Another student and member of the UNH Peace and Justice League, Charlene Higgins, said students feel betrayed.
It just so happens I toured the subject property and created a little video.
And the aggregating function on Youtube informs there's this promo to entice students to sign up.