On Dec. 5, two day laborers, in conjunction with the workers' rights group Chicago Committee for the Right to Work, filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Chicago. They charged city police with systematically harassing and falsely arresting workers who gather on the city's street [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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