Labor shortages in construction point out at Latino workers

Every morning, Maximo Pena stands on the curb across Saint Mary’s Church in Lakewood, New Jersey, where contractors pick up construction laborers. He came from Tamaulipas, Mexico in 2001 and became a construction carpenter and framer OTJ (on the job).

At $12 to $15 dollars, Pena knows he is behind his documented and unionized peers.  Read more here…