Hard times for construction day workers in Vancouver

By Jodie Martinson

The economic downturn is hurting workers on Vancouver’s cash corner, the intersection of 2nd Avenue and Ontario Street where workers spend hours waiting to get hired for day jobs.

Cash corner used to offer lots of jobs in construction, but that industry has been hit hard. The competition for what’s leftover is pitting born Canadians against undocumented immigrants.

Jodie Martinson has the story.

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Posted by Jodie Martinson on Apr 8 2009. Filed under Business. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry