Judge Bans Arrests of Job-Seeking Laborers
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A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the city from arresting day laborers who solicit jobs on the street.
In issuing a temporary restraining order, U.S. District Judge Consuelo Marshall said the city policy could do “irreparable harm” to workers and questioned whether it was constitutional.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Dec. 10, 2004 For The Record
Los Angeles Times Friday December 10, 2004 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 44 words Type of Material: Correction
Day laborers organization -- A news brief in Tuesday’s California section about a judge temporarily blocking arrests of day laborers who solicit jobs on Redondo Beach streets misstated the name of the National Day Labor Organizing Network as the National Day Labor Organizing Group.
The judge set a hearing for Monday on whether to issue a preliminary injunction while a lawsuit proceeds through court.
The suit was filed in November by the National Day Labor Organizing Group. It alleges that the city’s 1987 ordinance prohibiting solicitation of jobs in public areas violates constitutional guarantees of free speech.
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