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In Chicago, the anarchist movement of several thousand, mostly immigrant, workers centered about the German-language newspaper Arbeiter-Zeitung ("Workers' Times"), edited by August Spies.

The workers' center says that a simple public statement of that policy would have been enough to persuade its members to get on the bus.

The rally was arranged by a grass-roots workers' center based in Chinatown in lower Manhattan, the Chinese Staff and Workers Association.

Many worker centers rely heavily on grants.

Unlike lots of places, Herndon has a worker center that keeps day laborers off the street.

The Workers Defense Project is one of 225 worker centers nationwide aiding many of the country's 22 million immigrant workers.

"The labor movement doesn't have the deep trust that worker centers have built with immigrant worker communities".

Morillo, Local 26's president, noted that some labor leaders criticize worker centers for doing little to unionize workers.

In the vacuum left by the subsidence of labor unions, a rough movement sometimes known as Alt-Labor — community groups, "worker centers" — has emerged.

Mendez said worker centers in other cities have called CTUL for advice on how they, too, can mobilize and organize retail janitors.

"There's a need to experiment with new ways to reach workers who haven't been reached by unions," said Anna Fink, a liaison between the A.F.L.-C.I.O. and foundations that help finance worker centers.