Author to talk about his year doing jobs most Americans won't do

Added February 5th, 2010

Journalist Gabriel Thompson spent a year working alongside Latino immigrants from Arizona lettuce fields and an Alabama poultry plant to the kitchens of New York City restaurants, forced to live with chronic pain for $8 an hour.

His co-workers initially thought he was crazy or as an undercover immigration agent. He was really working on his just-published book, "Working in the Shadows: A year of doing jobs (most) Americans won't do."

Come hear him speak about the book at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at First Christian Church, 80 S. Fifth St., in San Jose. The event is sponsored by Working Partnerships USA, First Christian Church, the Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform and San Jose Peace and Justice Center. For more information, call (408) 836-5756 or email hietala.s@gmail.com.

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