CUED Authors Reports
In collaboration with the UIC Center for Urban Economic Development (CUED), the National Day Laborer Organizing Network released, “Repaying the Debt: The Case for Extending “Pension Bienestar” to Older Adults from Mexico Living in the US,” by CUED director and Urban Planning and Policy professor, Nik Theodore. The report documents the hardships faced by undocumented immigrants from Mexico who are reaching retirement age, based on a survey of more than 1500 individuals.
WeCount, a Miami FL-based workers' rights organization, collaborated with CUED on a new report, "Behind the Skyline, Labor Conditions in South Florida’s Commercial Construction Industry.” The report documents substandard working conditions in the Miami commercial construction industry.