>Could you put some flesh on that? Are NN's great triumphs merely 
>clever rhetoric?
>
>Doug

The strenthened Day Labor Services Act is more bark than bite.  

Its success relies on agressive enforcement which isn't likely to happen. (Chicago passed what is considered a model city ordinance for day laborers a couple of years back with little effect - no serious enforcement)  The Illinois Department of Labor's budget has been frozen for some time and it would need to add investigators and assume a much more agressive stance for the law to make much difference.  

However, the new law does give workers centers and other supporters a few additional tools to go after abusive agencies and client companies.
The most important is the right of workers to privately sue violators.

The new law doesn't represent a huge change but in the right circumstances it can help.

Greg Boozell
gboozell@juno.com
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