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Shoddy repairs? Workers drinking on the job? Complaints paint troubling picture of ‘fixes’ made to flood-ravaged homes in Merced County
Documents obtained by The Merced FOCUS through public records requests, along with testimony from residents, detail allegations of incomplete or faulty work by Habitat for Humanity, workers drinking on the job and misplaced belongings.
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The shattered legacy of Latino labor rights icon César Chavez has been particularly devastating among advocates who have long fought to raise awareness about sexual harassment and abuse against women farmworkers, which remains both widespread and underreported.
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