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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Low Wage Jobs at Suffolk Downs



From Celeste Ribeiro Myers:

Gee - I wonder if these folks salaries will be bumped to $42k with the advent of a casino in East Boston. That's the word from Suffolk Downs' big wigs. 4000 jobs at $42,000 annually.


Photos: East Boston Migrant Workers at Suffolk Downs
Wed September 26, 2012
 
Credit Melissa Shook
 
A photo from Chelsea-based photographer Melissa Shook's book "My Suffolk Downs"
Chelsea-based documentary photographer Melissa Shook has been capturing candid images of her often difficult-to-access subjects for decades. Her subjects include women who live in homeless shelters, immigrants, and the migrant workers at the shuttered Suffolk Downs in East Boston.

Callie Crossley speaks with Melissa Shook on Boston Public Radio about her photography and her book "My Suffolk Downs"- which captures the migrant workers and immigrants who worked behind the scenes at Suffolk Downs as the racetrack was preparing to shutter its doors.

http://www.wgbhnews.org/post/photos-east-boston-migrant-workers-suffolk-downs

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