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Worker’s Rights (CTUL)

  • Date: 2021
  • Media: digital
  • Size: 1000x1000px.

This project includes a series of images I produced as a volunteer for CTUL: Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha. CTUL wanted to focus on non-unionized construction workers in order to raise awareness of several issues that disproportionally impact workers in that sector. The images were used as part of a social media campaign in early 2021.

Using photographs sourced from the public domain and copy based on CTUL research, I created these images in cooperation with communications staff from the organization. The imagery gives a stark feeling to communicate the seriousness of the subject matter, involving life-or-death safety issues, oppression, and discrimination. After finalizing the copy and images, I produced Spanish-language versions, as much of CTUL’s base of support, as well as the workers they are targeting, is Spanish-speaking.

red and white image of a construction worker digging a hole with an English description of wage theft written in overlaid text
red and white image of a construction worker digging a hole with a Spanish description of wage theft written in overlaid text
red and white image of fanned $100 bills with an English description of payroll fraud written in overlaid text
red and white image of fanned $100 bills with a Spanish description of payroll fraud written in overlaid text
red and white image of a worker in a precarious position hanging out of a window with an English description of dangerous working conditions written in overlaid text
red and white image of a worker in a precarious position hanging out of a window with an Spanish description of dangerous working conditions written in overlaid text
red and white image of a dark construction site with scaffolding and an English description of workplace harassment written in overlaid text
red and white image of a dark construction site with scaffolding and a Spanish description of workplace harassment written in overlaid text
red and white image of a roadside construction site with several construction workers and an English description of workplace retaliation and itimidation written in overlaid text
red and white image of a roadside construction site with several construction workers and a Spanish description of workplace retaliation and itimidation written in overlaid text
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