Why is Labor Ready important?
With nearly $900 million in annual revenue, Labor Ready is the dominant player in the day labor industry. Labor Ready does not have any major national competitors, claiming a 14% market share, with the next five competitors combined accounting for 13%.[1] Furthermore, the corporation is expanding internationally into the UK & Canada.[2] Its growth has made it the single largest employer in the construction industry. Labor Ready has single mindedly applied a national cookie-cutter modelattempting to become the McDonalds of the day labor industry by applying a uniform operating model across the United States. Labor Ready is also active in the legislative arena. In California, it opposed AB 880, a bill that would have helped counties recoup funds spent providing services needed to deal with the expansion of the temp industry; in Arizona, it sponsored a bill that would have allowed it to skim workers wages through check cashing fees.[3] NAFFEs campaign is calling for all agencies in the da
