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Temp workers wait from 5.30am at Brickforce Staffing on French Street for the vans to take them to warehouses in New Brunswick, NJ on April 18, 2013. Across America, temp work has become a mainstay of the blue-collar economy, leading to the proliferation of temp towns, places where it's difficult to find work except through a temp agency and where workers suffer wage theft, no benefits and high injury rates, all for jobs that may end tomorrow for any reason.

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Temp workers wait from 5.30am at Brickforce Staffing on French Street for the vans to take them to warehouses in New Brunswick, NJ on April 18, 2013. Across America, temp work has become a mainstay of the blue-collar economy, leading to the proliferation of temp towns, places where it's difficult to find work except through a temp agency and where workers suffer wage theft, no benefits and high injury rates, all for jobs that may end tomorrow for any reason.