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Downtown New Brunswick, a gathering place for workers on French Street and Jersey Avenue in New Brunswick, NJ on March 22, 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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Downtown New Brunswick, a gathering place for workers on French Street and Jersey Avenue in New Brunswick, NJ on March 22, 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.