Guillermo Macario-Alcocer was out of money and living in the basement of a church in south Minneapolis when he got a lead on some construction work.
A volunteer at the church told him to call a man who in turn told him to go to the new Vikings training facility in Eagan that Monday at 6 a.m.
It was early January 2021 and despite the freezing temperatures, workers were busy on the first apartment buildings on the Viking Lakes complex, a sprawling multi-use development that also includes the NFL team’s new headquarters, training facility and hotel.
Macario-Alcocer found the office trailer and was hired on the spot by a subcontractor called Absolute Drywall. He started that morning sweeping floors, hauling out garbage and carrying sheets of drywall for the new luxury apartment buildings.
He was offered $15 an hour with plenty of hours: 10 to 12 hours a day, six days a week. With time-and-a-half for overtime, he should have been making at least $1,000 per week.
Macario-Alcocer was never actually paid that much, according to three months of pay stubs reviewed by the Reformer. Even after the boss told him he was getting a raise to $18 an hour and then $20 an hour, his paycheck stayed the same: about $800 a week.
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