immigrant workers

  • Florida Tomato Pickers Score ‘Greatest Victory’ in Decades
    Sean Sellers
    Oct 6 2009 - 5:08pm

    After two years of delay, farmworkers in Florida will finally start getting a penny more per pound for tomatoes they pick.

  • 'Constituency' Caucuses Can Be Out Front
    Guillermo Perez
    Aug 27 2009 - 7:14pm

    When New York state made national news two years ago with a flap about driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants, the state AFL-CIO supported the immigrants but wasn't out in front. Neither was another supporter, the Catholic Church.

    But as chair of the Albany/Capital District chapter of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), I was getting media calls every other day. We were it.

  • Immigration Reform: What's Labor Up To?

    Author(s):
    Tiffany Ten Eyck

    Excerpt:
    In an interview, longtime immigrant rights activist David Bacon says labor's new joint position on immigration is inconsistent—and too friendly to employers. It wasn’t always like this. What happened?

    Available Online:
    Yes

  • Viewpoint: What Way Forward for Immigration Reform?

    Author(s):
    Christine Neumann-Ortiz

    Excerpt:
    Labor's new position on immigration is a step forward, although some details are problematic. The bigger questions are whether a legalization will be tied to citizenship, and whether labor and immigrant coalitions can force the administration to rethink our disastrous trade policies.

    Available Online:
    Yes

  • Hope in Chicago

    Author(s):
    Adam Kader

    Excerpt:
    At the crossroads of the immigrants’ rights fight, advocates are faced with a government that could be the impediment or the vehicle for their demands.

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  • Chicago Unions Seek Better Ties After Clash over Immigrants

    Author(s):
    Tiffany Ten Eyck

    Excerpt:
    Leaders of Chicago’s worker centers and unions have been meeting to soothe conflicts over the defense of unionized immigrant workers. Tensions developed this summer after union members approached a worker center for help with no-match letters from the Social Security Administration. . . .

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    Yes

  • Labor Board Limits Political Strikes

    Author(s):
    Robert Schwartz

    Excerpt:
    On May Day 2006, hundreds of thousands of immigrant workers walked off their jobs to protest restrictive immigration legislation. Some were fired, and brought complaints to the board. Ronald Meisburg, the National Labor Relations Board general counsel, responded by posting a directive on “political advocacy” this July that enables bosses to immediately fire employees who participate in work stoppages of a political nature....

    Available Online:
    Yes

  • Unions and Rights Groups Say Government Database Will Intensify Immigrant Crackdown

    Author(s):
    Simone Landon

    Excerpt:
    California may become the latest of several states to put restrictions on an online system that attempts to verify whether a job applicant can work in the U.S. Unions and immigrants’ rights groups—including the Service Employees and the California Immigrant Policy Center—are sponsoring a bill to limit use of the federal program, calling it a tool the government uses to target immigrants in the workplace. . . .

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    Yes

  • Let’s Talk Immigration in the Union

    Author(s):
    Tiffany Ten Eyck

    Excerpt:
    When New York’s governor announced last year that the state would stop asking people who wanted drivers licenses for proof of citizenship, a firestorm of anger erupted—so hot that the governor rescinded his proposal. . . .

    Body:
    Jim West/jimwestphoto.com

    When New York’s governor announced last year that the state would stop asking people who wanted drivers licenses for proof of citizenship, a firestorm of anger erupted—so hot that the governor rescinded his proposal.

    Guillermo Perez, a labor educator and the president of the Albany, New York, chapter of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), was appalled.

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    Yes

  • In New York City: Carpenters Embrace Immigrant Organizing

    Author(s):
    Tiffany Ten Eyck

    Excerpt:
    It wasn’t long ago that unionized carpenters were more likely to attack immigrant workers as they worked on construction sites than welcome them into a union hall. . . .

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    Yes