immigrant workers

  • Fear is Biggest Obstacle, Says Farmworkers Union
    Eduardo Soriano-Castillo
    Oct 24 2011 - 10:41am

    An undocumented farmworker leader was deported last week, reinforcing the findings of a new Farm Labor Organizing Committee report that says tobacco pickers struggling to organize are stymied by fear.

  • Philly Troublemakers Get Schooled

    Philadelphia’s Troublemakers School saw classrooms full of union activists eager to work together and share. For many of the 125 participants, the opportunity to communicate with each other about their experience as organizers in the workplace was rare and important.

  • Minneapolis Hunger Strike Ends with Promises to Press On

    Retail cleaning workers and community allies ended a 12-day hunger strike against the Supervalu grocery chain Thursday. The workers, members of a Minneapolis worker center, called off the action when religious leaders and elected officials said they'd press management for a solution.

  • Minneapolis Grocery Store Cleaners Launch Hunger Strike
    Eduardo Soriano-Castillo
    May 20 2011 - 11:14am

    Retail cleaners and community allies will begin a hunger strike Saturday to pressure the Supervalu grocery chain. A Minneapolis worker center seeks fair wages and conditions for workers who clean its stores late into the night.

  • NY Cabbies, Modern-Day Sharecroppers, Bid for Health Care

    The New York Taxi Workers Alliance released a groundbreaking plan yesterday to win health care for drivers. Classified as independent contractors, the city’s 50,000 licensed cabbies are uninsured at twice the rate of other New Yorkers—52 percent lack coverage, according to a city councilman’s 2009 survey.

  • May Day Marches See Labor Join Immigrants' Struggle for Rights
    Eduardo Soriano-Castillo
    May 2 2011 - 3:53pm

    Tens of thousands marched nationwide May Day, demanding an end to attacks on workers and immigrants. “We have had all we can take,” said an immigrant organizer, noting record deportations.

  • Georgia: The New 'Show Me Your Papers' State

    Thousands rallied at the Georgia state Capitol last week, protesting anti-immigrant legislation. While Arizona-like bills are advancing in other Southern states, Georgia was the first to have a big show of opposition. Adelina Nicholls, executive director of Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, explained why.

  • Chipotle Chipocrisy: Dissing Its Mexican Workforce

    The Mexican-themed fast food chain Chipotle likes to hold itself up as a model of social responsibility, but labor activists in Minnesota say its ethical behavior doesn’t extend to its immigrant workers. Chipotle fired nearly 700 Latino immigrant workers without notice and in some cases without paying back wages.

  • Construction Workers Quenching a Thirst for Justice in Austin, Texas

    In oppressive heat, Austin construction workers labor without breaks—some without even water. A group that works with immigrant day laborers in the city mounted a “thirst strike” in protest, and spurred the City Council to unanimously pass a rest-break ordinance in late July.

  • May Day Protests Gain Urgency as Immigration, Health Care Fights Explode
    By Jonathan Kissam
    May 3 2010 - 1:25pm

    Saturday’s May Day marches across the country took on new urgency as activists opposed Arizona’s sweeping anti-immigrant laws and supported a single-payer plan in the states.