Posts Tagged ‘workers’ rights’
Important Labor Unions Condemn Arizona Law, support Immigration Reform
Posted: July 12, 2010 at 10:00 am By Rich StolzEarlier this month, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), one of America’s largest unions, passed an important resolution at their national convention in Boston, MA calling for comprehensive immigration reform that respects workers and condemning the Arizona law, SB1070:
“That Arizona’s law is an affront to American values and our constitution. [...]
Labor Pains: How Our Broken Immigration System Hurts All Workers
Posted: October 30, 2009 at 12:14 pm By Rachel LaBruyereBy TYLER MORA. Originally posted at Immigration Impact.
While most employers are law-abiding, some unscrupulous employers have a secret weapon for keeping down wages and working conditions—our broken immigration system. Bad apple employers hire undocumented immigrants, subject them to unsafe working conditions, pay them less than the market wage, or don’t pay them at all. [...]
Labor groups make the case for immigration reform
Posted: October 27, 2009 at 4:59 pm By Rachel LaBruyereBy Rich Stolz, of the Reform Immigration FOR America Campaign.
A report released today by the AFL-CIO, American Rights at Work and the National Employment Law Project (NELP) finds that the federal government’s immigration enforcement in recent years – including a heavy reliance on raids and often inadequately trained enforcement agents – has severely undermined [...]
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