Dec 7, 2009
There is no doubt that some native-born workers compete with some unauthorized immigrants for the same jobs. But the vast majority do not. And many businesses, both large and small, depend on the purchasing power that unauthorized workers wield. Immigrants didn't cause the current economic recession, and scapegoating them...
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Dec 2, 2009
The debate over legalizing farm workers has always been marked by the controversial question of labor conditions and migrants' lives, health and housing. But this time, labor organization and farmers are in agreement that passing an AgJOBS bill is a shared necessity.
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In a letter to Obama, CEOs of some 70 high-tech companies, including Intel, Microsoft Corp. and Dell Inc., urged the president to speed up stimulus spending and focus on policies that they feel can help spur long-term growth, such as promoting free trade and overhauling immigration rules to make...
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Farmworker Justice, an advocacy group for those who harvest our nation's food, slammed a new series of midnight regulations by the Bush Administration. The regulations would slash wages and cut protections for the already-vulnerable workers who bring food to our tables. Now is not the time for throw-backs to...
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