A report released today by leading labor organizations shows how the federal government's recent approach to workplace immigration enforcement has harmed efforts to protect both immigrant and native-born workers' rights while allowing unscrupulous employers to operate with near impunity.
Authored jointly by the American Federation of Labor - Congress of...
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Today, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), American Rights at Work (ARAW), and the National Employment Law Project (NELP) are releasing a report, "ICED Out: How Immigration Enforcement Has Interfered with Workers' Rights," which documents, according to the press advisory, "how the federal government's...
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Oct 1, 2009
Because of illegal or disputed status, millions of immigrant workers holding U.S. jobs continue to live hybrid lives that make utterly no sense morally or economically.
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By guest blogger Madhuri from the Restrore Fairness blog: "I am deeply disappointed that the Obama administration has failed to bring about immigration reform. Whereas I know he has the intention to do so, getting the job done is another story. Words from the farewell letter written by Dov...
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Sunday, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) appeared for the very first time on Univision's Al Punto – the Spanish language equivalent of a high-profile appearance on Meet the Press. His interview followed that of President Obama. What did Boehner say?
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Sep 8, 2009
As we mentioned in our Labor Day reflection last Friday, a recent report by the Center for Urban Economic Development, National Employment Law Project, and UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment explored the treatment of approximately 4,500 workers in three of America's biggest cities. Well, in "Down...
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The Center for Urban Economic Development, National Employment Law Project, and UCLA Institutute for Research on Labor and Employment, released a study titled "Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers that explored the treatment of approximately 4,500 workers in three of America's biggest cities - New York, LA, and Chicago.
It cites a...
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A new report cataloging the pervasive mistreatment of American workers at the lowest rungs of the economic ladder bolsters the case for stronger labor law enforcement and comprehensive immigration reform. The study from the Center for Urban Economic Development, National Employment Law Project, and U.C.L.A. Institute for Research on...
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Sep 2, 2009
Immigration Policy Center just released a new report by Senior Researcher Walter Ewing that injects "a healthy dose of economic realism" into the debate over how the government should handle the 12 million undocumented immigrants in the country. According to Ewing, our current economic situation needs immigration reform that...
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An important new study has cast an appalling light on a place where workplace laws fail to protect workers, where wages and tips are routinely stolen, where having to work sick, injured or off the clock is the price of having a job.
The place is the United States, all...
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