Unions, Immigrant Labor, And Upward Mobility
In 2003-2009 the average unionized immigrant worker earned $18.61 an hour while the workers in the labor market without union representation only earned $12.34 an hour.
Immigration Debate: Press One For Culture War In English
Anxiety about immigrants, immigration, and therefore immigration reform, tend to revolve around three broad categories of concern: economics, safety/security, and culture/race/language. Most of the talking points used by opponents or immigration or of immigration reform are not just untrue, they are the opposite of true, and strengthen the case for comprehensive reform. The anxiety of culture/race/language is the hardest for the antis to express honestly and the hardest for the left to address constructively.
Raising Labor Conditions And Immigration Reform
The Chamber of Commerce position of a revolving door immigration policy will undercut collective bargaining, lower the demand for labor and lower working conditions and wages.
Immigration: It Turns Out The Irish Are The “New Irish”
When they think of immigration reform at all, most folks think about Mexicans. Because of their visibility, their numbers, and the fact that they make up a huge percentage of those immigrants in the U.S. illegally, Mexicans have become the face of the immigration issue in America. There are significant populations here from Central America, […]
Beating Pens Into Plowshares
The biggest problem confronting a timely exit from this recession is the GOP exploiting easy political targets. Instigating a populist revolt against deficit spending when they should be working to fix the mess that they made.
