UNITE HERE, IUPAT, Bricklayers, UFCW, and the Iron Workers publicly launched Working Families United today, an immigrant worker advocacy coalition that will be running a nearly million–dollar campaign to extend Temporary Protective Status in the coming weeks. The partner unions represent tens of thousands of TPS union workers in hospitality, construction, and trades who would lose their legal worker status if TPS is not renewed.
A new documentary film premiering in Greensboro on Sunday, Oct. 5, “From the Back of the Line: Voices of the Undocumented”, takes a hard look at how current immigration policies end up hurting, not helping, North Carolina workers.
Supporters to rally and canvass for reform in Greensboro and elsewhere on Saturday (10/5).
Join us as we speak out on the importance of commonsense immigration reform.
Let’s make sure Congress gets the message that Americans deserve a vote on commonsense immigration reform.
In print, on the radio, online, and over the phone, we’re telling Kay Hagan she’s key to creating commonsense immigration policy.
On Wednesday, NC State AFL-CIO President James Andrews traveled to Alabama with other African American labor and civil rights leaders and national AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka on a fact-finding mission to investigate that state’s worst-in-the-nation anti-worker and anti-immigrant law, HB 56.
Immigration policy is immensely complex and has enormous implications for America’s working people. Complex subjects can be difficult to talk about without falling back on trite oversimplifications like “legal vs. illegal”.
Hagan needs to hear from us Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced he will offer the DREAM Act as an amendment to the Department of Defense authorization bill. A vote will likely occur this week and require 60 votes. The Developmental, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act will allow undocumented students who have […]
Labor Dept. announces new rules for H-2A U.S. Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis announced tough new regulations on wages and job safety protections for temporary agricultural workers. The new rules, which will go into effect in time for the 2010 growing season, “reflect the Administration’s commitment to providing fair wages and strong labor protections for […]
