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Chronicling the Thirty Years Class War: a review of Steve Early
Talking Union —
Authority: 131
by Michael Hirsch A Review of Steve Early, Embedded With Organized Labor: Journalistic Reflections on the Class War at Home (Monthly Review Press, 2009). Saying there is no class struggle is like denying gravity exists. Corporate America knows the stakes in a class war. So does Steve Early, and so ...3 days ago -
Pulling Their Weight: Report Shows Immigrants’ “Robust” Contribution to the U.S. Economy
Feet In 2 Worlds, Immigration News —
Authority: 419
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editorImmigrants, both documented and undocumented, contribute to the American economy “in very close proportion to their share of the population,” in the 25 largest metro areas, says a study published Monday.The Fiscal Policy Institute, a group studying taxes and public policy, wrote ...6 days ago -
LAST TRAIN HOME
[CinemaRatty] Latest Articles —
Authority: 170
Documentary REVIEW The inter-title informs us that Chinese immigrant workers make the long trek back home once a year to see their family. The film zeros in on Sugin Chen and her husband Yang Zhang who work in a sewing factory under appalling conditions. We then follow along as they return to their village during ...1 week ago -
Rep. Steve King – It’s Who You Know Not What You Know
The LA Progressive —
Authority: 143
During the event, “American Jobs in Peril: The Impact of Uncontrolled Immigration,” Rep. Steve King (R-IA) seemed to suggest that the U.S. should rid itself of its immigrant workers because, back in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]2 weeks ago -
American and Chinese Students Fight for Rights of Workers
Talking Union —
Authority: 131
by Paul Garver American student anti-sweatshop activists have won their first major victory in a decade-long campaign against sweatshop conditions and repression of labor unions in Central America. Russell Athletic, largest supplier of campus team uniforms and logo-wear, fired 145 union supporters and shut down a ...2 weeks ago -
Carwash Workers’ Message Hits Sunset Boulevard
AFL-CIO NOW BLOG —
Authority: 651
Chole Osmer of the Clean Carwash Campaign in Los Angeles reports on a new way the workers are delivering their message across the area. Last week, the message that carwash workers are organizing for justice reached new heights—above L.A.’s famous Sunset Boulevard. The billboard, which reads ...2 weeks ago -
Asian Pacific Americans Tell Their Stories at First National Workers’ Rights Hearing
AFL-CIO NOW BLOG —
Authority: 651
About a dozen workers testified before the first national workers’ rights hearing for Asian Pacific American workers. Ricky Lau, an electrician with the Electrical Workers ( IBEW ) and a Chinese immigrant, worked for 10 to 12 hours a day, six days a week for his former ...3 weeks ago -
Danish Government Adopts BNP’s Voluntary Repatriation Policy
The British National Party —
Authority: 607
The Danish government has extended its voluntary repatriation policy by increasing by ten times the amount of cash offered to Third World immigrants to return home. Third Worlders in Denmark can each earn a healthy 100,000 kroner, the equivalent of £12,000, Danish government officials have announced. The new policy ...3 weeks ago -
Report: Face of Unions More Diverse
AFL-CIO NOW BLOG —
Authority: 651
The face of the union movement has changed dramatically over the past 25 years. In 1983, more than half of all union workers were white men, few union workers had a college degree and nearly one-third were in manufacturing. Today, almost half are women, more than one-third have college degrees and only one in 10 work ...3 weeks ago -
FLOC: Mexico Doing Nothing to Solve Organizer’s Murder
AFL-CIO NOW BLOG —
Authority: 651
Human rights lawyer Leonel Rivero Rodriquez, left, and FLOC President Baldemar Velasquez The murder two years ago of Rafael Santiago Cruz , an organizer for the Farm Labor Organizing Committee ( FLOC ) in Monterrey, Mexico, is part of a corrupt system of supplying immigrant ...4 weeks ago -
Burmese Refugees Battle Oppression in U.S. Plant
AFL-CIO NOW BLOG —
Authority: 651
Aung Oo, foreground, and Tim Hand, far right, are on strike in support of their co-workers at W&K Steel. Aung Oo fled his native Burma with his family to escape the brutality, ethnic violence and repression of that country’s military dictatorship. After being allowed to ...4 weeks ago -
Report: Unbalanced Immigration Enforcement Hurts All Workers’ Rights
AFL-CIO NOW BLOG —
Authority: 651
Some of the Indian workers from the Signal International shipyard, who rallied in front of the White House in 2008, were singled out for investigation by immigration officials. When Josue Diaz, an immigrant worker and his co-workers protested the inhumane and illegal working ...5 weeks ago -
E-1 E-2 Visas; Treaty Trader Visa; Treaty Investor Visa
Fresno, CA Immigration Attorney - Immigration Services - Law Offices of Phillip Kim, Inc. —
Authority: 110
The E1 and E2 nonimmigrant visa categories are comprised of treaty traders and treaty investors entitled to be in the United States under a bilateral treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States and the country of which the treaty trader or investor is a citizen or national.*� The purpose of a treaty ...5 weeks ago

