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Immigrant Workforce
202 published works
ImmigrationProf Blog
Out of Work, Sleeping in the Fields: The People of the Central Valley – A photodocumentary project on the reality of life today in California’s Central Valley by David Bacon
Near Reedley, on the east side of the San Joaquin Valley, three men live in a camp they've built under the trees of an abandoned orchard. A blue tarp and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Defeating the Prevailing Stereotypes about Immigrants
John Phillips on the Word About Employment Law writes that "New research by the Fiscal Policy Institute and other organizations reveals a much different picture of immigration than the stereotypes…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Wide Range of Jobs Immigrants Do
Across the Spectrum: The Wide Range of Jobs Immigrants Do looks at the wide range of jobs immigrants hold in the 25 largest metropolitan areas of the United States.KJ
Labor Law Prof Blog
New Census Study, Immigration, Employment, and Class
The New York Times has an interesting story today about a new study of census figures on immigrants and employment. In its report, Across the Spectrum, the Fiscal Policy Institute…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Truth About Immigrants in the Job Market
Julia Preston of the N.Y. Times reports on a frequently ignored aspect of modern immigration to the United States: "In 14 of the 25 largest metropolitan areas, including Boston, New…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Law Symposia
The Evolving Definition of the Immigrant Worker: The Intersection Between Employment, Labor, and Human Rights Law. 44 U.S.F.L. Rev. 241-452 (2009).Neuman, Gerald L. Dangerous intersection. 44 U.S.F.L. Rev. 241-244 (2009).Perea,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Ellen Dannin on Hoffman Plastics
Ellen Dannin (Penn State) writes the following about Hoffman Plastics, Inc. v. NLRB (2002), the Supreme Court decision that advocates of immigrant workers love to hate: "the sad truth is, that…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: Working in the Shadows
Working in the Shadows: A Year of Doing the Jobs (Most) Americans Won’t Do by Gabriel Thompson (Perseus 2010).What is it like to do the back-breaking work of immigrants? To find…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Dannin on Hoffman Plastics
Ellen Dannin (Penn State) has just posted on SSRN her article (forthcoming U. San Francisco L. Rev.) Hoffman Plastics as Labor Law – Equality at Last for Immigrant Workers? Here's…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Report: Immigrant Workers Help Increase Wages for All Workers
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) has released a new study, Immigration and Wages, which confirms what many other economists have found: "that immigration has a small but positive impact on…