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Immigrant Workforce
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ImmigrationProf Blog
An Immigration Symposium
The WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF LAW & POLICY recently published an immigration symposium that is worth a look. Here are the contributions:Legomsky, Stephen H. Introduction. 27 Wash. U. J.L. &…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Postville Deportee: “We’re not criminals. We’re workers.”
Slate has a thoughtful piece by Eliza Barclay on the human impacts of the Postville raid, with interviews of deported Guatemalans convicted of criminal identity theft charges. One telling statement: …
ImmigrationProf Blog
Agriprocessors and the Guatemalan Immigrants
Tony Leys from the Des Moines Register has put together a fascinating piece on some of the Agriprocessors workers who were returned to Guatemala. He interviews several and tracks their…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Defining the Immigrant Worker
The University of San Francisco Law Review has issued a call for papers for its spring 2009 Symposium volume: The Evolving Definition of the Immigrant Worker: The Intersection Between Employment,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Made in L.A. Wins Emmy!!!!!!!!
"Made in LA," a film that we previously previewed that, follows the story of several immigrant women workers in Los Angeles, has won an Emmy! The film tells the story…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Standing the Heat for Immigrant Restaurant Workers
From Dorf on Law by Anil Kalhan (and by way of friend of the blog, Patrick O'Donnell):This month, Rinku Sen launches a new book, "The Accidental American: Immigration and Citizenship…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Immigrants Report Optimism
In part of what seems to be a recent blitz by the Washington Post on undocumented workers (see here for a recent editorial on the issue), the paper is reporting…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Competing for Low-Income Work
Jennifer Gordon (left) and Robin Lenhardt (right), both of Fordham, have just posted on SSRN their article Rethinking Work and Citizenship. Here's the abstract: Media accounts typically portray AfricanAmericans and…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Burger King Signs Agreement with Immigrant Tomato Pickers
We've had several posts describing the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' attempts to expand its agreement with Taco Bell and McDonald's to provide increased compensation for immigrant tomato pickers (see here,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Labor Organizing and Immigrants
Here is an upcoming meeting at UC Davis on important issues related to labor organizing and immigrants:NEXT GENERATION LABORA Symposium on Innovative Labor Organizing in the New EconomyThursday, May 22nd1:00…