Topic
Immigrant Workforce
202 published works
Labor Law Prof Blog
Sheepherders Wanted; Pay Bad, Living Conditions Worse
In the list of jobs immigrants perform that no U.S. citizen wants,sheepherding must rank near the top. The 825 or so sheepherders whowork the nation's sheep farms -- mostly in…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Farmers Want Access to Immigrant Labor
Several hundred farmers from around the country—including more than a dozen from Florida — gathered outside the Capitol earlierthis month to protest an immigration law they say could kill the…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Immigrant Labor and Upward Mobility
Thoughttul and timely post over at the Working Immigrants Blog about how recent job growth numbers points to "structural changes that inhibit upward migration of low income workers."Peter Rousmaniere has…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Commentators See McCain Guest Worker Bill Providing Stronger Protections for Immigrant Labor
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has introduced a Guest Worker Bill for consideration by the Senate. As described by Peter Rousmaniere over at the Working Immigrants blog, the bill has some…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Representing Low-Wage & Immigrant Workers Training
The Women's Employment Rights Clinic at Golden Gate University School of Law Presents: Representing Low-Wage & Immigrant Workers A Training on Employment Law and Workers' Rights: Friday, February 24th, 12:00-1:30 p.m.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigrants in Connecticut
The hotel and food industry is the most common sector for Connecticut's immigrant workers, a new report has found. By analyzing everything form earnings to countries of origins, the study…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Shocking “News”: Immigrant Workers Exploited in Reconstruction of Gulf After Katrina
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/12/23katrinalabor.htmlKatrina jobs expose plight of day laborers: Immigrants doing the dirty work in cleanup subject to exploitation and risk deportationBy Jonathan TiloveNEWHOUSE NEWS SERVICEFriday, December 23, 2005NEW ORLEANS - Day…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Congressional Immigration Reports
The Role of Immigrants In The US Labor Market: Nabeel A. Alsalam and Ralph E. Smith of the Congressional Budget Office write "a large number of studies have attempted toestimate…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Chinese Immigrants in San Francisco
A report by the National Economic Development and Law Center on the Chinese American population in San Francisco has found:* 35% of the Chinese population ages 18 to 65 earned…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Report on Immigrants in the US Labor Market
For a study of immigrants in the U.S. labor market, see http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/68xx/doc6853/11-10-Immigration.pdfWhat would this nation's labor market look like today without the immigration from the 1990s to the present?KJ