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Immigrant Workforce
202 published works
Herman Legal Group Blog
Black immigrant domestic workers struggling through the pandemic
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Black immigrant workers in jobs such as babysitters, cleaners and domestic helpers are facing difficulties as the pandemic enters its third year. Domestic workers continue to face abusive and unsafe…
Health Law Prof Blog
Opening the Pandemic Portal to Re-Imagine Paid Sick Leave for Immigrant Workers
Shefali Milczarek-Desai (University of Arizona), Opening the Pandemic Portal to Re-Imagine Paid Sick Leave for Immigrant Workers, 111 Calif. L. Rev. (Forthcoming):The Covid-19 pandemic has spotlighted the crisis low wage…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Opening the Pandemic Portal to Re-Imagine Paid Sick Leave for Immigrant Workers by Shefali Milczarek-Desai
Opening the Pandemic Portal to Re-Imagine Paid Sick Leave for Immigrant Workers by Shefali Milczarek-Desai, 111 Calif. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2023)ABSTRACTThe Covid-19 pandemic has spotlighted the crisis low wage…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Climbing the Ladder: Roadblocks Faced by Immigrants in the New York City Construction Industry by Jacquelyn Pavilon and Vicky Virgin.
The Center for Migration Studies is releasing a new report, Climbing the Ladder: Roadblocks Faced by Immigrants in the New York City Construction Industry by Jacquelyn Pavilon and Vicky Virgin. To…
New York City Law Blog
Wage theft from immigrant workers: a serious and growing concern
Foreign workers, documented or not, are essential in many industries, including seasonal roles in agriculture, domestic labor, and other areas. While many of these workers are already in low-wage positions,…
Immigration Lawyers Blog
This Project Seeks to Assist Companies in Onboarding Immigrant Employees
Over 47 million people living in the United States are immigrants, and as recent studies indicate, they face higher rates of unemployment than do non-foreign workers. Nonprofit organizations are now…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Event: Seeking Affirmative Immigration Protections for Immigrant Workers in Labor Disputes
The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG) and the Tulane Immigrant Rights Clinic are jointly hosting a program on Friday, November 19. Seeking Affirmative Immigration Protections for Immigrant…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigrants Built Wine Country
From the Sonoma County Secure Families Collaborative:Join us for conversations and wine tasting centering the living history of non-European immigrants in building Sonoma's famous wine country!About this eventIn Sonoma Valley,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Labor Citizenship for the Twenty-First Century by Michael Sullivan
Labor Citizenship for the Twenty-First Century by Michael Sullivan, Seattle Journal for Social Justice, Vol. 39, no. 3 (2021): 809-840. AbstractToday, immigrant individuals toiling with their citizen colleagues in insecure…
Labor Law Prof Blog
DC LERA: Collaboration between Immigrant Worker Centers and Unions
Thanks once again to Tequila Brooks for sending word of DC LERA's program Labor’s New Kids on the Block: Collaboration between Immigrant Worker Centers and Unions. It will be online,…