Topic
Undocumented Workers
124 published works
ImmigrationProf Blog
Oberweiss and Undocumented Workers
When wealthy dairy owner Jim Oberweis campaigned in last year's GOP primary for the U.S. Senate, he dramatized how tough he would get on undocumented immigrants by running an ad…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New evidence on Walmart and undocumented workers
Recently unsealed evidence in a class action lawsuit against WalMart brought by more than 200 former employees of the company suggests that a least two corporate execs at Walmart knew…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Unions and Undocumented Workers
For local unions, the dilemma over undocumented workers mirrors an internal debate engulfing organized movement nationally: to abandon its historical opposition to mass immigration or to embrace the trend to…
California Employment Law Update
Agricultural Workers May Sue Employers For Violation Of RICO
By Tony Oncidi
Mendoza v. Zirkle Fruit Co., 301 F.3d 1163 (9th Cir. 2002) The prospective class of legally documented agricultural workers in this case alleged that their employers had depressed their wages…