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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Friday, August 11, 2006 ::
AFL-CIO Aligns With Day-Laborer Advocates - By Karin Brulliard, Washington Post
Not everyone thinks it is a good idea. In Allentown, Pa., unions are backing a law prohibiting the hiring of illegal immigrants. Vernon M. Briggs Jr., a Cornell University labor economics professor, said labor's support for illegal immigrants could encourage immigration and depress wages for low-skilled Americans.
'Fighting for people who are not supposed to be working in the first place? What kind of union is that?' Briggs said.
In Fairfax County's Culmore neighborhood, men waited for work yesterday outside a 7-Eleven, where organizers with Tenants and Workers United have helped day laborers set a $10 minimum wage and record employers' license plate numbers.------------------------------------------- posted 6:54 AM :: reference link ::
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