Trade unions have a long and difficult history (pdf) with immigration. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, immigrants were used as replacement workers, and companies that didn’t want unions organizing their workers sometimes employed immigrants from disparate groups who spoke different languages or merely distrusted one another, making it difficult for them to [...]
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Numbers Falter at Immigrant Rights Rallies
May 5, 2008 – 10:53 am
Organizers of last week’s May Day immigrant rights demonstrations, which took place in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Houston, and Miami, attributed this year’s low turnout to fears of rising raids on businesses that hire illegal workers, as well as stalled Congressional efforts to revamp immigration law, and disagreement among activists as many turn their [...]
