New Orleans Two weeks ago we talked about the fact that guest workers might start to get some justice. New DOL regulations are requiring that companies actually look for workers locally before being able to pull migrants in from foreign lands, and they are going to have to pay them more. I saluted the [...]
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New Orleans Some good news for guest workers may also indicate pressure and problems for comprehensive immigration reform. One piece of almost buried news was $2.75 million dollar back pay settlement for an Arkansas tree planting outfit that means tracking down more than 2200 workers from Mexico and Central America who were ripped off while [...] San Jose Preparing for reentry to the US, it made sense, given all the recent publicity, to check the border crossings and see what was involved before showing up at the airport 3 or 4 hours early to wend our way home. Naturally for a view of whackiness at its worst, I thought I [...] New Orleans Over the last 15 months I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with local and national efforts committed to winning comprehensive immigration reform. I know how urgently and desperately felt the need for real reform and real solutions are for 12 million undocumented workers and their families. I have been in meetings [...] |
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