AFL-CIO says Broken Immig. System benefits corporations

“The broken system is benefiting the very same corporate giants who destroyed our economy. It is allowing those corporations to exploit workers by…

Some 200,000 people turned out in Washington, D.C., Sunday for a massive rally in support of immigration reform. Among the speakers, AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker thanked the organizers of the rally, saying:

NOTHING in this country is more powerful than people united for change. And do we ever need change. We are here, as a united labor movement to tell Congress that we MUST pass comprehensive immigration reform.

The broken system is benefiting the very same corporate giants who destroyed our economy. It is allowing those corporations to exploit workers by underpaying them, or not paying them at all, simply because of their immigration status….
Article taken from AFL-CIO NOW BLOG – http://blog.aflcio.org
URL to article: http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/03/22/holt-baker-broken-immigration-system-benefits-corporations/