ANOTHER IMMIGRATION POLICY IS POSSIBLE!

July 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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By David Bacon
Truthout Report
http://www.truth-out.org/another-immigration-policy-is-possible60995
        Thousands of leftwing activists just spent a week at the US Social Forum in Detroit, gathered again under the banner “Another World is Possible!”  Among them hundreds added a new subtext:  “Another Immigration Policy is Possible!” Read more

Canada: What Do We Owe Our Guest Workers?

June 11, 2010 by admin · 1 Comment
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 ”You’re good enough to work here for a while, but now go home.”

 The latest batch of more than 175,000 foreign temporary workers in Canada can expect to hear that message. It’s the deal. We get workers we need to make our economy function better. They get pay and a limited taste of life in a nation regularly voted one of the world’s best places to live. Read more

Need better alternative than Schumer reform bill

March 24, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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WE NEED A BETTER ALTERNATIVE
By David Bacon

    OAKLAND, CA  (3/19/09) – Senators Charles Schumer and Lindsey Graham announced Thursday their plan for immigration reform.  Unfortunately, it is a retread, recycling the same bad ideas that led to the defeat of reform efforts over the last five years.  In some ways, their proposal is even worse. 
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AFL-CIO says Broken Immig. System benefits corporations

March 24, 2010 by Lois · 1 Comment
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“The broken system is benefiting the very same corporate giants who destroyed our economy. It is allowing those corporations to exploit workers by… Read more

Worker ID Card Spurs Controversy

March 16, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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ID Card for Workers Is at Center of Immigration Plan

By LAURA MECKLER,  MARCH 8, 2010

Lawmakers working to craft a new comprehensive immigration bill have settled on a way to prevent employers from hiring illegal immigrants: a national biometric identification card all American workers would eventually be required Read more

France: 6,000 strike for work permits

February 25, 2010 by Lois · 1 Comment
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Film industry seeks to highlight plight of illegal workers 2/17/2010  A few days before French regional elections, a screenwriters’ collective has launched a movement to fight for legal status for those working in the country without the proper papers. Read more