Sept. 15-Oct. 15, Latino Heritage Month, offers a time to recognize the contributions of the nearly 47 million Latinos living in the United States and to highlight the issues facing our Latino brothers and sisters.
A new film documents the story of how a town’s residents took a stand after a hate crime killing devastated their community. “ Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness ,” debuts Wed., Sept. 21, at 10 p.m. EDT on PBS.
A courageous group of foreign students in the United States on a cultural exchange program joined with union members and members of Jobs with Justice last week to expose the U.S. labor market’s dirty little secret: the web of subcontracting that prevents workers from exercising their rights because they don’t know exactly who employs them.
As the national debate over immigration continues, a new film documents the story of how a town’s residents take a stand after a hate crime killing devastates their community. The documentary, “ Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness ,” will debut Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 10 p.m. ET on PBS.
The AFL-CIO Executive Council this morning reaffirmed its support for comprehensive immigration reform. Here is the entire statement issued by the council:
The AFL-CIO reaffirms its position on comprehensive immigration reform. “Enforcement only” is not the AFL-CIO’s position because it is contrary to comprehensive reform. We have serious concerns about E-verify, and do not support E-verify in its current form. If E-verify were to change, we would re-consider that position.
The United States faces grave immigration and citizenship challenges, says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, and the nation must confront those challenges “with a movement to fight against intimidation, and for an economy and a nation that honors the dignity of all workers and our fundamental freedoms every single day.”
John See of AFT’s Public Affairs Department reports on two important rulings that protect the rights of immigrant workers .
Teachers across the globe are fighting back against abuse and exploitation. With the assistance of AFT and partner unions in the Philippines, the rights of teachers who came to the United States on temporary visas were affirmed recently in rulings in two countries.
Our elected leaders should act quickly to protect the interests of our nation’s youth and working people by enacting the DREAM Act and by bringing relief to these young people who continue to be jailed and deported, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said.
Across the country, tens of thousands marched and rallied May 1, May Day, to call for national immigration reform and to support all workers’ rights. Just as we did on April 4 , working people declared: “Somos Unos—Respeten Nuestros Derechos” or “We Are One—Respect Our Rights.”
Declaring “Somos Unos—Respeten Nuestros Derechos” or “We Are One—Respect Our Rights,” working people across the country this May Day are rallying to oppose attacks on workers’ rights and immigrant rights.
It’s been four years since low-wage workers got a raise. Sign the petition to tell Congress it’s time to raise the minimum wage.
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