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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.
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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 marketās dirty little secret: the web of subcontracting that prevents workers from exercising their rights because they donāt know exactly who employs them.
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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. āEnforcement onlyā is not the AFL-CIOās 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.
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The United States faces grave immigration and citizenship challenges, says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, and the nation must confront those challenges āwith 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.ā
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John See of AFTās 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.
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Our elected leaders should act quickly to protect the interests of our nationās 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.
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Across the country, tens of thousands marched and rallied May 1, May Day, to call for national
immigration reform
and to support all workersā rights. Just as we did on
April 4
, working people declared: āSomos UnosāRespeten Nuestros Derechosā or āWe Are OneāRespect Our Rights.ā
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Declaring āSomos UnosāRespeten Nuestros Derechosā or āWe Are OneāRespect Our Rights,ā working people across the country this May Day are rallying to oppose attacks on workersā rights and immigrant rights.
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