Post-hurricane rebuilding will be done by undocumented workers — and they need protection
Post-hurricane rebuilding will be done by undocumented workers — and they need protection
In Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, mammoth hurricanes have left behind a colossal amount of work. The cleanup and reconstruction efforts are going to take years. That […]
Job Growth for Hispanics Is Outpacing Other Groups
*Can’t deny that this is good news for Latinos, who were among the hardest hit by the Great Recession. Where does this leave issues like minimum wage, job safety laws, […]
Thousands to gather in National Mall for massive immigration rally, march
By Sandra Lilley, NBCLatino There might be a shutdown in Washington, but it is not stopping a massive rally in the nation’s capital to ask Congress to pass immigration reform. […]
Maryland Trash Workers Strike Over ‘Immigration Enforcement Threats’
By NBC Washington Montgomery County sanitation workers will continue talks with their employer Tuesday after they walked off the job, claiming Latino employees were unfairly singled out after asking for […]
Labor Branches Out at Netroots Nation 2013
By Jesse Luna, NewsTaco The labor message was strong at the Netroots Nation 2013 conference. There was a consistent message across sessions and activities, a strong focus on the rise […]
Mexican American Chamber Of Commerce: ‘Mexicans Work Better’
By Maria Purísima, Pocho Ñews Service (PNS reporting from WASHINGTON, D.C.) The Mexican-American Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Labor Department are launching a campaign to promote Hispanic workers. The Mexicans Work Better campaign encourages […]
Latinos Are Optimistic, Despite Tough Economic Times
Despite being hard hit by the recent recession, a recent poll reported that 65 percent of Latinos believe the next generation will be better off than they are. When it […]
AFL-CIO Highlights The Importance Of Workers At SXSW
The Texas AFL-CIO and the Austin Central Labor Council launched a series of events during South By Southwest in Austin to highlight the importance of the workers who make the […]
Workers Fired Over Legal Status While Trying To Unionize
On December 2, 2011, Pomona College in Claremont, California fired 17 workers for failing to produce sufficient proof of their ability to work legally in the United States. Before the […]
Obama’s Labor Appointments Are Long Overdue
By René Lara, Political and Legislative Director of the Texas AFL-CIO President Barack Obama recently appointed three nominees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the government agency that is supposed […]
