The US pays a price for keeping immigrants underemployed
The US pays a price for keeping immigrants underemployed
*Let’s make this part of the conversation before Trump gets into office: “Undocumented workers generate 3% of US GDP, or $5 trillion over 10 years, according to a new analysis […]
Of Wages and Sin
*What about the Trump voters that went against their best interests? The two-jobbers that might lose health insurance and wages? VL By Jesse Treviño, HispanicLatino (3.5 minute read) It […]
A look at economic inequality, through a Latino lens
By Claudio Iván Remeseira, NBCLatino President Obama has been taking to the road urging action to reduce wage disparities. In a recent interview for the New York Times , he worried that “years […]
Latino Las Vegas Casino Workers Fight For Unionization
By Geoconda Arguello-Kline, President of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 In the neon desert of Las Vegas, Wall Street bankers have teamed up with local billionaires to deny thousands of […]
Book Review: “Latino Professionals And Racism”
Many Americans feel the playing field in the U.S. was leveled after the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 officially desegregated the country. These people are usually in cahoots with the […]
Latinos Earn Less Than Whites, African-Americans
A recent report by the Department of Labor released last week found that Hispanics earn less than whites or African Americans. Last week, La Plaza reported on some of the key […]