Labor and Immigration Resource Page

Our intention is to make easily available a wide range of materials on immigration and labor, from a generally progressive standpoint.

We make no claims to completeness; this page is a work in progress. We welcome suggestions for additional links. If you know of other union positions statements, good articles, or useful websites, please send us an email.

LCSIWR and LEP Materials

• The Failed 2007 Immigration Bill:  Special Concerns for Union Members

Union Positions

The links in this section are to the positions of unions, federations, and other labor bodies (Central Labor Councils, etc.), or to official statements by their leaders or governing bodies.


AFL-CIO

• Offical Position
• Executive Council Statement of Mar. 1, 2006

SEIU

• Immigration Reform: Our System Is Broken.
  

UFCW

• Principles on Immigration   

UNITE/HERE

• Statement by President Wilhelm 3/29/06
  

United Electrical Workers, UE

• Convention Resolution, 2005
  
  

Labor-related and groups and progressive community organizations

This section contains position papers and official statements of labor-related organizations.

Unity Blueprint This statement was developed by a broad group of immigrant advocacy groups, community organizations, unions and others. It now has close to 90 organizations signed on, including the AFL-CIO and the UFCW.

• Unity Blueprint for Immigration Reform

Community Labor United (a partnership of Greater Boston area unions and community organizations)

• Statement on New Bedford ICE Raids and Immigration (scroll down page)

Center for Labor Renewal

• CLR Statement on Worker Migration

Jobs with Justice

• Standing Up for Immigrant Rights

Websites with further resources

The sites listed below are more than position statements. Each of them offers useful materials that can be downloaded, and/or links to other good sites.


Highlander Research and Education Center
Highlander's website has background information, fact sheets, teaching materials and more, as well as links to other resources.

Interfaith Worker Justice
For their position statement, click here. For their materials, including a new curriculum on immigraiton "through the lens of faith" click here.

National Immigration Law Center
NILC brings together a wealth of information about legal issues, current legislation, resources available for immigrants, etc.

United Association for Labor Education Immigration Task Force
This site has a collection of workshop curricula, teaching materials and articles about immigration and globalizaiton aimed at a labor audience.



Articles

Please help us fill out this section. Send us your recommendations for good articles  on immigration from a labor point of view.  We are especially looking for thoughtful analytical pieces and well-documented factual reports, rather than clippings from the mainstream press.

Harder Times:Undocumented Workers and the U.S. Informal Economy, by Richard D. Vogel

Harvest of Empire, by Kim Moody

Raids, Reforms, and the Labor Movement, by Tim Costello, Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith

Transient Servitude: The U.S. Guest Worker Program for Exploiting Mexican and Central American Workers, by Richard D. Vogel

Washington Policies Drive Migrants North to Seek Work, by Mexico Solidarity Network