Legislative and Political Action
Memorial Day 2006! - Remember Our Veterans!
Memorial Day 2006 is celebrated on Monday, May 29, 2006. Pause for a moment to remember our troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and all American veterans from past wars and conflicts. Whil...
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"Immigration Law Sanctions and Enforcement in Selected Foreign Countries"
This study titled, "Immigration Law Sanctions and Enforcement in Selected Foreign Countries," evaluates the policies and practices of Brazil, Egypt, Japan, Mexico, Sweden, and Swit...
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Samuel Gompers & A. Philip Randolph On Immigration!
"Those who favor unrestricted immigration care nothing for the people. They are simply desirous of flooding the country with unskilled as well as skilled labor of other lands for t...
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An Amnesty By Any Other Name is Still an Amnesty
Amnesties always lead to more illegal immigration, as millions more people will be encouraged to come here in the expectation that eventually they, too, will be rewarded. We grante...
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"Guests" Who Never Leave!
What differentiates the new guest worker proposals currently being considered by Congress from those of the past is that they have dropped all pretense that these workers will be h...
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American Unionism and U.S. Immigration Policy!
The nation's immigration laws need to be strengthened, not weakened or repealed. Employer sanctions set the moral tone for immigration policy at the workplace. The identification l...
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Thousands in New York March Against Iraq War!
The demonstrators stretched for about 10 blocks as they headed down Broadway. Organizers said 300,000 people marched, though a police spokesman declined to give an estimate. There ...
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Chicago Big Box Living Wage Rally - April 26, 2006!
On Wednesday, April 26,2006 at 9:15 AM, there will be a rally at Thompson Center (Clark and Randolph) in support of the Big Box Living Wage ordinance currently before the Chicago C...
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Standing for Stronger Borders and Against Amnesty!
In the Senate on April 4, Senator Byrd talked about the dangers of granting amnesty to illegal immigrants in the United States. There are millions of people waiting in line in thei...
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Immigration Reform that Respects Workers' Rights!
Adopted by the CWA Executive Board April 18, 2006. America needs and deserves an immigration policy that protects all workers within our borders ? both native-born and immigrant ? ...
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