How the labor movement did a 180 on immigration
How the labor movement did a 180 on immigration
- February 5, 2013
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and political science professor, is interviewed on NPR February 5, 2013
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From NPR:
The AFL-CIO begins a big push this week to build momentum for comprehensive changes
to the nation's immigration laws. But it wasn't long ago that organized labor viewed
illegal workers in the U.S. as a threat - and fought against proposals that would
lead to citizenship... Louis DeSipio, a professor of Chicano/Latino studies at the
University of California, Irvine, says the AFL-CIO had its eye on potential new members,
and that the move was a recognition of changing national and union demographics. "The
fastest growing unions have been the service sector unions, and those are overwhelmingly
made up of immigrants and then family members of immigrants," says DeSipio. "So, you
know, for the unions to represent their membership at some level, they have to be
sensitive to the family concerns that drive support for legalization."
For the full story, please visit http://www.npr.org/2013/02/05/171175054/how-the-labor-movement-did-a-180....
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