Conflicting Commitments

by Shannon Gleeson

Book Overview

In Conflicting Commitments, Shannon Gleeson goes beyond the debate over federal immigration policy to examine the complicated terrain of immigrant worker rights. Federal law requires that basic labor standards apply to all workers, yet this principle clashes with increasingly restrictive immigration laws and creates a confusing bureaucratic terrain for local policymakers and labor advocates. Gleeson examines this issue in two of the largest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801478146
• ISBN13: 9780801478147
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: ILR Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher