Immigration and American Unionism

by Vernon M. Briggs Jr.

Book Overview

In the year 2000 the AFL-CIO announced a historic change in its position on immigration. Reversing a decades-old stance by labor, the federation declared that it would no longer press to reduce high immigration levels or call for rigorous enforcement of immigration laws. Instead, it now supports the repeal of sanctions imposed against employers who hire illegal immigrants as well as a general amnesty for most such workers. In this timely book,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801487102
• ISBN13: 9780801487101
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: ILR Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher