Op-Ed Contributor
Workers Without Borders
By JENNIFER GORDON
Published: March 10, 2009
The current immigration system hurts wages and working conditions — for everyone. The solution lies in greater mobility for migrants and a new emphasis on workers’ rights.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/opinion/10gordon.html
News from the past about undocumented immigrants’ rights.
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Judge Upholds Job Rights of Undocumented Aliens
By KATHERINE BISHOP, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: March 6, 1991
A Federal judge has ruled that undocumented aliens can bring lawsuits under the 1964 Civil Rights Act maintaining that they are the victims of racial or sexual discrimination at work. The [...]
Editorial
Helping Workers in Hard Times
Published: February 15, 2009
Forcing companies that are receiving money from the stimulus package to file employment verification for all workers lacks common sense.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/opinion/15sun1.html
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Broad Survey of Day Laborers Finds High Level of Injuries and Pay Violations
By Steven Greenhouse
Published: January 22, 2006
The first nationwide study on day laborers has found that such workers are a nationwide phenomenon, with 117,600 people gathering at more than 500 hiring sites to look for work on a typical day.
The survey found that three-fourths [...]
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Invisible to Most, Women Line Up for Day Labor
By NINA BERNSTEIN
Published: August 15, 2005
The women are not noticed by the weekday morning crowds that rush past Eighth Avenue and 37th Street, in the heart of Manhattans fashion district. They arrive in twos and threes after 8 a.m., shrinking against the buildings on both sides of [...]
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Day Laborers Are Easy Prey in New Orleans
By ADAM NOSSITER
Published: February 16, 2009
Hispanic laborers, known for carrying large amounts of cash, are now New Orleans muggers’ prey of choice.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/16/us/16hispanic.html