immigrant workers
“Fast for Fair Food” ends with 1,000 marching
March 15, 2012More than 1,000 farm workers and their allies solemnly marched three miles to the corporate headquarter of the grocery store giant Publix.
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Chipotle fires Mexican workers for crime of working
March 29, 2011Three months ago the chain that made its fortune selling Mexican food made by Mexican workers fired hundreds of them throughout Minnesota. Their crime was that they worked, but had no immigration papers.
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Indian workers on Gulf Coast fight modern day slavery
February 3, 2011Hundreds of workers from India who were forced into modern day slavery at Gulf Coast shipyards for more than a year after Hurricane Katrina are demanding that federal courts certify their lawsuit as a class action...
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Justices tackle if states can use business licensing laws vs. undocumented workers
December 10, 2010Can states use their own licensing laws to crack down on businesses that hire undocumented workers? The Supreme Court wrestled with that question on Dec. 9, dealing with a 2007 law from Arizona - a measure...
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