Archive:Immigration

• WCP: The Oppositional Politics of Race and Class in the Brexit Debate

  As debates over when and how Britain will actually leave the European Union go on, echoes of the 2016 campaign continue to ripple through British culture.

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Brexit, European Union, Immigration, Racism, Refugees, WCP, White Working Class, Working-Class Perspectives

• Mayor Bowser Funds $2.5 Million for Immigration Legal Services in Proposed Budget

  Last night Mayor Bowser announced that she will allocate $2.5 million for immigration legal services in her proposed budget for this year! "At the budget engagement forums last month, I was moved

  Categories: Immigration and Labor Project, Our Staff, Student Leaders Tags: Alex Taliadoros, ILP, Immigration, Immigration and Labor Project, Juan Belman, Universal Representation, Washington DC

• WCP: The Ghost Of Bisbee

  [caption id="attachment_5320" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A film by writer and director Robert Greene.[/caption] Just over 100 years ago in the Arizona copper fields, 1200 striking miners were

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Copper Miners, Deportation, Eric Margolis, ICE, Immigration, John Russo, Mary Romero, Mineworkers, Phelps-Dodge, Sherry Linkon, Strike, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Beyond the Caravan: Why We Must Protect Workers Covered by TPS

  Leading up to the U.S. midterm elections, Republicans warned voters about a caravan of migrants traveling north from Central America. In this weeks’ Working-Class Perspective, KI’s Juan L. Belman Guerrero calls our attention to another group of immigrants who have already planted roots in the United States: hundreds of thousands of immigrants covered by Temporary Protected Status (TPS) face the threat of removal from their homes and workplaces if their immigration status is not addressed, which would harm both them and the American economy.

  Categories: Our Staff, Visiting Scholars Tags: Immigrant Workers, Immigration, John Russo, Juan Belman, Sherry Linkon, Temporary Protected Status, TPS, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Making America White Again: Trump’s Pardon of Joe Arpaio

  The aggressive tactics that Joe Arpaio used against immigrant workers as Maricopa County Sheriff were not only racist, they also reflect class bias. In this week’s Working-Class Perspective, Mary Romero explains how Trump’s pardon of Arpaio normalizes xenophobia in law enforcement and leaves undocumented workers vulnerable to abuse.

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Immigration, Joe Arpaio, John Russo, Mary Romero, Racism, Sherry Linkon, Undocumented Immigrants, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives, Xenophobia

• Shared Values: A Report on AFL-CIO and Catholic Conference Activity in the State Legislatures

  The labor movement in the United States shares many values with the Catholic Church, with each supporting living wages for workers, the right to join and form unions, and the defense of our immigrant

  Categories: Just Employment Policy, Publications, Reports Tags: AFL-CIO, Alexandros Taliadoros, Catholic Church, Catholic conferences, Catholic Labor Network, Catholic social teaching, Clayton Sinyai, CLN, Immigration, Labor, labor federations, Lillian Ryan, Lobbying, Worker Rights

• Kalmanovitz Initiative to Help Build New Generation of Women’s Labor Leadership

  Georgetown’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor will identify, nurture, train and convene a new generation of diverse, female labor leaders in a collaborative effort with Rutgers

  Category: Our Staff Tags: AFL-CIO, Berger-Marks Foundation, Center for Innovation in Worker Organization, Feminism, Georgetown University, Grants, Immigration, Joseph McCartin, Kalmanovitz Initiative, Labor Movement, Lane Windham, Linda Foley, Liz Shuler, Marilyn Sneiderman, Racial Justice, Rutgers University, Sheri Davis-Faulkner, WILL Empower, Women, Women's Leadership, Worker Justice

• WCP: Solidarity, Not Division: Understanding London’s East End

  There is a troubling stereotype that has gained hold on either side of the Atlantic that portrays working-class people as racist and resentful. Many commentators have incorrectly attributed the woes

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: East End, Gentrification, Great Britain, Immigration, John Russo, London, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, WCP, White Working Class, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Master of None Lacks Class

  Aziz Anzari's Master of None gets a lot of things right. Its attention to racism, sexism, diversity, and the immigrant-family experience make the hilarious new Netflix series feel like a breath of f

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Aziz Anzari, Class, Comedy, Diversity, Immgrants, Immigration, Inequality, Master of None, Millennials, Netflix, Precariat, Racism, Sexism, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives