By U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez LatinaLista Today, in 100 cities nationwide, fast-food workers are speaking out and taking action. Their message is simple: they want a wage that allows them to raise their families without living…
Environment, Human Rights, Palabra Final, Social Justice
New report highlights continued mistreatment of migrant farm labor
Jun 16, 2010, 5:55 PM 1
LatinaLista — As Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) gets ready to step up their efforts targeting employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers, according to a plan that was recently leaked to the Texas Tribune and titled “Strategic Priorities for…
Business, Economy, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics
Bush Administration now bails out agricultural industry with changes to guestworker program that creates a government sanctioned slave market
Dec 10, 2008, 1:41 PM 2
LatinaLista — When it comes to the statement: Undocumented migrants do the work Americans won’t do, there’s no industry that better exemplifies this than the agriculture industry. As a matter of fact, while all other industries struggle to prove…
