[lbo-talk] Organized Labor Split Over Immigration Bill

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Apr 8 10:23:09 PDT 2006


Steven L. Robinson wrote:


>AFL-CIO's executive vice president, Linda Chavez-Thompson says that workers
>in these guest programs "are always dependent on their host employers for
>both their livelihoods and legal status to work in the United States. Guest
>workers are never truly free, rendering them ripe for exploitation."
>
>Eliseo Medina, vice president of the Service Employees Union, says that
>supporting the McCain-Kennedy bill, including its guest worker provision,
>gives his union an opportunity to be part of the debate in Congress. "You
>can't just simply get into that debate by saying nothing out there meets our
>expectations."

What do people think of these competing positions?

Doug



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