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NYT Editorial: Domestic Workers Rights
The New York State Senate has just passed a domestic workers’ bill of rights, with an array of guarantees that most workers take for granted,... read more
Gulf Oil Spill Lands Vietnamese Immigrant Fishermen In Limbo
The boats are docked, the processing plants closed, and no one knows when they will be up and running again.  That means Louisiana’s hardworking Vietnamese... read more
Work Force Fueled by Highly Skilled Immigrants
Cities with thriving immigrant populations — with high-earning and lower-wage workers — tended to be those that prospered the most. “Economic growth in urban areas has... read more
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La Colectiva members celebrate social media campaign launch
The social media campaign, Communicating Our Strengths and Our Hopes" was 2 years in the making. Colectiva Member Yesenia Perez said she is proud to... View video
New Study Shows Impact of Immigrant Labor
This week on "Stories from the Ethnic Media": Immigrants are critical to the country's economic recovery. Visit website
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Nicky Trasvina, Employer of La Colectiva Members
(Nicky Trasvina spoke at the November 11 Launch of a unique social media campaign designed by members of La Colectiva de Mujeres of La Raza... read more
La Colectiva member Raquel Botello speaks at social media campaign launch
At the launch of a unique social media campaign in November 2009, domestic worker and La Colectiva member Raquel Botello spoke with pride about being... View video
Domestic Workers Go on Offensive with Ad Campaign, Conference
La Colectiva de Mujeres (Women's Collective) in San Francisco has launched a media campaign unveiling striking posters, billboards, bus ads and postcards depicting domestic workers... read more
ZeroDivide Coordinates Partners Across 13 States in Proposal for Broadband Stimulus Funding
ZeroDivide is taking an innovative approach towards securing a share of the federal stimulus funding for its communities by coordinating a proposal to the Broadband... read more
Got Workers? Dairy Farms Run Low on (Immigrant) Labor
Jesus Rodriguez, a Mexican who can't read or write, sometimes mixes up the numbers that identify the cows that he milks. But he can easily... read more
How an immigration raid changed a town
Postville, Iowa - This town tucked in the black-loam corner of northeastern Iowa has long been a bustling, polyglot place. If it was a morning... read more
Recession hits immigrants in health care industry
The health care industry is considered relatively recession proof, but not for everyone; In Los Angeles, many Asian immigrants are struggling to keep their health... read more
Op Ed: The danger of losing the ethnic media
ASIANWEEK, San Francisco's English-language weekly for Asian Americans, and San Francisco Bay View, which has served the black community there for three decades, both have... read more
Harvesting Hate in Hard Economic Times
Hate does not emerge in a vacuum writes the editorial staff of El Diario/La Prensa [translated by New America Media]. Nor could it thrive there,... read more
New Documentary on Immigrant Rights Activist and Union Leader Eliseo Medina
A new video premiers December 5th at the Santa Fe Film Festival on the remarkable career of former UFW leader and current SEIU Executive Vice-President... read more
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my teacher her name is patricia stuelke, she give us one lecture named Domestica is about immigrant domestic workers and the difficult way that latina... read more
Radio Documentary - Pueblo, USA: How Latino Immigration is Changing America
American RadioWorks documentary, Pueblo, USA explores the nation's largest wave of immigration happening right now. About 35 million of us were born in other countries. That's one... Visit website
Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW)
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) is a community-based organization that strives for equal worker rights. Their members are largely Latino, Haitian, and Mayan Indian... Visit website
Yakama Nation Approves Guest Worker Program
The Yakama Nation of Washington has approved a guest-worker program to keep track of non-citizens who work on the reservation. Former council member Wendell Hannigan came... read more
Film Trailer - San Papye (Undocumented)
View a trailer from the movie San Papye (Undocumented). The producer, Hans Patrick Domercant writes that this is "the story of a young Haitian professional... View video
Growing Latino Population Redefines Small Town
In stark contrast to the current ICE policy producing numerous raids on food processing plants in small towns, John Biewen and Tennessee Watson of the... read more
More than 300 arrested in S.C. raid at poultry plant
It was the largest immigration raid ever conducted in the Carolinas. It came after authorities determined that 777 of 825 workers at the plant had... read more
The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies: Working Papers
Collection of dozens of publications on immigration topics such as U.S. immigration reform, illegal immigration, refugees, the U.S.-Mexico border, and health and education of immigrants.... Visit website
Jewish Community Marches in Support of Postville Immigrants
More than 1,000 people, including at least 150 from the Twin Cities of Minnesota, descended Sunday on Postville, a seemingly bucolic place beset by turmoil... read more
Telemundo Covers Rights of Immigrant Domestic Workers
This item from Andrea Lee at the San Francisco immigrant rights advocacy organization Mujeres Unidas y Activas: "The National Domestic Workers’ Allliance from CASA Maryland... read more
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