With the Thanksgiving holiday here, I’d like to take a moment to talk about the workers who process and pack the turkeys that so many of us will consume. When I drive through the state of Iowa and all across … Continued
United Food And Commercial Workers
Immigration
Anti-immigrant Message: WE WANT YOU to be Broke and Bigoted
Anti-immigrant groups are wearing out their violins ranting about the “evil immigrant invasion.” In light of recent economic scandals, their agenda is looking even more absurd than usual. Just in the past few weeks as the justified uproar over AIG … Continued
Immigration
Another CIS Charade Ignores the Power of the UFCW at JBS/Swift
Today the anti-immigrant Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)—an offshoot of the unabashedly anti-immigrant Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)—reports that since the massive ICE raids on JBS/Swift meatpacking plants in late 2006 wages have risen and safety has improved because … Continued