South Bay Labor Council Resolution Opposing Immigration Firings and Employer Sanctions, May 20, 2013

From the South Bay Labor Council:

A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT WORKERS AND UNION MEMBERS FIRED BECAUSE OF ANTI-LABOR IMMIGRATION AUDITS

WHEREAS: the labor movement has called for basic reform of our immigration laws since it adopted a position at the AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles in 1999, supported by resolutions passed since then by the South Bay Labor Council, which demand the repeal of employer sanctions, legalization for undocumented workers, protection of the right to organize for all workers, the strengthening of family reunification as the basis of immigration policy, and opposition to guest worker programs, and

WHEREAS: The immigration reform bills being proposed in Washington would cause more of our members to be fired through programs like mandatory E-Verify and other forms of workplace immigration enforcement, and would make it more difficult for unions to organize non-union workplaces by making immigrant workers even more vulnerable to firings, deportations and the denial of their rights, and [...]

Read the full resolution:
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2013/05/opposing-immigration-firings-and-employer-sanctions.html