By Enrique Berruga Filloy, El Universal | Translated by Brandee Bilotta, Watching America | Princeton University | Pew Research Center. For the first time in 60 years, the net traffic of Mexicans to the United States has been reduced to zero and perhaps even shows a negative balance. (English | Spanish)
Continue reading →By Whitney Phillips, Cronkite Borlerlands Initiative | Florida Center for Investigative Reporting | El Nuevo Herald. Vigorous enforcement of new laws in the Dominican Republic means that hundreds of thousands of people of Haitian descent are finding it increasingly difficult to get access to their birth certificates, which are required to get married, obtain a high school diploma, start a business, get a driver’s license or passport. or even sign up for a phone plan. (English | Spanish)
Continue reading →By Jean-Guy Allard, Argenpress | Translated by Natasha Mann, Watching America | Haiti Chery. Six youths from segregated neighborhoods in Miami have become victims of fatal police shootings within the last 10 months, without even one investigation report having been filed, or one police officer accused, even of criminal negligence.
Continue reading →By Dan La Botz, Labor Notes. Undocumented Latino immigrants in Switzerland are battling many of the same issues as in the United States, and they’re organizing to call for creative solutions to common problems.
Continue reading →By Tiffany Ten Eyck Labor Notes Domestic workers in New York have won historic changes to the state’s labor law to include protections for their jobs. Final votes on Thursday ended weeks of wrangling between state Assembly and Senate leaders … Continue reading →
By Kari Lydersen In These Times U.S. Social Forum Workshop participants brainstormed changes most needed to improve labor in the U.S. These included passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, immigration reform, a public black list of employers who mistreat … Continue reading →
By Marcela Valente, IPS. Buenos Aires – Textile cooperatives founded by former slave labourers from Argentina and Thailand will jointly launch a new brand of clothing in June to raise awareness about exploitation and promote decent jobs in the garment industry.
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