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Immigration and American Unionism

By: Vernon M. Briggs, Jr.

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Immigration and American Unionism

By: Vernon M. Briggs, Jr.

In the year 2000 the AFL-CIO announced a historic change in its position on immigration. Reversing a decades-old stance by labor, the federation declared that it would no longer press to reduce high immigration levels or call for rigorous enforcement of immigration laws. Instead, it now supports the repeal of sanctions imposed against employers who hire illegal immigrants as well as a general amnesty for most such workers. In this timely book, Vernon M. Briggs, Jr., challenges labor's recent about-face, charting the disastrous effects that immigration has had on union membership over the course of U.S. history.Briggs explores the close relationship between immigration and employment trends beginning in the 1780s. Combining the history of labor and of immigration in a new and innovative way, he establishes that over time unionism has thrived when the numbers of newcomers have decreased, and faltered when those figures have risen.Briggs argues convincingly that the labor movement cannot be revived unless the following steps are taken: immigration levels are reduced, admission categories changed, labor law reformed, and the enforcement of labor protection standards at the worksite enhanced. The survival of American unionism, he asserts, does not rest with the movement's becoming a partner of the pro-immigration lobby. For to do so, organized labor would have to abandon its legacy as the champion of the American worker.

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Cornell University Press

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150172231X

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9781501722318

Mass Immigration and the National Interest

Policy Directions for the New Century

By: Vernon M. Briggs

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Mass Immigration and the National Interest

Policy Directions for the New Century

By: Vernon M. Briggs

Briggs (labor economics, Cornell University) describes the country's immigration policies as a hodge-podge of counter productive and special interest provisions, showing how immigration patterns are in direct conflict with emerging labor market trends and how they threaten the jobs of American workers, and offers suggestions for immigration policy reform. This third edition is revised and updated, drawing on data from the 2000 Census. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

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346

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M.E. Sharpe

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0765609347

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9780765609342

The Chicano Worker

By: Vernon M. Briggs,Walter Fogel,Fred H. Schmidt

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The Chicano Worker

By: Vernon M. Briggs,Walter Fogel,Fred H. Schmidt

The Chicano Worker is an incisive analysis of the labor-market experiences of Mexican American workers in the late twentieth century. The authors—each established in the fields of labor economics and research on Chicano workers—describe the major employment patterns of the Chicano labor force and discuss the historical and institutional factors determining these patterns. This work speaks to the continuing widespread public interest in Mexican immigration, migrant farm labor, unionization of farm workers, Chicano education and training needs, and the legacy of discriminatory treatment against Chicanos. The authors treat the convergence of these issues and their public policy implications. Drawing from census data as well as other sources, The Chicano Worker reports on Chicano unemployment, labor-force participation, occupational and industrial distributions of employment, and various indices of earnings. It also deals with such issues as history, family size, health, and culture. The Chicano Worker is likely to open new areas of interest, discussion, and criticism concerning Chicanos in the United States.

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University of Texas Press

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0292768427

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9780292768420

Immigration and American Unionism

By: Vernon M. Briggs, Jr.

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Cornell University Press

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Human Resource Economics and Public Policy

Essays in Honor of Vernon M. Briggs Jr

By: Vernon M. Briggs,Charles J. Whalen

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Human Resource Economics and Public Policy

Essays in Honor of Vernon M. Briggs Jr

By: Vernon M. Briggs,Charles J. Whalen

This book honors Vernon Briggs's professional contributions. This book contains important discussions on issues of human resource economics, which is now often described as workforce development. This book offers much research information and policy analysis that can be used to develop what is needed for an active set of national human resource policies.

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W.E. Upjohn Institute

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0880993596

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Book's by Vernon M. Briggs

Immigration and American Unionism

Immigration and American Unionism

Mass Immigration and the National Interest

Mass Immigration and the National Interest

The Chicano Worker

The Chicano Worker

Immigration and American Unionism

Immigration and American Unionism

Human Resource Economics and Public Policy

Human Resource Economics and Public Policy

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