Workshop outline and materials, including Power Point presentation, Labor Council resolution, handouts on NAFTA and on Who Immigrants are, and "debate cheat sheets" on 4 controversial issues.

This powerpoint covers the following:

1.  Is there an immigration crisis? - demographics for state of Missouri,  Some history and current expressions of xenophobia. 

2.  Why do they come?

3.  Do immigrants ruin jobs?

4.  The new labor system and what we can do about it.

5.  Addendum on the basics of immigration law.

In this Op-ed piece, Fordham U law professor Jennifer Gordon argues for the concept of "transnational labor citizenship". For a more detailed discussion of the topic, download her article from the University of Southern CA Law Review here.

This article was originally published in New Labor Forum in spring 2008, as part of a debate on open borders.

"The Labor Movement's Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform" is a two page document agreed upon by both the AFL-CIO and Change to Win in April of 2009.

http://www.nilc.org/ce/ceindex.htm#know-rights

Includes:

Know-Your-Rights Alerts and Information
 - When Encountering Law Enforcement (General)
 - Immigration Raids
 - Other Immigration Enforcement
 - Participating in Demonstrations

This 35-slide power point gives an overview of immigration, focusing on Minnesota, and analyzes our broken immigration system.

Rather than lay down a line, this workshop explores labor's "schizoid" stance on immigration and the real reasons some unions oppose it.

Two downloads: facilitator's "rap", and slides.

Target Audience: U.S.- born union members

Developed by Janice Fine