Sentences with phrase «immigrant labor»

Many large - scale farms rely heavily on immigrant labor.
The study also concluded that the inclusion of immigrant labor meant prices for computer products were 1.9 % to 2.4 % lower.
Together, they posit immigrant labor as a foundation for building a future in which multiple imaginaries of gender, race, class, and culture become possible.
Farmers will instead have to learn how to do more with less immigrant labor.
The title is Spanish for «the day after tomorrow» and the new works in the show will «posit immigrant labor as a foundation for building a future,» where gender, class, culture and race are re-imagined.
-- Similarly exploited immigrant labor without labor rights (all temporary and dual purpose immigrants), employer sponsorship being the key to suppressing wages (plus all of David Card's papers and equations are wrong due to DNWR)-- Fair Labor Standards Act generally doesn't apply to office workers and other positions that corporations tag as professionals and / or managers, despite recent Obama hike of minimum applicable wage.
Last week's «Day Without Immigrants» campaign was a startling reminder of the extent to which immigrant labor help drives the American economy.
Beatriz Cortez and Rafa Esparza's collaborative exhibition at Commonwealth and Council engages with immigrant labor as a metaphor for the construction of a future where multiple imaginaries of gender, race, class, and culture are made possible.
In the 16 months that Donald Trump has been president, the U.S.'s previously flawed immigration system has gone from bad to worse — particularly for small companies that rely on skilled immigrant labor.
Private prisons have for years enriched themselves by exploiting detained immigrant labor.
So even though free trade means open global markets and free trade the migrations are seen as a problem to people who feel displaced by immigrant labor.
Sol Aramendi weaves video narratives of immigrant labor into an installation of corn, lavender, and old LPs that somehow remind him of coins.
Though Diaz did not mention it, one can't help but connect the history of production behind Calder's fiber - based work (some crafted by 100 Nicaraguan laborers at four times the usual rate) to the culture of low - wage immigrant labor in which Diaz grew up.
Bowers creates photo - realist drawings of isolated individuals who marched on behalf of immigrant labor reform on International Workers» Day in 2011 and were in TransLatina Coalition protests in 2016.
They put our tax dollars at work subsidizing cheap illegal immigrant labor for corporations while our infrastructure literally crumbled before our eyes!
Some people hope that machines like this automated spinach harvester will help farmers deal will less immigrant labor.
This is bad news if your company depends on immigrant labor, or frequently hires H - 1B visa holders — and look, in particular, for tech companies like Facebook, which have lobbied furiously for more H - 1B visas, to howl in response.
The exploitation, especially of immigrant labor, was blatant, and many preachers were no longer willing to speak only of the personal salvation of their flock or of the need of the newcomers for conversion.
But the pharmaceutical sector, which relies disproportionately on immigrant labor, has been almost universally silent — perhaps in a bid to avoid rousing Trump's ire before a crucial meeting Tuesday morning at the White House.
«As a union that represents workers in an industry built on immigrant labor, we are excited to endorse Grace Meng for Congress,» said Ward.
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