Sentences with phrase «immigrant laborers»

One of the first examples of organizing women and immigrant laborers, who had previously been overlooked, who were responsible for major labor benefits, including increases in wages and reduction in working hours.

But even before the UK referendum, with its demonized immigrant laborers, or the U.S. election, followed by bipartisan accusations of Russian interference, Pope.L thought to make a whispering campaign.

The year is 1924, and the remote mines of Appalachia have filled with families like Emma's, poor immigrant laborers building new lives half a world away from the island of Sicily.

In some cases, immigrant laborers were even stranded at work sites outside of Charlotte in neighboring counties, organizers said.

An increase in fatalities and injuries amid a building boom in New York City has mostly affected undocumented immigrant laborers and far exceeds the rate of new construction.

That leaves the business to immigrant laborers.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder's second feature depicts the intolerance of a circle of financially and sexually frustrated friends when an immigrant laborer (Fassbinder) moves to their Munich neighborhood.

Tiny Jo Palumbo, daughter of an Italian immigrant laborer, was the person who swore in newcomers, and the sight of her administering the grave secrecy oath had inspired one code breaker to write a lyrical poem in her honor.

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Of course, some Cuban immigrants became more than just low - skilled laborers.

Another source familiar with the meeting said Trump was questioning why the United States should take in unskilled laborers from the countries under discussion and should instead welcome immigrants from nations that can offer skilled workers.

National leaders can then play off hardworking, low - paid laborers against immigrants and those who receive the dole, directing workers» resentments away from those who control the economy and prevent full employment.

Another response of the Churches and people of wealth to the needs of the immigrant and poor laborer was the settlement house.

Meanwhile, ordinary Americans find themselves competing with low - wage laborers abroad and immigrants at home.

Although the region was visited by traders from China for centuries, the first main Chinese influx came in 1820s, as immigrants worked as construction workers on the building of Singapore, and the second wave of laborers came in the 1840s to work the tin mines.

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But can that be done without day laborers — a group under pressure at a time when Trump is cracking down on illegal immigrants.

Among those who will meet with and be blessed by the Pope during his visit on Sept. 25th are day laborers from Westchester, immigrant mothers from Yonkers and East Harlem, unaccompanied youth fleeing persecution in Central America, and refugees from the Middle East and Africa.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito — flanked by Council members Jumaane Williams, Brad Lander, Margaret Chin and Carlos Menchaca — as well as Public Advocate Letitia James and Comptroller Stringer all made similar remarks in support of immigrants and laborers.

Mr. Levy was irate, but ultimately came to terms: He agreed to build a state - financed hiring hall for immigrant day laborers, and the Assembly extended the tax.

With unique access to a «hidden population» from one of America's largest Spanish - speaking immigrant destinations, a recent study finds that more than 30 % of undocumented migrant laborers in this area are victims of labor trafficking and 55 % are victims of other labor abuses.

The Act to Prohibit the Coming of Chinese Persons into the United States, referred to as the Geary Act, allowed Chinese laborers to travel to China and reenter the United States but its provisions were otherwise more restrictive than the 1885 law, requiring Chinese immigrants to register and secure a certificate as proof of their right to be in the United States.

The law suspended immigration of Chinese laborers for ten years; permitted only those Chinese in the United States as of November 17, 1880, to stay, travel abroad, and return; and banned the naturalization of Chinese immigrants.

Much of Valenzuela's work deals with the experience of undocumented immigrants and laborers.

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.

Lum grew up the child of immigrant sweatshop workers and menial laborers in Vancouver, and the couches reflect the fliers for rental furniture he would collect as a child, imagining leisure and luxury in the form of overstuffed softness.

In Escamilla v. Shiel Sexton Co., Inc., 73 N.E. 3d 663 (Ind. 2017), an unauthorized immigrant (a Mexican citizen) was injured while working as a masonry laborer at an Indiana job site.