... International Brotherhood of Teamsters are concerned that employers will choose to hire foreigners over more expensive American workers... They want limits on work visas for foreigners, but also full labor protections that would let them join unions... "The ideal immigration reform bill would not contain a guest worker program," said Yvette Pena Lopes, a Teamsters lobbyist. If one is created,...
... Secretary Treasurer Local 808 Teamsters
Comite Pro-Amnistia y Justicia Social
Cynthia McKinney, former member of Congress
Elvira Arellano in Adelberto Central Methodist Church
Emma Goldman Chapter of SDS/MDS
Emma Lozano Centro Sin Fronteras
Fr. Luis Barrios, San Romero de Las Americas Church
Frantz Mendes, Pres. USW L. 8751, Boston School Bus Drivers
Hermandad Mexicana Nacional-...
... 1, as do the Laborers and the Teamsters.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -ONE LEADING union activist involved in the Chicago protest is Jose Artemio Arreola, a custodian in the suburban Oak Park school district and a member of the SEIU Local 73 executive board, as well as a founder of Casa Michoacan, a club for immigrants from that Mexican state.
Arreola said in an interview that planning for the...