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IMMIGRATION DEAL HURTS WORKERS AND FAILS TO LIVE UP TO AMERICAN VALUE
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Statement on Today’s Immigration Deal |
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While today’s deal reached on immigration provides an opening for comprehensive legislation on this critical issue, it has a long way to go before it can provide meaningful reform. Too many aspects of the deal fail to live up to fundamental American principles of democracy and fairness. We are a nation of inclusion—guestworker programs would only turn permanent jobs into temporary ones, create an underclass of exploited workers, and lower workplace standards for all workers. We are a nation that values families—to create a point-system that would keep families apart or favor one family ahead of others undermines basic fairness and community stability. We are a nation of opportunity—to create a system that favors one class of workers ahead of other workers closes the door to the American dream for millions of hard-working but less-skilled immigrants. Any legislation that departs from these fundamental values will only exacerbate the systemic problems of our current immigration system. |
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| The UFCW represents 1.3 million workers in North America, with nearly 1 million working in grocery stores and 250,000 working in the meatpacking and other food processing industries. |
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