Academic

Defining the Immigrant Worker
The University of San Francisco Law Review has issued a call for papers for its spring 2009 Symposium volume: The Evolving Definition of the Immigrant Worker: The Intersection Between Employment, Labor, and Human Rights Law...

Immigration Rallies Across the U.S.
For the third year in a row, immigrant rights rallies were held across the United States today. From Washington to Miami to Los Angeles, immigrant rights activists demanded citizenship opportunities for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the U...

Duff on Hoffman and NLRA Practice
Michael Duff (Wyoming) has just posted on SSRN his article forthcoming in the Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, Embracing Paradox: Three Problems the NLRB Must Confront to Resist Further Erosion of Labor Rights in the Expanding Immigrant Workplace...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: AHMAD BATEBI - HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST/REFUGEE
Yesterday, I profiled a heroic translator working to expose injustice in this country. Today, I profile another brave immigrant and one that has only been in this country for a few short days...

Hersch on Skin Color & Immigrant Pay
Joni Hersch (Vanderbilt University Law School) has posted Skin Color, Discrimination, and Immigrant Pay on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In "Profiling the New Immigrant Worker: The Effects of Skin Color and Height," (Journal of Labor Economics 2008), I present...

Student Blogger - #13Amend Live Blog: Slave Labor and Immigrant Labor
Professor Gerald Neuman, in his article The Lost Century of American Immigration Law (1776-1875), referred to slavery as our first immigration system. Professor Maria Ontiveros identified the connections between slavery and our current treatment of immigrant workers, particularly guest workers...

Dumb New York Laws
Stupid Laws in the Empire State

New York Building Codes
Building and constructions laws in New York

Discouraging Union Organizers
Strict work place rules

EB-1 and EB-2 Visa Status
Obtaining a Green Card Without Going Through the Labor Certification Process

Employee Lawsuits: Negligent Hiring and Retention
Employers must check references, criminal records, other background material.

Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests

Negligent Death
Family of New York Times reporter awarded undisclosed settlement for medical malpractice.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement
alleging government agencies and officials violated immigrant workers' constitutional rights.

Employment
Employee rights including labor law, harassment, safety, unpaid overtime, discrimination and union disputes.

Oklahoma Bacterial Outbreak
One Person Dead, 14 Hospitalized

New York Employment Law
alleged violations of New York employment law.

Rally Rights
Gettysburg Borough awards arrested protester $22,500 civil rights settlement.