Two years ago, the U.S. certified about 75,000 low-skilled laborers for guest-worker visas. Under the first year of a new plan that business and labor leaders have tentatively approved as part of a Senate proposal to revise the nation’s immigration...
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Workers erect an exterior wall panel in an apartment building under construction in Peoria, Illinois, on March 28, 2013.
Low-Skilled Visas: Cap Key to Deal
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People repeat an oath of allegiance during a naturalization ceremony in San Diego, California, on March 20, 2013.
H-1B Visa Lottery: April’s Full Day
Filing season for the U.S. temporary, high-skilled H-1B visas opens April 1. If you ask immigration lawyer Shanon R. Stevenson, that will also be the day the visa cap is reached. That would be bad news for her clients. If...
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Union members and community activists gather during an AFL-CIO demonstration in Trenton, New Jersey.
Labor Tries to Flex Post-Election Muscle
Labor and other progressive activists are kicking off a final flurry of lobbying to keep Congress from taking a wrong turn in trying to avoid the fiscal cliff, the end of the year deadline when automatic spending cuts and tax...
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Delegates listen to President Barack Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention.
Labor’s 65% Love for Obama: Trumka Says Not Stopping There
The majority of union members voted for President Barack Obama, helping to secure his win in key battleground states including Ohio and Wisconsin. Union members voted for Obama by 65-33 percent, according to a national survey conducted by Peter D....
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United Steelworkers union members Brett Butler, left, and Joshua Keirsey, center, canvas for President Barack Obama's reelection campaign in a residential neighborhood in Steubenville, Ohio.
Ground Game: Not Just for Candidates
Legions of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama supporters will spend this weekend knocking on doors as their get-out-the-vote efforts enter the final, critical stage. They won’t be alone. Just as outside groups chimed in on television, in mailers and over...
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Protesters march through Uptown, the Charlotte business district, before the start of the Democratic National Convention.
Parties Fail Working Class: Protest
Southern labor activists didn’t shy away from taking a swipe at their natural allies as they met on the sidelines of this week’s Democratic National Convention to talk about speeding up organization in a region where unions have been historically...
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