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Resources on labor and immigration
31 January 2008
The following list of resources was compiled for the Labor & Immigration Conference sponsored by the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service on Sept. 21, 2006. Please e-mail us with your suggestions at editor@workdayminnesota.org

Article
Read Ruth Milkman's new article, "Organizing the Unorganizable," about how the immigrant rights movement can signal a rebirth of organized labor.
Click here to download a pdf file of the article

PowerPoint
The PowerPoint presentation, "There Is No Line: Immigration Myths and Facts," offers an overview of immigration to Minnesota and analysis of our broken immigration system.
Click here to download

Websites

www.aflcio.org/issues/civilrights/immigration
AFL-CIO articles and position papers on immigration.

www.changetowin.org
Change to Win website, with links to campaigns organizing immigrant workers.

www.rockridgeinstitute.org/research/rockridge/immigration
The Rockridge Institute and senior fellow George Lakoff analyze how immigration is being framed.

www.northlandposter.com
Posters, buttons and more for helping you build solidarity across borders.

www.energyofanation.org
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights has fact sheets, a curriculum and more.

www.mnimmigrantrights.net
The Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Coalition

http://mnfr.org/wiki/Minnesota_Immigrant_Freedom_Network
Website of the Minnesota Immigrant Freedom Network.

www.centrocampesino.com
Website of Centro Campesino, a workers' center based in Owatonna, Minn.

www.tcrln.org
Twin Cities Religion and Labor Network and the Interfaith Center for Worker Justice.

www.highlandercenter.org/r-immigration.asp
www.highlandercenter.org/r-spanish.asp
Highlander Research and Education Center offers excellent resources in both English and Spanish.

www.iwj.org
Interfaith Center for Worker Justice.

www.nnirr.org
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights has many resources, including a catalog of videos that includes "Uprooted."

www.ndlon.org
National Day Laborers Organizing Network

www.immigrationforum.org
The National Immigration Forum has factsheets, legislative updates and more.

www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?id=638
The Migration Information Source has an excellent study on "Foreign-Born Wage and Salary Workers in the US Labor Force and Unions."

www.racialwealthdivide.org/workers_in_the_global_economy.html
The Racial Wealth Divide Project features a report on "Latino and African-American Workers in the Global Economy."

www.ihrc.umn.edu
Immigration History Research Center, based at the University of Minnesota, has a wealth of information on immigration to the state.

www.ellisislandrecords.org/
Did your relatives come to the United States through Ellis Island? Find out at this website sponsored by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation.

www.sscnet.ucla.edu/soc/faculty.php?lid=951&display_one=1
Website for University of California Professor Ruth Milkman, with links to her research on labor and immigration.

www.thenation.com/directory/labor_immigration
An index of articles about immigration in The Nation magazine.

www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/immigration.html
The Census Bureau's data on immigration.

www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/issues/immigration.asp
An overview of recent resources from the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library.

www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hrd/pubs/noncitizen.pdf
"Non-Citizens and Minnesota Law," written for legislators by the non-partisan Minnesota House Research Department, December 2004

www.minneapolisfoundation.org/immigration/links.htm
Links to dozens of organizations and resources about immigration.

www.stpaul.lib.mn.us/weblinks/hmong.html
Hmong history and culture links.

www.aboutchat.org
Center for Hmong Art and Talent.

www.stpaul.lib.mn.us/weblinks/somali-resources.html
Somali resources.

www.stpaul.lib.mn.us/weblinks/spanish-resources.html
Spanish resources.

www.stpaul.lib.mn.us/weblinks/immigration.html
Immigration resources from St. Paul Public Library.

www.mpls.lib.mn.us/hottopicsarch087.asp
Immigration resources from Minneapolis Public Library.

www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=20906
People for the American Way tracks right wing anti-immigrant rhetoric and activities.

www.borderfilmproject.com/
Photos taken by undocumented workers crossing the U.S.-Mexican border.

http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/immigrantworkers/resources.shtml
A list of resources, reports and links that connect labor and immigrant rights.

www.workingimmigrants.com/
A blog about current challenges facing immigrants in the workplace.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/
A blog about legal issues and immigration.

www.nlg.org/resources/know_your_rights.htm
Downloadable pamphlets about immigrant rights, in a variety of languages.

www.miller-obrien.com
Miller O'Brien law firm provides services on labor and immigrant issues.


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