It is sad to see immigrant
workers come here to " the land of the free and the home of the brave "
and be so miserably treated. Organized Labor in America- what is left of
it - should have a vigorous campaign to " organize the unorganized ":
encourage the so called " illegal aliens " to join the unions even
before they are preyed upon by rogue capitalists. The legitimate
capitalist exploiters are bad enough villains to deal with.
It is unacceptable for any working class person -citizen or non-citizen -to be denied months of wages.
Italian-Americans here in Rhode Island should recall their own grim times of degradation and oppression. Read " Christ in Concrete "- a book I found one day in 1962 while staying with my Italian immigrant grandmother who lived on Federal Hill in Providence for 50 years. Only " The Club " down the street would protect the Italian immigrants back then, Grandma recalled.
It should be easy for us to identify with the Spanish speaking " illegals ". [
It is unacceptable for any working class person -citizen or non-citizen -to be denied months of wages.
Italian-Americans here in Rhode Island should recall their own grim times of degradation and oppression. Read " Christ in Concrete "- a book I found one day in 1962 while staying with my Italian immigrant grandmother who lived on Federal Hill in Providence for 50 years. Only " The Club " down the street would protect the Italian immigrants back then, Grandma recalled.
It should be easy for us to identify with the Spanish speaking " illegals ". [
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