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Labor Unions Are Stepping Up to Fight Deportations
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Sept. 15, 2017 | JUSTICE | Organized labor is finding creative ways to protect immigrant members and families who are vulnerable in the Trump era…. In recent months unions around the country have been hosting know your rights workshops to teach workers how to handle encounters with ICE agents and where to turn when someone is detained… Ron Herrera, the secretary-treasurer at Teamsters Local 396 in Los Angeles said it was a point of pride for his union to secure clauses in their sanitation contracts guaranteeing workers a grace period for dealing with any snags that come up with their work papers… huffingtonpost.com
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