Unionists meet to tackle new immigration law
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By GRETCHEN MACKLER and GRETCHEN MACKLER The Simpson-Rodino anti-immigration law does not take effect until May 1, but already foreign-born workers are being victimized.
Undocumented workers, and their children who were born here, cannot be certain they will still be in the United States a few months from now. They cannot even be sure that they will still have a job tomorrow.
Workers are being laid off-even before the law goes into operation-by employers who fear sanctions under Simpson-Rodino. Employers do not want to risk fines of from $250 to $10,000 that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) may impose. Better to play it safe and lay off even long-term employees.
Recognizing this threat to organized labor, over 100 trade unionists met on March 14 in San Francisco to consider