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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Immigrant Labor"”.
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Work reform in the high-technology industry of Route 128 and its effects on Cambodian immigrant labor
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1994.
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Immigration and Construction: An Analysis of the Impact of Immigration on Construction Project Costs
There are an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States. The construction industry is heavily dependent on immigrant labor, legal and illegal, for production. The construction industry, nationally, employs approximately 1,000,000 illegal immigrants; almost one …
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Congress and Immigration Policy: A Study of the Member-level Motivations and Agenda Setting Strategies Surrounding Immigration Reform
… district-level factor: industry demand for immigrant labor. Models of legislative behavior surrounding immigration policy have, to date, largely focused on the descriptive characteristics of constituencies, often overlooking the moneyed interests that benefit from immigrant labor. The …
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Latino Migrant Labor Strife and Solidarity in Post-Katrina New Orleans, 2005-2007
… African-American workers and the protection of immigrant worker rights. Despite their disadvantaged position, however, migrant workers did not remain passive victims to injustice but actively organized against employer abuse and intimidation by law enforcement and immigration officials. Latino …
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Nanticoke, Pennsylvania: Impacts of the Anthracite Coal Industry: A Case Study
… in New York and Philadelphia. The use of immigrant labor to maintain labor costs would presage corporate use of other groups. With the change in technology and the movement of capital elsewhere, Nanticoke faced the trauma of economic hardship and the need to address the human and social …
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The European Union, Immigration and Inequality: “Albanian” Labor in the Political Economy of Rural Greece
… farmers today are almost totally dependent on immigrant labor from Albania and other Eastern European countries. The presence of immigrants resolves a fundamental contradiction in the political economy of the E.U., namely the labor crisis created by social and economic liberalization. Racism …
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The Making of the Ahupuaa of Laie into a Gathering Place and Plantation: The Creation of an Alternative Space to Capitalism
This dissertation is a labor history of the Laie sugar plantation between 1865 and 1931. It explores intercultural and race relations that were inherent to colonial and plantation processes in Hawaii. Particular attention is given to the role of religion in advancing the colonial project. In 1865 …
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From lawn care to home care: Elderly living arrangements and immigration
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-04-12 without embargo terms