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This one-hour call will examine the impact of the administration’s policies on low-wage immigrant workers and the role of employers, labor unions, and community-based groups, such as worker centers, in helping to protect their basic rights.
Featuring keynote remarks by U.S. Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su, during this educational webinar, you will hear from immigrant workers, worker center organizers, and funders about how labor-based immigration relief has enhanced efforts to uphold workplace rights, build lasting worker power, and promote labor law compliance.
Against the backdrop of Women’s History Month and with the current multifaceted attacks on both gender and migrant justice, GCIR invites you to learn how philanthropy can support the economic empowerment of immigrant women.
Over the last two decades, waves of immigrants have made rural communities their homes. According to the Pew Research Center, from 2000 to 2018 immigrants accounted for 37 percent of overall rural population growth. Driven by demand for labor in the argricultural, meat packing, and dairy processing industries, this growth has led to an economic revival of parts of rural America where communities were once on the decline.
Join GCIR and leaders from the field as they share their insights and expertise on how to support migrant workers.
Join GCIR, Immigrants Rising, Youth Engagement Fund, and the Undocumented in Philanthropy Network on April 6 for an info session on employment-based immigration remedies and benefits that may be advantageous to workers with DACA.
This webinar gave funders an overview of the issues facing guest workers and their families, current and proposed policies, and vulnerabilities workers face.