Labor & Economic News Blog

Tuesday, May 09, 2006

For the first time, non-union immigrants are building Manhattan's high-rise towers

For the first time, non-union immigrants are building Manhattan's high-rise towers
Source: Village Voice
There's a nasty little chapter in the national immigration debate playing out along the side streets in the West Twenties in Manhattan these days. There, construction union members, many of them first- and second-generation immigrants themselves, are squared off against a contractor using just-off-the-boat employees willing to work long hours at substandard wages with no benefits.

 



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