Labor & Immigration Resource Hub
Since our nation’s founding, immigrants and refugees have enriched the fabric of our communities, our workforce and our labor movement. Like it was for generations of immigrants before, the labor movement is the natural home for new immigrants struggling to achieve economic security and win social justice, and our commitment to building an immigration system that represents the needs and interests of all working people is fierce and unwavering.
The only way to stop the race to the bottom in wages and standards is for working people of all races, religions and immigration status to stand together and demand an end to policies that put profits over people. The entire workforce suffers when millions struggle to support their families without a way to speak up on the job, and ramping up fear in our workplaces only serves to increase exploitation. Instead of deporting immigrants, we need to ensure that all working people have rights on the job and are able to exercise them without fear of retaliation.
Below are immigration resources for unions, union members, and community members. The labor movement will continue to stand in solidarity with all working people.
SPOT ICE? REPORT IT TO VOCES DE LA FRONTERA HOTLINE
(800) 427-0213
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
- For KYR materials in over 30 languages, click HERE
- Contact Julissa at julissa@milwaukeelabor.org to schedule a KYR Training for your members
- Trainings available in English and/or Spanish
- Training length can be accommodated to your needs (between 10 minutes and 1.5 hours)
FOR UNIONS
- Immigration-Specific Contract Provisions
- What do we do if a member is detained?
- Get in contact with their emergency contact.
- Locate them via https://locator.ice.gov/odls/#/search (Information needed: A-Number or First & Last Name and Country of Birth)
- Contact employer to notify them of their absence.
- Contact Julissa (julissa@milwaukeelabor.org ) at the Milwaukee Area Labor Council to inform LCLAA National and the AFL-CIO.
- Begin a campaign to get them released (examples: SEIU and David Huerta|SMART and Kilmar Abrego Garcia)
- Sign up for AFL-CIO Frontline Solidarity Training
- Register for the next one on Thursday, May 21st at 2PM HERE
FOR MEMBERS
- Make a family preparedness plan
- Find the step by step toolkit HERE
- Share emergency contact information with your Union in case of detainment
- Updated home address, emergency contact name, phone number, email
- Have power of attorney in place for your financials, healthcare, and family
- Fill out power of attorney forms here: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/advdirectives/adformspoa.htm
- Protesting tips as a non-citizen (NILC)
- Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
- Remember that ALL WORKERS have the right to organize under the National Labor Relations Act!
If you have any questions about workers, unions, and immigration, please contact Julissa at julissa@milwaukeelabor.org or 414-771-7070.