Here are some noteworthy labor headlines we read this week:

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TOP STORY

Thousands of TPS holders could face deportation as work permits are set to expire

Work permits for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians are set to expire after the Trump administration canceled temporary protected status. Immigrant workers who were previously in the United States legally now face uncertainty and fear as they could be subject to deportation. On top of the threat of arrest and removal from the U.S., workers and families have been stripped of jobs they depend on to provide basic necessities, as the DHS issued a statement asserting work permits for TPS holders are no longer valid. When the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could continue terminating TPS designation, the case was sent back down to the lower courts. TPS holders are still waiting for district judges to issue their final orders on whether the program will end. The confusing legal limbo leaves hundreds of thousands of people uncertain if they are legally able to live and work in the U.S.

NPR

Leila Fadel

L.A. IMMIGRATION RAIDS

Case to Be Dropped Against Labor Leader Caught in L.A. Immigration Raid

The New York Times

Jill Cowan

FEDERAL UNIONS

Longtime Union Leader Prepares to Step Back From a Movement Under Threat

The New York Times

Rebecca Davis O’Brien

LABOR REGULATION

Union sues EEOC for halting work on federal class action complaints

Federal News Network

Drew Friedman

POLICY ANALYSIS

Congress has long underfunded worker protection agencies. The Republican budget would deepen the damage.

Economic Policy Institute

Margaret Poydock and Christina Ayon

IRLE NEWS

Autoqueen Trilogy, Part III

UCLA Labor Center 

Re:Work Radio

POWER FROM THE PAST!

The Memory Work Research Initiative (MWRI) engages community partners, activists, scholars and students in a thoughtful process of collecting, preserving and sharing the rich history of organizing in Southern California. The MWRI strives to establish collaborative modes of remembrance grounded in the IRLE’s commitment to advancing quality education and employment for all. 

USC workers fight back

In August 1995, several union janitors working at USC were fired and replaced by non-union subcontractors with Service Master, launching a years-long struggle among service workers at USC. The campaign at USC brought together two unions and the forefront of the local labor movement: the Justice for Janitors (SEIU Local 399) campaign and HERE Local 11, which represented food service workers also treated by USC’s subcontracting practices. Both unions had prioritized organizing immigrant workers in previous years, the years long campaign at USC presenting an opportunity to merge their expanding coalitions of student, faith-based and immigrant rights organizations.

Pictured here: the two unions gathered for an on-campus march and rally in conjunction with University Day (graduation) at USC in 1996.

View more Los Angeles labor history on the Memory Work website.

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