CWA joins community and labor allies (including AFSCME, UAW, SEIU, UFCW, Postal Workers) calling for Immigration Reform.
CWA's Statement on Comprehensive Immigration Reform
In 2009, after consultations with faith and community leaders, the labor movement came together in support of a framework for immigration reform that reflects our shared values: dignity, fairness, opportunity, voice and justice.
The framework is based on the simple idea that working people are strongest when we work together and the labor movement in stronger when we are open to all workers, regardless of where they come from. It advocates for keeping families together, creating a road map to citizenship, and halting the race to the bottom in wages and worker standards by employers who are taking advantage of our failures in immigration policy.
The framework proposes a data-driven approach to immigration that would determine future visas based on labor market needs, as well as the improvement - not expansion - of guest worker visa programs that too often deny basic civil rights to immigrant workers.
In November 2012, American voters soundly rejected the pro-corporate and anti-immigrant agenda advanced by those who have stood in the way of comprehensive reform. President Obama enters his second term with a mandate to fight for and pass immigration reform. Members of our unions, like the rest of the American public, strongly support reform that includes a road map to citizenship for aspiring Americans who love this country and call it home.
CWA remains committed to working together with one voice, along with out community partners, including civil rights, human rights, and immigrant rights organizations, to pass fundamental reform that encompasses these principles. The time is now.
Press Releases
CWA: Senate Bill Moves Nation toward Goal of Fair Immigration Reform, 6/27/2013
CWA Commends White House Plan for Path to Citizenship for 11 Million Immigrants, 1/29/2013
Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Reform H-1B and L-1 Visa Program, 3/25/2013
Senate Must Restore Worker Protections to the Immigration Bill, 6/5/2013
CWA: Amendment 1311 Will Give Critical Support to U.S. STEM Workers, Students, 6/19/2013
CWA Letters
House letter: Oppose efforts to Increase the Cap on H-1B visas, 2/23/2013
Senate letter: Oppose attempts to weaken worker protections included in S. 744, 5/16/2013
House letter: CWA Responds to Rep. Issa's SKILLS Act, 5/23/2013
Resources
Fact Sheet: What Union members should know about immigrants
Georgetown Hard Times Report 2013
News Articles
Computerworld: The data shows: Top H-1B users are offshore outsourcers, 2/14/2013
The Hill: H1-B visa program has a gender gap problem, 3/28/2013