Sunday, December 28, 2014

Unions Look to Cash In on Obama's Executive Amnesty

America's struggling labor unions got a gift this year when President Obama announced his expansive executive actions on immigration: potentially thousands, if not millions, of new members.
Labor leaders reportedly are launching a new recruiting push by reaching out to those immigrants affected by Obama's immigration announcement last month.
In this March 20, 2014 file photo, members of the Service 
Employees International Union, SEIU, rally in front of the 
Illinois State Capitol in support of Immigration changes. (AP)
The actions are expected to offer work permits to some 4 million immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally and, until now, were reluctant to join unions for fear of retaliation. Union leaders now say the president's actions give them new protections -- and are keen on signing them up.
"I think we'll see very positive changes" because of the action, Tom Balanoff, president of Service Employees International Union Local 1, told The Associated Press. "One of them, I hope, is that more workers will come forward and want to organize."
Even before the president's announcement -- which infuriated congressional Republicans -- labor unions were pushing the president to use executive powers to ease immigration policy.
On the day of Obama's decision, the AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka said the move would "allow millions of people to live and work without fear, and afford them the status to assert their rights on the job."
Indeed, the AFL-CIO now says it's training organizers to recruit eligible workers.
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