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08/28/2007: "Unions are pro-immigration"

Immigrant workers are more likely to fill out their union cards than U.S.-born employees, according to a study released Tuesday by Washington, D.C.-based Migration Policy Institute, a non-profit think tank.

The number of immigrant wage union members grew by 30 percent between 1996 and 2006, while the number of native-born union workers fell 9 percent during the decade. U.S.-born membership in unions is declining as baby boomers retire and manufacturing goes overseas, said Richard Shaw, secretary-treasurer of the Harris County AFL-CIO Council. He said that leaves immigrant workers for organizing.

[ Everyone's using immigrants for their own profit, including immigrants. Who's thinking about the health of the country? ]

http://blogs.chron.com/immigration/