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Sunday, January 5, 2003
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3:30-5:15 p.m.
Joint Program of Sections on Employment Discrimination, Immigration Law and Minority Groups
- Cynthia E. Nance, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and Chair, Section on Employment Discrimination Law
- Michael A. Olivas, University of Houston, and Chair, Section on Immigration Law
- Adrien Katherine Wing, University of Iowa, and Chair Section on Minority Groups
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Virginia Suite C
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Lobby Level |
Undocumented Immigrant Workers in the
Global Economy: The Case of Hoffman Plastics
Moderator:
Kevin R. Johnson, University of California at Davis
Speakers: - Christopher David Ruiz Cameron, Southwestern University
- Ruben J. Garcia, University of California at Davis
- M. Isabel Medina, Loyola University, New Orleans
- Lori Ann Nessel, Seton Hall University
This panel will analyze the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Hoffman Plastics Compounds v. NLRB, 122 S. Ct. 1275, decided on March 27, 2002, from employment, immigration, and civil rights perspectives. In this case, the Court held that the National Labor Relations Board could not award back pay to an undocumented immigrant worker, Jose Castro, even though the employer laid him (and others) off for union organizing activities protected by federal labor law. This decision has important implications for immigrant workers, many of who are people of color, in the emerging global labor economy. Panelists will critically analyze the decision from a variety of perspectives.
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