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EPISODE · Nov 11, 2019 · 27 MIN

Mini-cast: Break the Chains, Pt II (w/ David Tieu)

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Part II of our mini-cast series on undocumented workers and the fight to repeal the employers' sanctions provision of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986)  (in collaboration with the Break the Chains Alliance). We talk to David Tieu, a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 3, about working on the Hudson Yards project in New York City and seeing firsthand how employers exploit undocumented workers and undercut unions.   Additional links/info below... Break the Chains website: https://equalrightsforallworkers.org/  Break the Chains Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/equalrightsforallworkers/ Maximillian Alvarez & William Lopez, In These Times, "It's Not Just About Deportations: Trump Wants to Create a Permanent Underclass" Michael Kimmelman, The New York Times, "Hudson Yards Is Manhattan's Biggest, Newest, Slickest Gated Community" Eleanor Gibson, DeZeen, "New York Construction Workers Stage Protest against Hudson Yards Developer"   Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org) Lobo Loco, "Malte Junior - Hall"

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