Hi John,

Across the country, we are seeing a great resurgence in worker organizing. We all know the reasons. People are doing more work and getting less in return, and we know the only way to turn bad jobs into good jobs and to reset the balance of power is by coming together. Workers are striking in record numbers and winning uphill battles against corporate giants.

To keep this momentum going, we must continue to rise up and demand changes that will lift standards and rights for all workers, with no exclusions. All working people—regardless of immigration status—must have the right to organize for living wages, safe work conditions and dignity on the job without fear of retaliation. That is why the Biden administration must use every tool it has to expand the rights and protections of immigrant workers.

Click here to demand the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) protect immigrant workers who take action to make our workplaces safe and fair.

Immigrants and refugees have always helped to build, serve, feed, nurture and protect our nation. Today is no different. In the labor movement, we understand that an injury to one is an injury to all and we will not allow millions of people to be treated as a second class of exploitable workers.

While we continue to push Congress to enact a long overdue path to permanence for all those whose labor helps our country prosper, there are concrete steps DHS can and must take immediately to protect vital members of our workforce, our unions and our communities.

Click here to sign our petition calling on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to announce temporary protected status designations for all eligible countries, and protect immigrant workers who come from countries destabilized by conflict and disasters.

Our labor movement is fiercely committed to ensuring that all people are able to live and work safely and with dignity. Our unjust immigration system presents concrete barriers to worker organizing and empowerment. Together, we must keep up the fight to tear those barriers down.

In Solidarity,

Liz Shuler

President, AFL-CIO