4-16-07, 8:59 am

EMERYVILLE, CA - 10APRIL07 - Immigrant workers from the Woodfin Suites hotel and their supporters rally outside the Emeryville City Hall, and then march to the hotel. Hotel managers have been trying to fire 20 workers since September, accusing them of lacking legal permission to work, and alleging that they don't have valid Social Security numbers. Workers say the hotel is retaliating against them for trying to enforce the city's new living wage ordinance. Emeryville's city council obtained a court injunction preventing the hotel from firing the workers while they investigate their accustaions. The injunction is about to expire, and workers want to keep their jobs.

For more images: http://dbacon.igc.org/Unions/unions.htm

See also the photodocumentary on indigenous migration to the US, Communities Without Borders (Cornell University/ILR Press, 2006)

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