Some of the most pressing issues facing low-wage immigrant workers of color in the U.S. include persistent forms of disrespect and abuses of power, according to a new book co-authored by ILR School researchers.
These imbalances, as well as poorly paid and dangerous work environments, are perpetuated in part by U.S. government policies past and present.
In “Legalized Inequalities: Immigration and Race in the Low-Wage Workplace” (Russell Sage Foundation Press), the authors argue that reforming labor and employment law, immigration law and civil rights law is necessary to reshape the low-wage workplace.
The book’s authors are Kati L. Griffith, the Jean McKelvey-Alice Grant Professor of Labor-Management Relations in the ILR School; Shannon Gleeson, the Edmund Ezra Day Professor, Labor Relations, Law and History in the ILR School; Darlène Dubuisson, assistant professor of Caribbean studies at the University of California, Berkeley; and Patricia Campos-Medina, executive director of ILR’s Worker Institute.
“The positive takeaway is that even though the majority of this book documents all of the challenges low-wage workers face, the really interesting and inspiring thing we saw was that workers aren’t just victims,” Griffith says. “They are finding creative ways to navigate in this space. They have maintained dignity at work despite the obstacles. Sometimes, they have even found ways to improve their workplaces through what we call gentle nudges or more aggressive actions.”
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