In April 2007, Garrett Brown (gdbrown@igc.org) addressed meeting attendees at the luncheon of the Center to Protect Workers Rights conference, Immigrant Workers in Construction in Sacramento, Calif. His speech addressed: 1) how the global economy works; 2) why immigrant workers are coming to this country, especially from Mexico and Central America; and 3) what we as union organizers and health and safety activists can do to work together with immigrant workers for the good of all. For a complete copy of the speech, see Immigrant Workers.pdf.

(Photo Courtesy: Rally for Immigrant Rights, Chicago.  Kenneth Ilio, 2006)