The Labor Department has now signed agreements with 11 mostly Latin American countries to teach immigrants from those countries about U.S. labor laws and how to invoke them, part of a broader effort by the Obama administration ensure immigrants are well-versed in those laws before they leave home, and after they arrive.
The educational effort does not distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants, and includes lessons on people’s right to join a union.
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