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Immigration and American Unionism is an economic history of the United States that explores the interactions between immigration, labor, and unions. Vernon Briggs is the nation's leading institutional labor economist, and this remarkable book provides a well-written and timely examination of one of the major public policy issues of the day. Philip Martin, University of California, Davis

Vernon Briggs weaves together the history of economic and political forces that drove American industry, the response of labor, and the counter-response of industry. . . . Briggs advocates strict control of illegal immigration by controlling the border, by inspecting worksites, by controlling documents. If the INS enforced laws, there would be no illegal immigrants for employers to manipulate or intimidate to prevent them from voting for union representation. E. Paul Durrenberger, Pennsylvania State University, Anthropology of Work Review, XXIII:1-2, 2002

Vernon Briggs weaves together the history of economic and political forces that drove American industry, the response of labor, and the counter-response of industry. . . . Briggs advocates strict control of illegal immigration by controlling the border, by inspecting worksites, by controlling documents. If the INS enforced laws, there would be no illegal immigrants for employers to manipulate or intimidate to prevent them from voting for union representation. -E. Paul Durrenberger, Pennsylvania State University, Anthropology of Work Review, XXIII:1-2, 2002

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Vernon M. Briggs Jr. is Professor of Labor Economics at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. Among his many books is Mass Immigration and the National Interest.

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