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3. The "shortages of labor" was caused, in part, by owners of meat-packing plants who wanted

Fri Dec 28, 2012, 11:35 AM

Dec 2012

greater profits by cutting the wages of meat-cutting workers who were here in this country legally.

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Iowa joins in denying driving right to immigrants in federal program [View all] Omaha Steve Dec 2012 OP

Interesting wercal Dec 2012 #1

he is not a friend of any workers even legal lunasun Dec 2012 #9

Branstad was one of the founders rurallib Dec 2012 #11

They broke the unions 30 or 40 years ago. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2012 #7

In Kansas we have Somali immigrants wercal Dec 2012 #12

I get the question all the time WilmywoodNCparalegal Dec 2012 #4

Correct, per the Full Faith and Credit Clause. alp227 Dec 2012 #10

Well, that's a very assholish stance by the state of Iowa. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2012 #8

Excellent! That ensures certain minorities will never vote Republican. Katashi_itto Dec 2012 #13

Perhaps creation of a federal driver's license for those kiranon Dec 2012 #14