Hard to have a welfare state with open borders. Obviously there are degrees of liberalization, and we could certainly use more.
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Paul Cockshott < [email protected]> wrote: > > > --- original message --- > From: "Paul Cockshott" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Humane immigration policy? > Date: 25th January 2011 > Time: 5:34:27 pm > > > Surely a working class imigration policy would make local trades union > councils responsible for issuing work permits to non residents, and would > make work permits conditional on the immigrants joining the relevant trades > union, with permits being withdrawn in the event of scabbing. > > --- original message --- > From: "Jim Devine" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Humane immigration policy? > Date: 24th January 2011 > Time: 8:59:25 pm > > > raghu: > > Haven't unions been historically opposed to open immigration in the US? > > yes and no. It varies. Craft unions tend to me anti-immigration, while > industrial unions more pro. The United Farm Workers used to be > pro-immigration, for example. > > I would appreciate any factual correction or effort to fill out the > details of my assertions. > -- > Jim Devine / "Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw > through the leather straps." -- Emo Phillips > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > The University of Glasgow, charity number SC004401 > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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