IMMIGRANT STEEL WORKERS MARCH AGAINST UNJUST FIRINGS

David Bacon on Truthout reports that two hundred immigrant workers, their families, and hundreds of supporters marched through downtown Berkeley February 17, protesting their firing from Pacific Steel Castings. The company is one of the city’s biggest employers.  Two hundred fourteen workers were fired in December and January, as a result of a so-called silent raid, in which the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arm of the Department of Homeland Security inspected the company’s records to find workers who don’t have legal immigration status. ICE then demanded that the company fire them.

KJ