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How Central American migrants helped revive the US labor movement

  • Written by Elizabeth Oglesby, Associate Professor of Latin American Studies and Geography, University of Arizona
Salvadoran immigrants were pivotal in the Justice for Janitors campaign in Los Angeles in 1990. It earned wage increases for custodial staff nationwide and inspired today's $15 minimum wage campaign. AP Photo/Chris Pizzello

In the United States’ heated national debate about immigration, two views predominate about Central American migrants:...

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