How are you going to have “more worker rights” when your workforce is desperate, poorly educated immigrants who come from countries with no labor or workplace safety protections? Counter cutting is a custom business—these aren’t mega corps you can easily regulate. Did you know that this was even a problem until you read this article? Do you think do gooders can be everywhere to observe this sort of thing and bring it to the authorities? Do you think legislators are going to care about this issue when it only affects undocumented immigrants who can’t vote? (Or are you suggesting that people should be able to vote the minute they come over the border?)
There is a deep and fundamental link between having a native born workforce that is educated in this country and socialized to expect certain minimum standards, and the ability to legislate and enforce increased worker protections.
They already have legal protections for this. The problem is the workforce is poorly educated immigrants who, who are fleeing desperate circumstances and have different expectations compared to native born Americans. They’re much less likely to strike to demand better conditions when they’re just grateful things are better than in back home.
There is a deep and fundamental link between having a native born workforce that is educated in this country and socialized to expect certain minimum standards, and the ability to legislate and enforce increased worker protections.