According to Richard L. Trumka' s opinion article Undocumented Workers Need Legal Rights, Trumka discusses the affect that equality has on the economy of the United States. Trumka establishes in his article that we need a new strategy to secure a good global economy, but before doing so, we need to focus on a more important issue that has to deal with immigration. Trumka states that in order for Americans to even think about a global economy, Americans need to focus on protecting the hard working immigrants first. Even though it is a global economy, America is well known to be the "melting pot" of the world. Trumka then goes into detail when illustrating how immigrants had built America into what it is today. He also explains what immigrants have to face today with many Americans feeling as though they have it easier. Some tend to treat immigrants poorly because they feel that if they do not understand the language, then they should not be able to work. It is to be noted that Amercians feel as though immigrants, such as Mexicans, are putting the United States economy in a bad position. With having immigrants work for a much lower salary than the average American, they would be hired first. Trumka then explains that immigrants have the right to work, but with so many people against immigarnts they do not have any protection. So even if they were to work hard, they would probably not be reward or get ripped off for their labor. Trumka explains that we have a relationship with Mexico, but in this day and age is not such a god relationship in which we share. Supporting trumka cass would be the AFL-CIO who "supports a fair path toward legalization for all undocumented workers who are working to realize the American dream". Trumka completes his statement that stating that even if a immigrant is documented to work or even undocumented, they should all have the same equal rights in which Americans receive.
Futhermore, the AFL-CIO supports all immigrants documented or undocumented because they feel that they all deserve a change. The AFL-CIO was established to solve the issue of racism and that everyone has the right to live the American dream. And with that thought, the Dream Act was passed. The Dream Act "[allows] young people a future in the only country [that] they know." By allowing everyone to have quality and a better understanding of each other, then this would help strengthen the economy. Trumka states that we need to build up relationships with foreign countries to help better not only our economy but their's as well. Overall this article is directed to citizens who are in their teen years and adult years. This is true because high schoolers can understand the economy because they are about to go into the real world and experience life. Whereas a person who is out of high school would understand this issue as well because they are already living in the world and may possibly need a job.
Altogether, I would have to agree with Trumka to a certain level. I agree with him that everyone deserves equal rights in the United States when working, but I don't necessarily agree with him on the fact that even if an immigrant is undocumented that they should still be able to work. I feel that in order for the United States to keep some stability, that we should have workers who can work legally. Now I' am not saying that illegal immigrants should not be able to work, but I do believe they should get the necessary papers they need in order to work. By doing this, people would then not look down on them as they do now. Democrats are not trying to solve the issue of equality amongst everyone, but in order for anything to work, the United States needs to have legal workers on the job so the government can keep up with its wages. So in conclusiom, Trumka' a idea of treating everyone with quality on the job is correct but he should also take into account if anyone is not legally able to work. If the United States can keep itself supplied with jobs, then can it help others.
