Title

The Needle and the Damage Done: How Hoffman Plastics Promotes Sweatshops and Illegal Immigration and What to Do About It

Abstract

This paper examines the intersection of immigration and labor law as developed in federal law, culminating in the recent Supreme Court case, Hoffman Plastics. Arguing that Hoffman was wrongly decided, the paper further demonstrates that stronger penalties are necessary under the NLRA to deter employer wrongdoing, protect workers’ rights, and slow the proliferation of sweatshops.

Disciplines

Civil Rights and Discrimination | Constitutional Law | Human Rights Law | Immigration Law | Labor and Employment Law | Law and Society | Legislation | Torts

Date of this Version

March 2004