The AFL-CIO and the nation's largest organization of day laborers signed a partnership agreement yesterday intended to help the languishing labor movement tap into the potent energy of the immigrant rights movement. With the agreement, the AFL-CIO is embracing workers who many union members have accused of driving down wages. The partnership connects the labor federation to a network that largely represents illegal immigrant workers who often have run-ins with the police as they stand on street corners soliciting jobs.
See "Labor Federation Forms a Pact With Day Workers", Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times, August 9, 2006