Exploring the effects of immigration and immigration policy on the jobs, wages and working conditions of wage earners in New York and across the country is the focus of a New York State AFL-CIO forum.

The event – scheduled for Thursday, May 1, at the United Federation of Teachers headquarters in New York City – will include a briefing on immigration, jobs and the economy by the Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Center for Labor Studies at Empire State College. The program also features presentations from representatives of the AFL-CIO and Change to Win, as well as an interactive audience discussion about the labor movement’s interests in the current debate over immigration and immigration reform.

"For the past several years, immigration policy has been a much discussed, hot-button issue within the labor movement and throughout the country," said state AFL-CIO President Denis Hughes. "In particular, the economic impact immigration policy has on individual workers, and the workforce in general, has historically been an issue of great concern and importance to the organized labor movement and its members."

For more information or to make a reservation, contact JoEllen Sanders at (212) 777-6040.