Dr. PatriciaCampos-Medina
Labor Educator | Academic Researcher | Labor & Political Leader | Public Speaker
Dr. Patricia Campos-Medina is a Research-Teaching-Extension (RTE) Faculty and labor educator focusing on the intersection of race, immigration status, and workers’ rights. She serves as the Executive Director of the Worker Institute at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, where she leads research, policy innovation, and training to advance worker justice, collective bargaining rights, and the interests of workers in today’s economy and society.
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“I have learned that the greatest tool for creating solidarity among immigrant and native workers has always been to figure out how to make connections between our mutual history of struggles for equality and our present fights for economic survival.”
Dr. Patricia Campos-Medina
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N.J.’s Voter Registration Error Exposes MAGA’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda, Not Fraud | NJ.com
By Patricia Campos-Medina The MAGA zealots trying to destroy American citizens’ faith in our election process are playing the long game — let’s not fall for their hateful tactics of attacking immigrants for everything. As a naturalized citizen, I know how serious new...
Employers Fear Labor Shortage as Many Immigrants Lose Protected Status | New York Times
A recent Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for the Trump administration to end a humanitarian program that has allowed about one million immigrants to work legally in the U.S. The Supreme Court decision last month allowing the Trump administration to end Temporary...
Latina Civic Action Calls for Independent Investigation Into Salgado Araujo Shooting | Front Runner New Jersey
TRENTON — Latina Civic Action joins the family of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, community advocates, and elected officials nationwide in demanding a full, independent investigation into his fatal shooting by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a traffic...
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