Subject: Re: labor concern about our immigration work
From: Cassandra Butts <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:18:04 -0400

No, but any temporary worker program is considered big by AFL  
standards. They're backing a plan that would address future flow  
through Ag jobs and increasing family visas. That simply isn't enough.

We think Ross Eisenbrey shared the info win AFL. Tino briefed him  
yesterday on our immigration work in Ross's capacity as a member of  
the transition DOL agency review team. Ross is also working closely  
with AFL on their immigration proposal in his work at EPI. The agency  
review team will talk to Ross tomorrow to confirm. If so, they will  
ask him to leave the transition because sharing the info is a breach  
of the code of conduct.

I will follow up with Bill.

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On Oct 16, 2008, at 8:53 PM, [email-masked] wrote:

> Are we doing that? Can't we just shoot this down.
> ------Original Message------
> From: Cassandra Butts
> To: [email-masked]
> To: Chris Lu
> Sent: Oct 16, 2008 6:13 PM
> Subject: labor concern about our immigration work
>
> Please see the following note that Brian forwarded from Bill Samuel  
> at AFL. I told Brian that it would be fine to put Bill in touch with  
> me, but this might become a bigger issue if Bill isn't overstating  
> the "bit of panic in the labor movement." I've communicated with the  
> immigration working group about the importance of maintaining the  
> confidentiality of all non-public information shared in the  
> transition process, but anyone on the transition board who received  
> the immigration memos that have circulated could be the culprit. We  
> might want to reconsider how we are sharing the larger memos the  
> policy groups are producing.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Samuel <[email-masked] <mailto:[email-masked]> >
> To: Brian Komar
> Sent: Thu Oct 16 17:31:44 2008
> Subject: transition - immigration
>
> there is a bit of panic in the labor movement about a rumor that the  
> immigration transition team is circulating a paper calling for a  
> massive new temporary worker program. I don't want to bother Podesta  
> about it; is it an issue I can raise with Cassandra? Do you have her  
> number?
>
>
>
>
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