http://nslaborcouncil.org/union_news/11 Views_Multiblock Teaser View en http://nslaborcouncil.org/black-and-brown-together-0 <span>    <strong> In 1991, seeking to boost its never robust economy, the state of Mississippi passed a law permitting casino gambling. In short order, immigrant construction workers arrived from Florida to build the casinos, and the casinos themselves began using contractors to supply immigrants to meet their growing labor needs. Guest workers, eventually numbering in the thousands, were brought under the H-2B program to fill many of the jobs the developments created.</strong></span><p><a href="http://nslaborcouncil.org/black-and-brown-together-0">read more</a></p> Local Union News Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:50:28 -0400 Tony Dunn 740 at http://nslaborcouncil.org