In Why Immigrants Organize by Immanuel Ness, the author talks about the various strikes that immigrants organized in order to fight for their natural rights that they have been denied. Unlike non-immigrants, many immigrants must endure below minimum wages, poor working conditions and no benefits. Many of these immigrants are too afraid to immediately start fighting for their rights on an individual basis. By coming together however, these immigrants are able to organize themselves and protest in away that their voices are heard. By sharing the same race, religion or story, these immigrants feel less alienated and more inclined to band together and demand their rights.

Having relatives who have recently immigrated, I know that many times immigrants take what they can get. They tend to ignore how they are mistreated in order to make a little money and get started. While often they initially think that when they come here they will start at a lower paid job and eventually make their way up to higher paying jobs, often times we see immigrants settle. They get too comfortable in their routine and forget that if they were willing to put more effort in, they could potentially get a higher paying jobs. It is only when immigrants encounter other people with the same story as them that they realize that they deserve more than what they are receiving. When they find enough people who share their ideas, they are able to protest as one group and try to reason with business owners. While it is a good idea in theory, this protesting does not always work. But it is important that these immigrants do not settle but continue fighting for their rights.