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"The Grassroots Mobilizing Department
of the U.S. Anti-Sweatshop Movement" 1470 Irving Street, NW, Washington, DC 20010 202-232-5002, [email protected] |
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Tour of Mexican Workers from FAT - July 8th to 17thThe United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) and Black Workers for Justice are hosting a tour of two women from the Frente Autentico del Trabajo, an independent labor federation in Mexico. Veronica Leyva and Mary Sanchez, Mexican women who are engaged in current struggles to establish and maintain democratic, FAT-affiliated unions will be traveling to Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama between July 7 and 17. Mary Sanchez is a leader of the group of 200 professional workers in the City’s office in Mexico City which is responsible for education and for advocating for the needs of women. The workers at the Women’s Institute are in the midst of a struggle to win recognition for their union, which is affiliated with the FAT. Veronica Leyva was a maquiladora worker and is now an organizer with CETLAC, the FAT's workers' center in Cd. Juarez. They will be accompanied by Robin Alexander, Director of International Affairs for the UE and Ashaki Binta, Organizing Director of Black Workers for Justice, and by women from UE Local 160 in Virginia and UE Local 150 in North Carolina who are organizing public sector workers in those states. In Birmingham, they will participate as presenters and participants in the Southern School for Union Women. If you are interested in attending the school, you can find registration information at: http://www.aiea.ualr.edu/lep/seminars/southern.pdf It is not too late if you contact Tracy Chang (a former member of UE Local 896) immediately. Public events will be held at the following locations:Tuesday, July 8 at 12:00 Wednesday, July 9 at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, July 10 at 6:00 p.m. Friday, July 11 at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, July 12 at 6:30 p.m. |
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