[Sosfbay-discuss] women workers organizing an independent union

[JamBoi]

I have a schedule conflict, but can anyone else represent the GPSCC
here?  Also Merriam, could you ask David Wahl if he or anyone from the
Labor Party will make it?

Impeach for Peace!

Drew

--- Jim Doyle <j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Monday, March 12
> 7:00 P.M.
> Teamsters¹ Union Hall
> 1452 North 4th Street, San Jose
> (North of Gish Road, across from the Fourth Street Bowl)
>      
>              SUPPPORT THE SEAFOOD WORKERS' JUSTICE CAMPAIGN!
>       Do you know where your seafood comes from? Very likely the
> squid and calamari that you eat is from off the coast of Santa
> Rosalia in the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico.
>    
> Come and hear from the women workers organizing an independent union
> in the seafood export processing industry there! 96 workers, who
> organized to protest bad conditions such as 12+ hour shifts and
> miserable pay, were fired by Han Jin Mexico for organizing, and they
> need your help.
>       
> In addition to these dynamic and tenacious organizers,  David Bacon
> will lead a discussion of immigrant rights.  He is a top ranking
> labor writer and photo journalist.   
> 
> His new book, COMMUNITIES WITHOUT BORDERS and a recent Nation
> Magazine editorial ³Workers, Not Guests,² have drawn nationwide
> attention. Our walls will display some of David¹s unique photo
> images. They speak new volumes about the migrant worker experience.
> 
> Monday, March 12
> 7:00 P.M.
> Teamsters¹ Union Hall
> 1452 North 4th Street, San Jose
> (North of Gish Road, across from the Fourth Street Bowl)
>      
> The seafood industry is expanding rapidly as well as using up our
> natural resources. We have an opportunity at this moment to unionize
> the industry and to protect the oceans before this industry grows
> even bigger.
> 
>  www.enlaceintl.org.
> 
>   The workers are supported by SINTTIM and Enlace.
> SINTTIM  (Sindicato Independiente de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de
> la Industria Maquila)  the Independent Union of Workers in the
> Maquiladora Industry.  
> It is the only independent union in Baja California Sur, Mexico.
> 
> The leaders and supporters of SINTTIM began organizing together and
> succeeded in achieving legal recognition and collective bargaining
> agreements in the Baja California maquiladora (export anufacturing)
> industry over twenty years ago.
>      
> Enlace is a strategic alliance of worker centers and unions that
> organize low-wage workers in the U.S. and Mexico. They are among the
> most respected and effective groups tackling issues of social and
> economic justice in an increasingly globalized world.
> 
> www.enlaceintl.org * info at enlaceintl.org * 213-673-2224 (LA) *
> 503-295-6466
> Event endorsed by the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council
> 408-266-3790 * ORGANIZE at ATWORK.ORG
> =============================================
> 
>  
> 
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