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Reports for
April 29-May 3, 2002
Previous weeks' news: April 22-26 -- April 15-19 -- April 8-12
FRIDAY,
May 3 -- Urge BIAW to
drop referendum attacking state employees
...plus -- Bender:
Opportunities open to "Earn While You Learn"
— In today's Seattle P-I -- County
execs unveil regional traffic plan that includes taxes, tolls
...plus -- Apprentice
drywallers compete in regional tape-off (sponsored by IUPAT)
— In today's News-Tribune -- Roads-rail
discord erupts as Ladenburg criticizes regional package
...plus -- For
local governments, more cuts lie ahead -- Editorial: The really bad news
about anticipated service cuts will start trickling out this summer as
budgets are drawn up. Voters need to realize that that's the quid pro quo
for those lower tax bills.
— In today's Everett Herald -- Beware
of unemployment measure -- Op-ed by executives representing four
industries in opposition to BIAW attempts to reverse UI reform passed last
session.
— In today's Olympian -- Matson
drops out of race against U.S. Rep. Baird
— In today's Seattle Times -- Better
housing for farmworkers sought
— In yesterday's Spokesman-Review -- Spokane
Boeing workers study plant purchase
— In yesterday's Columbian
-- Market
will drive Vanalco restart -- USWA 305 organizing mentioned.
Today at AFLCIO.org -- Welfare-to-Work
isn't working
— In today's L.A. Times -- Near
retirees don't have enough saved -- Study's surprising conclusion is
that most older workers lost ground during the 1990s economic boom.
— In today's Washington Post -- 20,000
pilots petition to allow guns in cockpit
...plus -- Federal
appeals court rejects attempt to stop Mexican trucks
— In today's N.Y. Times -- Window
of ignorance -- Krugman column: The alleged economic justification for
(more tax cuts despite the new deficit)—that they will promote economic
recovery—is so thin that I doubt anyone believes it. ("I was thinking
of buying a new car, but I'm worried about my taxes in 2011.") What
it's really about is exploiting a window of opportunity. Mr. Bush is still
riding a wave of wartime popularity; the public still doesn't know how bad
the budgetary situation is.
THURSDAY,
May 2 -- Next week is
National Nurses Week; campaigns planned
Today at AFLCIO.org -- Working
families mourn the passage of Msgr. George Higgins
— In today's News-Tribune --
States
balk at Bush stimulus plan's cost -- Some states are opting out because
the many corporate tax breaks included will end up costing struggling states
too much.
— In today's Oregonian -- Oregon
is considering dropping out of economic stimulus plan
— In today's SCJ -- King
County probation officers say layoffs could increase public safety risks
— In today's UW Daily -- Campus
group advocates for fair-trade coffee
— In today's Seattle Times --
State
colleges are growing too pricey for middle class
— In today's L.A. Times -- College
further from poor's grasp, study says
— In today's N.Y. Times -- Suit
seeks to halt Bush plan on entry of Mexican trucks
— In today's Washington Post -- Health
care debate prompts Senate standoff on Fast Track
...plus -- Lawmakers
trade proposals, attacks on prescription drug proposals
WEDNESDAY,
May 1 -- OPEIU plans
informational pickets next week at Group Health
...and don't forget today's March for Immigrant and Labor Rights
in Seattle.
— In today's Seattle Times
-- Cops,
firefighters put big money behind Initiative 790 -- Click
here for more information on this WSLC-endorsed measure to give workers
a voice in their pension plan.
...plus -- Workers
(IBEW) upset as Snohomish County PUD board ousts chief
...plus -- Project
Labor Agreements are effective safeguards -- Excellent op-ed by by King
County Councilmembers Cynthia Sullivan and Larry Phillips. The council
OK'd
use of PLAs on Monday.
— In today's Olympian -- City
"responsible bidder" ordinance gets support
— In yesterday's Spokesman-Review -- AT&T
cable technicians join union (CWA)
— In today's News-Tribune -- Pierce
Co. Council OKs district court consolidation; layoffs loom
— In today's Seattle P-I -- King
Co. District Court laying off 30
...plus -- Families
off welfare are still struggling in Washington, report shows
— In today's Tri-City Herald -- HAMMER
training facility losing federal funding
— In today's Eastside Journal -- Paccar
profits jump; company adding jobs
— In today's Bremerton Sun -- Shipyard
complies with OSHA investigation
Today at AFLCIO.org -- House
401(k) bill creates more risks for workers than it eliminates
— In today's N.Y. Times -- Ex-Governor
to look into union stock deal (ULLICO)
...plus -- Partisan
fight on job losses casts shadow on Fast Track -- Senate begins debate
today.
— In today's L.A. Times -- Nations
talk of free trade, but protectionism rises
— In today's Washington Post -- Panel
backs "value" approach to awarding federal contracts
— In yesterday's Boston Globe -- 34
arrested as UMass RAs stage sit-in for union bargaining
TUESDAY, April
30 -- Labor history group plans
2002 event focusing on young workers
— In today's Olympian -- Locke:
Gas-tax failure would blackball transportation issue for years
— In today's Seattle Times -- County
Council OKs use of PLAs for Harborview, other projects
— In today's Bellingham Herald -- Kremen's
budget plan irks union (IBT 231)
— In today's Everett Herald -- Workplace
deaths memorialized
— In today's Seattle P-I -- State
workers union seeks to block e-mails' public release
...plus -- Analysts
give Boeing stock a push as Condit says most divisions doing well
— In today's Spokesman-Review -- Layoffs
possible at Spokane City Hall
— In today's UW Daily -- Board
of Regents discuss faculty raises
— In today's Oregonian -- Janitors
union (SEIU) wants students to lobby for better wages
— Today from AP -- Prudential
agents reject union (OPEIU) in close vote
— In the new Labor Notes -- Model
organizing drive doubles LIUNA local's membership in 9 months
— In today's N.Y. Times -- States
worry about Bush's welfare work-requirement rules
— In today's Washington Post -- Supreme
Court further limits scope of Disabilities Act
...plus -- Why
the lockbox won't die -- Dionne column: Before we talk about big cuts in
existing programs, we need to ask: Is the repeal of all inheritance taxes on
wealthy families more important than a decent Medicare program? Are tax cuts
for those earning more than, say, $250,000 a year more important than saving
Social Security? To avoid a war of the generations, might the best-off
Americans join a social compact to ensure a decent life for the less
well-off elderly?
MONDAY, April
29 -- Celebrate May Day
at March for Immigrant and Labor Rights
— In Saturday's Olympian -- State
must slash 400 more jobs
— In today's Bellingham Herald -- County
honors 5 who died on the job in 2001
— In Sunday's Seattle P-I -- Do
the homework on referendums (editorial)
...and Saturday -- Home
care workers deserve better deal (Boonstra op-ed)
— In today's News-Tribune -- Budget
cuts crippling care for mentally ill
...plus -- State
help needed on mental health; Funding cuts take human toll in Pierce Co.
(editorial)
...and Sunday -- Labor
Ready faces penalties in Oregon for failure to pay prevailing wages
— In Sunday's Seattle Times -- Time
to celebrate all those "Rosie the Riveters"
— In today's Everett Herald -- Biotech
industry begins to flex political muscle -- Drug lobbyist: "If you
can't help us, don't hurt us." Consumers being price-gouged would like
the same consideration.
— And a related story in today's Washington Post -- Arthur
Andersens of Medicine -- Mallaby column: The Enron factor in health care
explains why costs are going through the roof, with nasty consequences for
everybody. Insurance premiums are shooting up; firms will respond by holding
down wages or cutting insurance coverage in order to stay even; the ranks of
the uninsured will swell beyond their already shameful numbers.
— In today's L.A. Times -- Privatizing
schools: The Philadelphia experiment
Previous weeks' news: April 22-26 -- April 15-19 -- April 8-12
FRIDAY,
MAY 3
Urge BIAW to drop referendum
attacking state employees
UPDATE! (May 8, 2002) The BIAW has formally withdrawn this referendum! Thank you to all who contacted the BIAW expressing your displeasure with this attack on collective bargaining.
The Washington Federation of State Employees, AFSCME Council 28 is asking for your help in stopping a ballot measure that would jeopardize not only the newly granted collective bargaining rights for state employees, but ALL basic state employee rights. The measure, Referendum 52, needs 98,000 petition signatures by June 13.
The Building Industry Association of Washington filed the initiative and has hired a California firm to collect signatures. There is a good possibility the firm's paid signature gatherers will be carrying two petitions: Ref. 52 and Ref. 53, an effort to repeal the unemployment insurance tax-equity package passed this year that would require many builders to pay higher UI premiums (but still less than the costs to the system they generate). There is extensive information at the BIAW website about Ref. 53, but no mention of the Ref. 52 attack on state employees.
According to an analysis by the WFSE, if the BIAW succeeds with Ref. 52, not only would our state's employees lose the right to bargain over wages and benefits just passed by the 2002 Legislature, they would also lose previously existing collective bargaining rights, plus civil service and contracting out protections.
The BIAW has described Ref. 52 as an effort to reduce taxes, or to stop state employees from gaining too much power, or to prevent the governor from gaining too much power (he/she will negotiate the contracts that then must be approved by the Legislature). But what the BIAW is really pursuing is the extreme anti-government, anti-tax ideology that seeks to strangle state agencies into inefficiency, and then criticize the state for not doing more with less.
The WFSE is asking all supporters of employee rights and quality government services to contact BIAW officers and urge them to back off. The officers are:
| President -- Dottie
Piazza Piazza Construction Inc. (Burlington) (877) 417-7723 Fax: (360) 424-1968 E-mail: dpiazza@hotmail.com First Vice President -- Randy Gold Gold Construction (Wenatchee) (866) 289-7469 Fax: (509) 662-9694 E-mail: goldcnst@aol.com |
Second Vice
President: Rick Tremaine Whidbey Island Bank (Oak Harbor) (866) 576-2460 Fax: (360) 675-7282 E-mail: rickt@wibank.com Treasurer: Gary Cronce Gabriel Homes (Grapeview) (866) 705-0734 E-mail: gabriel@hctc.com Secretary: Charlie Brown Sears Contract Sales (Bellevue) (800) 359-2000 FAX: (425) 562-6615 E-mail: cbro010@sears.com |
Remind BIAW officers that state employees provide essential services not only for our state's most vulnerable citizens and children, but also for businesses. Remind them that state employees buy houses. They build houses. They shop in their communities. They have families to support and pay taxes just like everybody else. They are your NEIGHBORS.
Remind them that many state employees risk their lives every day for the state. Many have defended our country in war. What did they do to deserve attacks on their basic workplace rights and their standards of living?
Respectfully ask the BIAW officers to urge their board to withdraw Ref. 52. And please CONTACT THEM TODAY.
THURSDAY,
MAY 2
Next week is National Nurses Week;
campaigns planned
In
celebration of National Nurses Week (May 6-12), the Washington State Nurses
Association has planned several media events to recognize the dedication and
courage of registered nurses in our community.
For those of
you in the Seattle area, look out for buses running through downtown
Seattle, Capitol Hill, First Hill and the University of Washington Medical
Center with seven-foot signs across the sides saluting nurses. These bus
boards will run from April 29 through at least May 11. This is a joint
project sponsored by WSNA and the King County Nurses Association. In
addition, there will be three special advertisements running on KOMO-TV
featuring people from the community talking about the difference nurses have
made for each of them. These ads are sponsored by MultiCare Health Systems,
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Evergreen Hospital and
Medical Center, Overlake Hospital and Medical Center and KOMO-TV.
Meanwhile, nurses represented by District 1199NW of the Service Employees International Union will celebrate National Nurses Week by "sending a wake-up call to Congress" about patient care. They will be urging Congress to follow Washington state's lead and pass national legislation protecting nurses from mandatory overtime.
And as we reported yesterday, members of the Office and Professional Employees International Union will celebrate National Nurses Week by picketing Group Health Cooperative. Keep reading for more information...
WEDNESDAY,
MAY 1
OPEIU plans informational pickets
next week at Group Health
Next week, members of the Office and Professional Employees International Union, Locals 8 and 23, will conduct informational picketing at Group Health Cooperative facilities throughout Western Washington over frustration at the progress of contract negotiations. All union supporters are invited to participate.
About 1,500 GHC employees are represented by OPEIU; they are the office workers who maintain records, billing, claims, schedules, and the Patient Care Representatives who handle patient check-ins. Negotiations have stalled for their contract, which expired March 15, and mediation sessions will begin shortly.
More than 1,000 of the workers have signed a petition to GHC's executive officers demanding the following (as described in an OPEIU flier announcing next week's picketing):
Fair Wages. Our wage proposal to GHC asks for nothing more that what ALL of our union co-workers have won in recent negotiations.
Respect. GHC is in a healthy financial position and depends on us for quality customer service. We deserve to be acknowledged as professionals and treated with respect in return.
Job Security. GHC must stop moving our bargaining unit work to non-union jobs, which threatens our job security and weakens our union.
Informational picketing is planned at the following times and locations (for directions to any of these facilities, visit the handy GHC website):
MONDAY, May 6
SEATTLE -- From noon to 2 p.m. at Central Hospital, 15th Ave. East and East Denny.
TUESDAY, May 7
EVERETT -- From 1:15 to 1:45 p.m. at the Everett Medical Center, 2930 Maple St.
FEDERAL WAY -- From 1 to 2 p.m. at the Federal Way Medical Center, 301 S. 320th St.
SEATTLE -- From noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Northgate Medical Center, 9800 4th Ave. N.E.
BELLINGHAM -- From noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Bellingham District Office, 2211 Rimland Dr.
WEDNESDAY, May 8
TUKWILA -- From 7 to 9 a.m. and from noon to 1 p.m. at the GHC Administration and Operations Campus, 12400 E. Marginal Way S.
LYNNWOOD -- From 1 to 2 p.m. at the Lynnwood Medical Center, 20200 54th Ave. W.
SEATTLE -- From noon to 1 p.m. at the GHC Administrative and Conference Center, 521 Wall St.
THURSDAY, May 9
REDMOND -- From noon to 2 p.m. at the Eastside Hospital, 2700 152nd N.E.
SILVERDALE -- From noon to 2 p.m. at the Silverdale Medical Center, 10452 Silverdale Way N.W.
FRIDAY, May 10
TACOMA -- From noon to 2 p.m. at the Tacoma Medical Center, 209 MLK Way
SATURDAY, May 11
BURIEN -- From 9 to 11 a.m. at the Burien Medical Center, 140 S.W. 146th St.
Signs will be provided at the picket sites. For more information about the picketing, contact Local 8's Cindy Schu at (206) 441-8276 or Local 23's Marcia Peterson at 1-800-622-4631.
TUESDAY,
APRIL 30
Labor history group plans event focusing on young
workers
"Young Workers and the Labor Movement: Then and Now" will be the theme of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association's annual conference June 6-8 at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C.
The PNLHA conference is always a unique opportunity for trade unionists, workers, activists, students, educators and others to examine the rich heritage of the working class. Participants not only examine labor history, they explain how that history links with today's struggles and circumstances.
For more information or a registration form, visit the PNLHA website at www.pnlha.org. Here is a tentative agenda:
-- Plenary Session:THURSDAY, June 6
- 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Registration
- 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Greetings by Jim Sinclair, President of the BC Federation of Labour
- Featured speaker - Nrinder Nann, CLC National Youth Representative
- 9:00 p.m. Social
FRIDAY, June 7
8:00 – 10:00 a.m. -- Registration
9:00 – 11:50 a.m. -- Welcome from PNLHA President Ross Rieder and BC Vice President Joey Hartman
Plenary Session:
Ruth Milkman – University of California, Los Angeles, addresses the continued struggles of immigrant workers and their relationship to unions. Her work covers wide ranging issues of work and labour organizations in capitalist societies.
Concurrent Workshops:
"Songs of Revolution and Change" - Earle Peach (Solidarity Notes), Regina Brennan (PSAC) and Dave Thompson (IBEW) present an interactive, musical, and educational session covering songs and stories from peasant uprisings in the 1300's through to the Chilean Revolution and to current struggles like the 1999 "Battle in Seattle".
"Labour Education Roundtable" - Mark Leier, of the Simon Fraser Univ. Centre for Labour Studies, facilitates a discussion with Gavin Hainsworth (BC Teachers’ Federation), Jean Greatbatch (Capilano College), Bob Bussel (Labour Education Research Centre, Oregon) and other educators about approaches, new ideas and coordination.
"Photographs for the Record" - Ross Rieder and independent photographer Elaine Brière share images and review the important role photography has always played in recording and promoting actions and events.
"Young Workers’ Rights" - The CUPE BC Young Workers Task Force and the BC Federation of Labour Youth Committee hosts this workshop on labour, health & safety and human rights. By knowing these laws, young workers can advocate for change and ensure that their rights are upheld.
"Creating a Young Workers Committee" - The CUPE Young Workers Task Force and other youth committees offer practical information about getting organizational support and involving young activists.
"Video Activism" - Learn video making skills and discuss how to set up your own activist based media production. View contemporary labour videos from Canada & USA, and popular images of workers in contemporary media. Expert to newbie can participate with independent film-maker Craig Berggold.
11:50 a.m. – 1:10 p.m. – Lunch, on your own
1:10 – 5:00 p.m.
Bob Bussel – Labor Education Research Centre, University of Oregon: Labour-Community Alliances in Historical Perspective: The St. Louis Teamsters’ Trade Union Oriented War on the Slums in the 1960’s.
Concurrent Workshops:
"Canadian Immigrant Communities in Labour History" - Carlo Sayo (Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance) reviews various immigrant communities’ role in Canada’s labour history. Poor economies consistently forced immigrants here, where they often faced discrimination and their education and skills ignored.
"Battling Bolshevism from Victoria to Vladivostok, 1917-1919" - Bob Isitt describes forced conscription at bayonet point, mutiny and the beginning of the cold war on Victoria’s streets.
"Memory and Muscle: the Postal Strike of 1965" - Michael Ostroff presents and discusses his film about how local activists transformed two company unions into two militant and activist unions – the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and the Letter Carriers Union of Canada.
"Campus Connections: Working Student Centres, Student Unions & Trade Unions" - A panel organized by the Centre on Research for Work and Society, including York students Jawara Gairey, Kate Laxer and Cynthia Mackenzie – and Carolyn Johnson from Ryerson University – will explore the establishment of "Working Student Centres" at their campuses. The centres assist students with problems they face in their workplaces, on and off campus, and serve as a place to share experiences and enlist resources for positive and progressive change. Robin Smith, CRWS administrations (YUSA) acts as Resource Person for this discussion. Anita Zaenker and Michael Conlon of the Canadian Federation of Students discuss the trials and tribulations of organizing students into labour unions and student unions.
"Globalization & Preparing for Kananaskis" - Check Your Head works with BC students, connecting global issues with local concerns such as the environment, working conditions, social structures and other impacts on our lives. Also learn protests planned against the June G8 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta.
"Organizing & Mobilizing the Multi-generational Membership: Tools to Bridge the Gap" - Patrick McCormick and Ardell Bailey from Boyle and Associates, a unionized consulting firm in Corvallis, Oregon, work with unions to help younger and older workers discover what they can learn from each other.
Friday, June 7 evening: Dance to the Flying Folk Army (Tentative; Location TBA)
SATURDAY, June 8
9:00 – 11:40 a.m. -- Plenary Session:
Rick Salutin – Globe and Mail columnist, Toronto, is also a playwrite whose works include "1837: The Farmers’ Revolt". He offers his perspective on Canada’s media and the state of democracy.
Mark Leier - From Direct Action to Industrial Legality: The Historical Role of Illegal Protest – Simon Fraser University labour historian and author, tracks significant illegal events in BC’s labour history and links them to current events.
Concurrent Workshops:
"Raymur Mothers" – Meg Stainsby describes direct action by these determined mothers who tented on dangerous railway tracks to get a pedestrian overpass for their children to get safely across to their school.
"Sing it, Shout it, Step it up!" - Learn songs, chants, calls and steps for your next rally with the Radical Cheerleaders, Lyndsay Poaps (Check Your Head) and Cass Elliot (Youth Driven). Then practice in the streets or malls over lunch.
"Meeting the Economic Needs of a Younger Workforce" - Abby Solomon and Faye Miller work with SEIU Local 503’s Younger Worker Task Force in Oregon. This workshop relates young workers’ attitudes toward work, unions and the economy. Bargaining demands that respond to their interests, and recruiting/training of younger activists are then examined.
"A Protesters Guide to Civil Disobedience" - Labour lawyer Leo McGrady reviews the law on civil disobedience and analyses Canada’s new anti-terrorism laws which give the state powerful rights to monitor, act and arrest. Individual rights will also be covered.
11:50 a.m. – 1:10 p.m. Lunch on your own, and PNLHA Annual General Meeting for members
1:10 – 5:00 p.m. -- Plenary Session:
Hassan Yussuff, Barb Byers and Nrinder Nann – Canadian Labour Congress, perspectives on the Canadian labour movement; past and future.
Concurrent Workshops:
"The Vancouver Island Highway’s Project Agreement Model" - John Calvert outlines the concept and implementation of this BC unionized construction model on the $1.2 billion project and evaluates the impact on local communities and members of equity groups.
"Media: Friend or Foe?" - The
youth group Check Your Head, joined by Rick Salutin, presents a workshop
on the problems dealing with mainstream media, how to be successful and
using alternative media to get your message across.
"No Sweat" - Oxfam presents the history of sweatshops and
workhouses and put on a "Sweatshop Fashion Show", which exposes
the abuse behind many popular brand name labels.
"Rise Up" - Video Artist Amey Kazymerchyk presents her video on feminist cultural activism and leads a discussion on the practical, strategic and philosophical possibilities of the convergence of art and activism.
Two musical workshops by Charlie King and
Karen Brandow
-- "Sing Me A Song of Social Significance:" This presentation of
songs - most contemporary, some historical - examines how songs were
created and what purposes they serve in the struggle for justice. Musical
styles include broadsides, satire, storytelling, inspirational anthems and
especially parody.
-- "Remembering Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti:"
Wrongfully executed in Massachusetts in August 1927, these immigrant
workers, labour organizers, war resisters and anarchists were tried for
their politics on trumped up charges of burglary and robbery. This
workshop explores their story through poetry, history, narrative and song.
"What Were They Thinking?" - Melissa Moroz and Ben Isitt
participated in "Camp Campbell", established on the Victoria
legislature lawn until declared illegal in March. Ben Swankey was arrested
at 18 for his participation in a hunger strike. Now 88, he’s been an
inspirational activist ever since.
Banquet, Awards and Entertainment
- 6:00 p.m. No Host Bar
- 6:45 p.m. Banquet
- 7:30 p.m. Labour History Award and Labour History in the Making Award presentation
- 8:00 p.m. Entertainment by Charlie King and Karen Brandow
MONDAY,
APRIL 29
Celebrate May Day at March for Immigrant and
Labor Rights
As part of a national day of protest to demand general amnesty for all immigrants in defense of labor and human rights, a Rally and March for Immigrant and Labor Rights has been organized for Wednesday, May 1, beginning at 1 p.m. at Seattle Central Community College (1701 Broadway-South Lawn). The march will proceed to Westlake Park (4th and Pine).
All over the country, there will be demonstrations as well as a coordinated lobbying effort in Washington D.C. Everyday undocumented workers contribute to our community and economy with hard labor and taxes without any protection of labor or human rights. Employers continue to fight union organizing drives by severely violating the rights of organizing undocumented workers.
What better day to demonstrate for immigrant and labor rights than May 1, known as May Day (or International Workers' Day)? This day commemorating the historic struggle of working people throughout the world is recognized in every country except the United States, Canada and South Africa. This despite the fact that the holiday began in the 1880s in the United States, with the fight for an eight-hour work day. (For more May Day information, click here.)
The event is sponsored by: Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT), Church Committees for a General Amnesty, Santa Maria, Holy Family, Cristo Rey, San Carlos/Mt. Vernon , Santa Luisa/Bellevue, Sacred Heart / Tacoma, Comité Pro-Amnistía General y Justicia Social, CASA Latina, NW Labor and Employment Law Office (LELO), Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Comité Contra la Represión en México, CONSEJO, Comité Salvadoreño, Institute for Washington's Future, M.E.Ch.A (SCCC), SEAMAR, National Coalition for Dignity and Amnesty, Jobs with Justice Seattle Organizing Committee.
PARA UNA AMNISTIA GENERAL PARA TODOS!
MIERCOLES 1ro de MAYO 2002 a las 1:00 de la tarde
Acompáñenos este primero de mayo en una manifestación nacional para
exigir una amnistía general para todos los inmigrantes para proteger
nuestros derechos laborales y humanos.
Habrá manifestaciones en todo el país. Al mismo tiempo representantes de
distintas organizaciones y comunidades del la nación estarán en Washington
D.C. cabildeando para que se tome en consideración una propuesta de amnistía
general para todos los inmigrantes cuales siguen sin documentos a pesar de
que contribuyen a este país con su trabajo, esfuerzos y sacrificios sin
ninguna protección laboral.
Manifestación empieza a las 1 de la tarde en Seattle Central Community College (1701 Broadway - plaza sur).
Patrocinado por: Comité Pro-Amnistía General y Justicia Social, CASA Latina, NW Labor and Employment Law Office (LELO), Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Comité Contra la Represión en México, CONSEJO, Comité Salvadoreño, Institute for Washington's Future, M.E.Ch.A (SCCC), Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters, International Union of Painters and Tapers (IUPAT), Church Committees for a General Amnisty: Santa Maria, Holy Family, Cristo Rey, San Carlos/Mt. Vernon , Santa Luisa/Bellevue, Sacred Heart / Tacoma, Jobs with Justice, SEAMAR, National Coalition for Dignity and Amnesty.
If you have news items regarding unions or workplace issues in Washington state that you would like to see posted here, please submit them via e-mail to David Groves or via fax to 206-285-5805.
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