Mexican Government Meets With U.S. Union Leaders
Posted by: The Watchdog in Pro-Illegal Groups, Reconquistas
Translated from El Universal
A total of 32 union leaders of 18 U.S. districts gathered in the
Office
of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE), during the first informative
day, whose objective is to generate clear dialogue among them and the
government of Mexico.
With the encounter, that initiated on May 1 and will conclude on the
14, the government of Mexico intends to reinforce dialogue with union
leaders that routinely fight for the labor rights of the Mexican
immigrants
in the United States, looking to identify themes of common interest and
areas of cooperation.
In a communiqué, the chancellery added that it is ´of particular
interest to know about the work carried out by the unions, given the
im****tant presence that the Mexican workers have in the United States¡.
He emphasized that according to recent data from the Migration Policy
Institute, 85.7 percent of the Mexican immigrants in the United States of
16 years or more of age, are part of the labor force.
In the case of the men, 40 percent work in the construction sector,
extraction and trans****tation, and 21 percent in the service sector; while
37 percent of the women work in the service sector and 16 percent in the
manufacturing sector.
The SRE added that currently the American unions constitute one of the
main sup****ters in favor of reforming the immigration status of the six
million undocumented Mexicans.
Besides, entire trade unions, such as the construction workers, hotel
cleaners and restaurants workers, have increased their member****p mostly
from the growing union organization of the Mexican immigrants.
Some of the participants were Gabriela Lemus, the first woman named
Executive Director of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
(LCLAA).
Also attending was Moises Zavala, member of the Executive Board of
United Food and Commercial Workers International, and Sergio Rascon, from
the Executive Meeting of Los Angeles from the Chapter of the
Latin-American
Council for Labor Improvement, among others.
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