On May 14, 10:12=A0pm, Don Gabacho <jpast...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Mexican Government Meets With U.S. Union Leaders
> Posted by: The Watchdog in Pro-Illegal Groups, Reconquistas
>
> =A0 =A0 Translated from El Universal
>
> =A0 =A0 A total of 32 union leaders of 18 U.S. districts gathered in the
O=
ffice
> 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.
>
> =A0 =A0 With the encounter, that initiated on May 1 and will conclude on
t=
he
> 14, the government of Mexico intends to reinforce dialogue with union
> leaders that routinely fight for the labor rights of the Mexican
immigrant=
s
> in the United States, looking to identify themes of common interest and
> areas of cooperation.
>
> =A0 =A0 In a communiqu=E9, the chancellery added that it is =B4of
particul=
ar
> 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=A1.
>
> =A0 =A0 He emphasized that according to recent data from the Migration
Pol=
icy
> 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.
>
> =A0 =A0 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.
>
> =A0 =A0 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 undo***ented Mexicans.
>
> =A0 =A0 Besides, entire trade unions, such as the construction workers,
ho=
tel
> cleaners and restaurants workers, have increased their member****p mostly
> from the growing union organization of the Mexican immigrants.
>
> =A0 =A0 Some of the participants were Gabriela Lemus, the first woman
name=
d
> Executive Director of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
> (LCLAA).
>
> =A0 =A0 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-America=
n
> Council for Labor Improvement, among others.
What did the wino say to the immigrant?
"De-****t, de-****t."
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