BooBoolane@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On May 14, 10:12 pm, Don Gabacho <jpast...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > 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 undo***ented 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.
>
>
>
> What did the wino say to the immigrant?
"Thank you for picking grapes so that I can be a Republican and sit on my
ass all day."
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