On Thu, 15 May 2008 09:23:01 -0700, "Lamont Cranston"
<Lamont.Cranston@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>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."
>
What does sitting on your ass all the time have to do with politics?
That's all you've ever done, loudmouthed trash.
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