March 21 - virtual event with Mexican labor activists

 

An announcement from the San Francisco Living Wage Coalition says the following:

We tell our members that it is not possible to win a living wage for everyone in this country when corporations can cross an invisible line in the sand and pay workers $8 per day. That is why we are building support for workers in Mexico who are organizing unions of their own choosing, independent of corporate interest.

We are raising money to bring some of these Mexican labor activists to Chicago for the biennial April 19-21 Labor Notes Conference, which has emerged over the last 40 years as the biggest gathering of union activists in the United States—and one of the biggest in the world. The last conference brought together over 4,000 union members from across the United States, as well as union leaders and activists from two dozen countries, including Mexico. We expect similar attendance this year.

We are inviting activists from Mexico’s independent union movement because we want to
promote cross-border solidarity among workers throughout North America. They work for many of the same employers and in the same supply chains. We think it is important to promote more awareness in the U.S. labor movement of the conditions of Mexican workers and their attempts to build genuine, democratic unions.

We are working with Labor Notes which is committed to helping facilitate the participation of
Mexican union activists in the conference, and also provide for opportunities for addressing the conference, hold panel discussions and workshops. The size of the delegation from Mexico
depends on our success working with Labor Notes to provide funding for accommodations and travel expenses.

We are holding a Zoom event on Thursday, March 21, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. PST, as an opportunity to hear the voices of Mexican labor activists. Register at https://bit.ly/March21livingwageevent.

Please donate at livingwage-sf.org/ online-donation-form/ or make out a check to San FranciscoLiving Wage Coalition and mail to SF Living Wage Coalition, 2973 - 16th Street Ste. 300, San Francisco, CA 94103.

In solidarity,
Karl Kramer and David Frias

Campaign Co-directors