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    Mexican Foreign Sec. meets with U.S. Labor Unions

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    Mexican Foreign Sec. meet with U.S. Labor Unions

    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 important 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 transportation, 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 supporters in favor of reforming the immigration status of the six million undocumented Mexicans.

    Besides, entire trade unions, like that of the construction workers, hotel cleaners and restaurants workers, have increased their membership mostly from the growing union organization of the Mexican immigrants.

    Some of the participants found was 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 in the Chapter of the Latin-American Council for Labor Improvement, among others.

    Sergio Rascon General Mngr Local 300
    Contact: SERGIO RASCON
    Address: 2005 W PICO BLVD
    Los Angeles, California 90006-5010
    Phone #: 213-385-9212
    Abbreviation : LIUNA
    Local Number : Local 300
    http://www.unions.org/home/v-20776-5-LIUNA-.htm

    Moises Zavala is a member of the Local 881 Executive Board
    Local 881 phone: 217-544-0555.
    http://www.local881ufcw.org/881%20Offic ... icers.html

    Dr. Gabriela D. Lemus is the Executive Director for the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA). Dr. Lemus is the first woman to be selected as the Executive Director for the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement. She is Co-Chair of the National Latino Coalition for Climate Change (NLCCC). She was formerly Director of Policy and Legislation at the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). Prior to which, Dr. Lemus was an adjunct professor at the University of Memphis, San Diego State University, and the University of San Diego. While at LULAC, Dr. Lemus founded the LULAC Democracy Initiative Voter Project, a national Hispanic civic participation campaign focused on voter education and registration. Currently, in her work at LCLAA, Dr. Lemus advocates policy that benefits Latino workers and families, including trade, immigration, Social Security and Medicare reform, US-Latin American relations, immigration and ending border militarization and vigilantism among others. She is the founder of Latinos for a Secure Retirement – a campaign to fight the privatization of Social Security. Under both the Clinton and Bush administrations, she was invited to travel to Nicaragua and Argentina to promote democracy and civil society participation. Dr. Lemus has been an outspoken advocate for Latino issues appearing in both English and Spanish language media outlets, including CNN, CNN en Español, NBC’s Hardball, Fox’s Neil Cavuto, Univision and NBC-Telemundo among others. She received her doctorate in International Relations from the University of Miami in 1998.
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-gabrie ... e-sanchez/

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    Besides, entire trade unions, like that of the construction workers, hotel cleaners and restaurants workers, have increased their membership mostly from the growing union organization of the Mexican immigrants.
    Aren't unions, by giving membership to illegal aliens, involving themselves in labor racketeering?
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    This is laughable the mexican officials are so worried about fair treatment of thier workers but only if they work in America ? Why don't these officials try to do something about the wages and working conditions in thier own country for a change.

    We can't deport them all ? Just think of the fun we could have trying!
    We can't deport them all ? Just think of the fun we could have trying!

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