Main Street on the Move: 

Road Tour from Milwaukee to Washington, D.C. 

MILWAUKEE WORKER RIGHTS’ GROUP 

LAUNCHES TOUR FOR JOBS AND IMMIGRATION REFORM 

On March 17 Voces de la Frontera will launch a 5-city tour, 

starting in Milwaukee and arriving on March 21 in Washington, D.C. 

for the March for America rally. 

The tour will highlight local labor struggles in places like Milwaukee, 

where county workers are fighting to keep their jobs

and in Indiana, where Whirlpool workers are fighting to prevent 

a plant closing that will affect 1000 workers and their families. 

According to Christine Neumann-Ortiz, 

Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera, 

“the recent crisis has resulted in millions of people 

joining the ranks of the unemployed, 

and there is more to come."

"It is essential that working people start 

to build a mass movement for full employment. 

We must support workers who are fighting 

to keep their jobs, 

build greater solidarity among working people 

and demand more from the federal government."

"This also includes supporting immigrant workers’ struggle 

to achieve federal immigration reform 

and an end to enforcement-only measures 

that have criminalized working people 

and cynically used immigration laws 

to undermine labor rights in this country.” 

Events will feature the testimonies of a variety of people, including: 

Dexter Keys - 

Keys was born and raised in Milwaukee 

where Iron Mountain permanently 

laid him off after 15 years on the job. 

“Since being laid off, I have lost my car 

and am struggling to make my rent,” says Keys.  

“The government and employers need to know 

that there are a lot of good workers out here. 

We have to work together to get out of this crisis. 

All of us need to get out of this.” 

Omar Damian Ortega - 

Ortega is an immigrant worker and welder in Milwaukee. 

When he filed a workers’ compensation claim 

for a back injury with West Bend Mutual Insurance, 

the company investigated his immigration status, 

and used “identity theft” charges against him 

in order to avoid paying the workers’ compensation claim. 

Alejandra Acevedo, his U.S. citizen sister, 

will speak on Ortega’s behalf.

Tour Schedule 

Day 1: March 17 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 11: 30 a.m. press conference and 

rally at the Milwaukee County Labor Council 

633 S. Hawley Road. 

Chicago, Illinois. - 3 p.m. press conference at the Hay- 

market Memorial, Desplaines & Lake Streets 

Day 2: March 18 

Toledo, Ohio - 10 a.m. event at the Jerusalem 

Baptist Church, 445 Dorr St. 

Day 3: March 19 

Cincinnati, Ohio - 6 p.m. send off rally at Su Casa Hispanic 

Ministry, 7036 Fairpark. 

Day 4: March 20 

Travel to D.C. 

Day 5: March 21 

2 p.m. march on the Capitol 

Day 6: March 22 

Lobby day to pressure congressional offices on job creation 

and immigration reform. 

March for America will bring tens of thousands of allies together 

from all across the country to call for 

“immigration reform for new American families 

and economic justice for all American families.” 

www.wemarchforamerica.org 

Voces de la Frontera is a low-wage and immigrant workers’ center 

that informs workers about their employment rights 

and promotes community and youth organizing 

to achieve economic and social justice. 

Voces will be reporting along the way 

with daily updates and video available 

at the Voces website and via facbebook, Twitter and Youtube. 

www.vdlf.org