tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48252051774730650542024-03-14T03:09:11.442-07:00MAIN STREET ON THE MOVEVoces de la FronteraMAIN STREET ON THE MOVEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025681350426509935noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825205177473065054.post-7544559328117280852010-03-27T16:37:00.000-07:002010-03-27T18:03:32.859-07:00Media wrap-up<div>If you've found other coverage e-mail the link to taragm218@gmail.com</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://labornotes.org/2010/03/no-more-empty-promises-say-immigration-activists-descending-dc">No More Empty Promises Say Immigration Activists Descending on D.C. </a></div><div>Sally Kim</div><div>Labor Notes</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://archive.wort-fm.org/mp3/wort_100316_120401apatue.mp3">Radio interview</a></div><div>Cynthia Lin</div><div>WORT - A Public Affair</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/88513662.html">Workers Unite for Jobs, Immigration Reform</a></div><div>Georgia Pabst</div><div>Journal Sentinel</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="http://www.wuwm.com/programs/news/view_news.php?articleid=5900">Local Group Leaves Today for Washington</a></div><div>Bob Bach</div><div>WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="http://causaoregon.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-for-america-actions-continue-at.html">March For America Actions Continue at Republican National Committee</a></div><div>Blog by CAUSA</div></div></div>MAIN STREET ON THE MOVEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025681350426509935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825205177473065054.post-36885365933131198412010-03-20T18:54:00.000-07:002010-04-05T19:59:31.928-07:00Videos<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">MAIN STREET ON THE MOVE</span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The following videos document the Main Street on the Move tour. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Watch speakers from events in different cities as well as testimonies from our delegation below.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Click on the blog posts in English or Spanish to read more about the tour.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /><br />And use patience...as the videos do their loading.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Si se puede!</span></span></span><br /></span><div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap;"><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10270038&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10270038&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; "></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Christine Neumann-Ortiz, executive director of Voces de la Frontera, speaks at the Milwaukee kick-off for the Main Street on the Move tour. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:48px;"></span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">The Main Street on the Move Delegation</span>:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Rachel Krueger</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dexter Keys</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Craig Oliver</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Alejandra Acevedo</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Christine Neumann-Ortiz<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Juan Acevedo</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cindy Breunig</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jim Cusack</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jeanne Cusack</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ken Greening</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dan Ollman</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tara </span></span><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">García Mathewson</span></span></p></div></span></span></div></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap; "><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10253219&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10253219&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></span><p></p><p></p></div><div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jeff Hoffman is a laid off tool and dye maker from Harley-Davidson. He spoke at the Milwaukee kick-off on Day 1 of the tour. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;"><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10253295&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10253295&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></span></span></p><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/10253295"></a></p>Kurt Zunker is the president of AFSCME Local 882 representing Airport, Highway, Facilities, Fleet, Parks and Zoo employees.<br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#645F5E;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap;"><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10253557&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10253557&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></span></p><p></p></div><div><p></p></div><div></div><b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sheila Cochran is the secretary treasurer of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council. She spoke at the Milwaukee kick-off on Day 1 of the tour. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;"><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10472828&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10472828&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/10472828"></a></p></span><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dexter Keys was born and raised in </span></span></span><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Milwaukee</span></span></span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> where </span></span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Iron</span></span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mountain </span></span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">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.” </span></span></span></span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;"><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><br /><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;"><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10438601&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10438601&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></span><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap; "><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10289638&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10289638&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap; "><p style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></p></span></div><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap; "><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10292519&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10292519&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/10292519"></a></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Craig Oliver is a community activist from Milwaukee encouraging a coalition of the entire working class, uniting across race and immigration status. He supports immigration reform as a worker rights' struggle.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;"><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10463139&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10463139&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/10463139"></a></p></span><br /></span></div></span></div><div><b><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;"><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10467056&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10467056&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></span></span></p><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/10467056"></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Alejandra Acevedo is speaking on behalf of her brother, Omar Damian Ortega, who 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. Sign the </span></span><a href="http://action.dreamactivist.org/petition/bend/sign"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">petition </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">to West Bend and tell them to stop undermining workers' rights.</span></span></span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); "><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10315132&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10315132&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/10315132"></a></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Voces delegation arrived in Cincinnati for an event at Su Casa Hispanic Ministry on Friday. </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;"><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10492771&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10492771&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/10492771"></a></p><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;"><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10493167&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10493167&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></span></p><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/10493167"></a></p><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; font-family:arial;font-size:16px;">The Evansville, Ind., Whirlpool plant is planning to fire all of its employees and move operations to Monterrey, Mexico by June. More than 1,100 people will lose their jobs. It is essential to form a coalition among all workers to fight back against injustices like this. It is not the workers in Monterrey who are in the board room making decisions. The blame must be shifted to rest squarely on the backs of upper-level management in corporations like Whirlpool. And, as the Main Street on the Move Tour has shown, the blame must also fall on Wall Street bankers and the government. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); "><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10315686&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10315686&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/10315686"></a></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Heyra Avila is a 14-year-old leaving for D.C. from Cincinnati.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap; "><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10315902&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10315902&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/10315902"></a></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Father Jorge Ochoa gave a blessing at the Cincinnati event at Su Casa Hispanic Ministry. </span></span><p></p><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/10315902"></a></p><p></p></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><b><br /></b></div></b></span></span><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10318861&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10318861&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/10318861"></a></p><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Yes, it's true...<br /><br />Day Four - Washington D.C.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">WELCOME ALL MARCHERS!</span></span><br /><br />The gentlemen in the video walked 250 miles for the march.<br /><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The guy playing guitar is most likely Pedro Infante.</span></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;"><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10354435&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10354435&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"Obama, escucha! Estamos en la lucha!"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"Obama, listen! We are in the fight!"</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;"><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10433398&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10433398&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/10433398"></a></p></span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;"><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10435533&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10435533&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/10435533"></a></p><br /></span></div></span></div></div></div></div>MAIN STREET ON THE MOVEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025681350426509935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825205177473065054.post-66869555858297416902010-03-20T18:52:00.001-07:002010-03-23T14:49:00.951-07:00Notas de la gira en español<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b>Mira abajo cada d<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><b><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">í<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>a para ver m<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>á<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><b><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>s sobre la gira!</b></span></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">La Calle Main en Camino por el Trabajo y la Reforma Inmigratoria - 1er D</span></span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">í</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">a:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">La Calle Main se está moviendo! La gira nacional de Voces de la Frontera comenzó hoy con una convocatoria en Milwaukee en la mañana y después siguieron a Chicago por una parada en la tarde. La delegación de Wisconsin va a unirse con miles de personas en Washington, DC el domingo 21 de marzo para exigir que el presidente Obama cumpla sus promesas de pasar la reforma inmigratoria integral y crear el empleo.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwzx8nSDV6UUQIbqjIm2Xn9NzOCr67w6YQjZT9m5wAHP99rS8ji9ColkyqhSm2FVgv8RpZG45kjkrVT8Fthx76-7Yozq0MVJZ_3SPmMgBlPaBNKAsTSvtRV4xrx1F47QahCH-hh2h774/s1600-h/Group+photo.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwzx8nSDV6UUQIbqjIm2Xn9NzOCr67w6YQjZT9m5wAHP99rS8ji9ColkyqhSm2FVgv8RpZG45kjkrVT8Fthx76-7Yozq0MVJZ_3SPmMgBlPaBNKAsTSvtRV4xrx1F47QahCH-hh2h774/s320/Group+photo.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450928943803142146" /></a></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“La crisis económica actual ha resultado en millones de personas perdiendo sus trabajos, y nos espera aún más desempleo en el futuro,” declaró Christine Neumann-Ortiz, directora ejecutiva de Voces de la Frontera, “Es esencial que la gente trabajadora comience a organizar un movimiento masivo por los derechos al empleo y los derechos laborales—un pilar fundamental del cual es pasar la reforma inmigratoria este año.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Milwaukee:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Omar Damian Ortega trabajó por nueve años como soldadero por la misma compañía en Milwaukee. El se presentó a trabajar todos los días; trabajando duramente para salir adelante con su familia. Un día se lesionó en el trabajo. Ortega decidió presentar una reclamación de compensación del trabajo para reclamar el dinero que merecía pero la compañía de seguros West Bend Mutual tenía otra idea. En vez de investigar la reclamación, ellos investigaron su estatus inmigratorio y al darse cuenta que no tenía estatus legal, le entregaron a la migra (ICE). Ortega estuvo encarcelado por cinco meses con una orden de deportación pendiente. Después de meses de lucha por defender sus derechos, Ortega logró salir de la cárcel pero ahora le toca defenderse contra la orden de deportación que tiene pendiente. Voces de la Frontera y el Proyecto Nacional de la Ley de Trabajo se han presentado su caso al Departamento de Derechos Civiles para una investigación debido a las violaciones de sus derechos laborales graves que él ha sufrido. El control de la inmigración jamás debe superar las leyes de trabajo, una practica que degrada condiciones laborales y la seguridad de todos los trabajadores.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“La cosa mas difícil de esa procesa es la separación de mi familia,” dijo Ortega en la conferencia de prensa en Milwaukee. Ortega tiene 18 meses de restricciones donde, entre otras cosas, no puede trabajar ni salir del estado. Su hermana, Alejandra Acevedo, va a hablar en su lugar por el resto de la gira.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Después de escuchar la historia de Ortega a la conferencia de prensa, aliados hicieron el primer paso de acción. Ellos firmaron una petición exigiendo a West Bend terminar la estrategia corporal de evadir las leyes de reclamación de compensación investigando el estatus inmigratoria de trabajadores heridos y reportándolos para evitar compensación.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kurt Zunker habló como presidente del sindicato AFSCME (por su sigla en ingles) Local 882. El enfatizó los efectos de amplio alcance de la perdida de trabajos que pueden mantener una familia. AFSCME ha perdido más que 110 trabajos desde el final de diciembre de 2009 y está luchando proteger los trabajos de muchas más.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Una alumna de UW-Madison también habló en la conferencia de prensa. Rachel Krueger, uno de las 12 personas viajando en la caravana, habló sobre la dificultad ella ha tenido encontrando un trabajo de jornada completo desde que terminó su trabajo con el Departamento de Corrección de Wisconsin en abril de 2009. Ella expresó su solidaridad con los trabajadores inmigrantes y sus luchas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jeff Hoffman, un empleado de Harley-Davidson, y Dexter Keys quien estaba despedido de Iron Mountain después de 15 años de trabajo, hablaron sobre la necesidad de unirse para luchar por creación de trabajos. “Todos estamos en el mismo barco,” dijo Hoffman. “Unidos, ganaremos, divididos caeremos.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mirando a la muchedumbre, Sheila Cochran, secretaria tesorera del “Concejo Laboral de la Área de Milwaukee,” enfocó en la necesidad de unirnos en esta lucha. Ella advirtió de los esfuerzos que tratarían de dividir nuestra unidad.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Una herida hacia uno es una herida hacia todos,” dijo Cochran. “Somos trabajadores unidos exigiendo ser tratados con respeto.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chicago:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Después de unas horas en camino, la delegación llegó en su segunda parada, juntándose en el sitio del memorial Haymarket en Chicago.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Esto sitio histórico es la parada perfecta por la gira La Calle Main en Camino porque nos recuerda y nos inspira de las luchas valientes de los trabajadores que afirmaron nuestra dignidad como seres humanos y ganaron el día de trabajo de ocho horas,” dijo Neumann-Ortiz.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Una muchedumbre de trabajadores del sindicato de Trabajadores Unidos de la Industria de Comercio y Alimentos (UFCW por su sigla en inglés), United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), y Teamsters se reunieron cerca del monumento con líderes laborales y miembros de la comunidad, exigiendo la reforma inmigratorio.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ricky Maclin habló sobre la lucha él y sus compañeros ganaron en 2008 contra Republic Windows and Doors. Maclin pidió a la gente que se unen y luchen juntos. “Trabajo de equipo logra el sueño,” dijo Maclin.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Otra trabajadora, María Constantino, llegó al micrófono para hablar sobre sus experiencias en Pete’s Fresh Market donde discriminación racial y acoso sexual son común. Muchos de sus compañeras son vulnerables como inmigrantes y tienen miedo de perder sus trabajos si se quejan. Constantino exigió la reforma inmigratoria integral para empoderar sus compañeros y defender sus derechos. La muchedumbre en Chicago espera que reforma sea una realidad pronto.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Más dee ciento autobuses van a salir de Chicago para reunirse con individuos y grupos de todos lados del país, incluyendo la delegación de Wisconsin de Voces de la Frontera. Todos van a llegar para la marcha el domingo el 21 de marzo. Todavía hay espacio si alguien quiere salir de Chicago a las 6 de la tarde el 20 de marzo. Los autobuses salen de US Cellular Field. Artemio Arreola, de la Coalición de Illinois por Derechos de Inmigrantes y Refugiados (ICIRR por su sigla en inglés), dijo que la gente debe preguntar a sus iglesias locales y mercados mexicanos por mas detallas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mañana, la delegación de Voces va a empezar la mañana con un foro en Toledo y después viajara ha Cincinnati—la cuarta ciudad de la gira.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><b></b></span></span></span></span></p><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">LA CALLE MAIN EN CAMINO: 2da D</span></span><b><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ía</span></span></span></b></p></b><div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b></b></span></span></p><b><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">En el segundo día de la gira de Voces, un grupo se unio en la iglesia de Jerusalén Bautista de Toledo y platicaron sobre las necesidades de los trabajadores en todos lados. Ellos llamaron por contratos justos, compensación justa, beneficios, un ambiente seguro en el trabajo, un sueldo decente para vivir, un camino significativo y quitativo para la ciudadanía y una reforma inmigratoria integral. Los oradores, representando el grupo local de la Asociación Nacional de Gente de Color (NAACP, por su sigla en inglés), el Sindicato de Trabajadores Unidos de la Industria de Comercio y Alimentos (UFCW) del local 75, el presidente de la comisión del condado de Lucas y el Liga Urbano de Toledo se juntaron con la delegación de Voces al micrófono, ambos enfatizando la creación de trabajos y reforma de inmigración como dos prioridades.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Necesitamos luchar por lo que es justo para la </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">gente</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">,” dijo Bill Dudley, director de programas estratégicas para UFCW Local 75. “Eso es lo que hacemos en el movimiento de labor.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Alejandra Acevedo, Dexter Keys y Rachel Kreuger contaron sus historias individuales, llamando a la comunidad para exigir acción del gobierno. Y Craig Oliver, un miembro de la delegación de Voces y un activista de Racine, Wis., motivo a una coalición de la (working class) a través de líneas de estatus de inmigración y raza.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Llamando la gente ‘ilegales’ y ‘mojados’ o ‘Alien’— ¿Qué es un Alien? ¿Qué es un trabajador ilegal?” preguntó Oliver. “Una trabajador es un trabajador.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Oliver dijo que la batalla de derechos civiles para la generación de hoy es por una reforma de inmigración. El tiempo para cambiar es ahora!, el dijo, concluyendo su platica con un dicho conocido: “Si vienen por ustedes en la mañana, vienen por mi en la tarde.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Rita Fackelman también juntó su historia con las de la gente de Voces, compartiendo su batalla de un año contra el embargo de casa. Ella perdió su trabajo y cuando le llamó a su banco, se enteró que después de 17 años de pagar su hipoteca, su casa iba a estar embargada.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Que yo sostenía luchando para guardar mi casa no es algo que esperaría en mi enemigo mas fuerte,” dijo Fackelman.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">El grupo de nivel estatal, “Apoderando y Fortalelciendo la Gente de Ohio” (ESOP por su sigla en inglés), ayudó en la lucha con Fackelman. Hoy, hablando del por el otro lado de su terrible experiencia, Fackelman está convencida que se les debe poner un paro a los banqueros, y no sigan causando estragos en la clase media.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hoy se unió al programa una variedad de gente para platicar, mostrando la unidad a través de sus causas y destacando como la lucha para los derechos de los inmigrantes y trabajadores se interconectan.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Después de un almuerzo divertido a Andre’s (vea las fotos abajo), la delegación de Voces viajó las cuatro horas a Cincinnati. Mañana, ellos van a juntarse con el grupo, La Red Interreligiosa Por la Justicia Laboral de Cincinnati y el Ministerio de Su Casa Hispánica antes que ¡salir para D.C.!</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></span></p><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"></p></span></span></span></span></b><p></p><div><b><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; font-family:arial;font-size:16px;">THE HEADS OF STATE...of Andre's Lounge - Toledo, Ohio</span> </span></p></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">**Day 2 lunch came with some new friends!<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIiTsjuhhxRgGRLeeWrY09P4NdFbnWGnVSgDUMSlzftFzxqaJYoQ8hHhqWkiA3tg0hZv2UAO7sQqrSCLtbAvVYHUGEofHfeNUXWCOD4lIhuY1cVAUF9lNuVuFutQbMQTe0YXnJ9FRGhEg/s1600-h/HEAD+OF+STATE+8.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFal_pyjpVR3leQGU2fUaNk_TRxu1OaPEo83sC3wmD795Ij0Ltm90hQwGQ2hcpngAkqwKujG3eWfXc2Hongg5D2-GzHh3FvbDIs9Qr017X2rFxVr_m8o9uodJAsuuGhUP6TnQbYYZfVLk/s320/HEAD+OF+STATE+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450114734019306642" /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEger9yw0mJtTdYxOGdLwp8-RVi5IIPBbgPJHK5-jIwRcjK0CAfTU-WKCJyuDWrQVteXKtbte2ouJfe79VjS0Ds8X1R7i_gt3Dtm4oHY8T1sWmF4Ipd67-jOhlz_5OyVQy4tPmNeBgLxIZ4/s1600-h/HEAD+OF+STATE+3.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEger9yw0mJtTdYxOGdLwp8-RVi5IIPBbgPJHK5-jIwRcjK0CAfTU-WKCJyuDWrQVteXKtbte2ouJfe79VjS0Ds8X1R7i_gt3Dtm4oHY8T1sWmF4Ipd67-jOhlz_5OyVQy4tPmNeBgLxIZ4/s320/HEAD+OF+STATE+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450114728258608530" /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></p></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></p><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">LA CALLE MAIN EN CAMINO: 3er D</span></span></b><span lang="ES"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">í</span></span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">a</span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">La fábrica de Whirlpool en Evansville, Ind., está planeando terminar todo sus empleados y mudarse a Monterrey, México antes que junio. Más que 1,000 personas van a perder sus trabajos.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Esto va a rizarse por la comunidad como un tsunami,” dijo Gary Gardner, el representante de CWA-IUE para la región de Evansville.</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jeMnyAEGr27jidVTQy9p7EY2e_n0XL0K2RSNNi52z79CKDP1-bJT9KbPKwTfZEC5ibr32im09FHptKWpzjs7JWEMArlnxFGfOvmjkff_uh12sD1_2MGKafUESHM6lYh1H2-Q1ywFLw4/s1600-h/1-2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jeMnyAEGr27jidVTQy9p7EY2e_n0XL0K2RSNNi52z79CKDP1-bJT9KbPKwTfZEC5ibr32im09FHptKWpzjs7JWEMArlnxFGfOvmjkff_uh12sD1_2MGKafUESHM6lYh1H2-Q1ywFLw4/s320/1-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450627439187513858" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 225px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">La empresa esta mudándose de Indiana, donde el medio sueldo es $17.40 por hora con 40 horas por semana, a Monterrey, donde el medio sueldo será $70 por </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">semana</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, según Gardner, y las horas obligatorias por la semana será 72. Mientras Whirlpool está continuando con sus planes mudarse de Evansville, está disfrutando su $19.3 millones en dinero de estimulo, pagado por los contribuyentes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Voces empezó la gira para apoyar la gente luchando para cosas así. Las 12 personas en la delegación han terminado el tercer día y llegarán en Washington, D.C. el sábado para el quinto ciudad de su viaje.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Es esencial que los trabajadores empiezan fortalecer un gran movimiento para empleo total,” dijo Christine Neumann-Ortiz, directora ejecutiva de Voces de la Frontera. “Debemos apoyar los trabajadores que están luchando guardar sus trabajos, crear más solidaridad entre los trabajadores y exigir más del gobierno federal.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">La delegación pasó el viernes en Cincinnati y tuvo la oportunidad conocer a activistas locales luchando por derechos de inmigrantes y trabajadores antes que una reunión al Ministerio de Su Casa Hispánico. La Red Interreligiosa Por la Justicia Laboral de Cincinnati organizó el evento y se juntó un grupo de miembros de la comunidad, muchos de quien también van a estar en D.C. el domingo.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Tenemos que unirnos y pelear por estar aquí y exigir nuestros derechos,” dijo Alma Díaz de la Red Interreligiosa Por la Justicia Laboral. Ella y 200 más de Cincinnati van a salir para la capital el sábado para hacer eso mismo. Mil personas van a salir de Ohio y unirse con delegaciones de todos lados del país para exigir al Presidente Obama cumplir con sus promesas de su campaña y reformar el sistema de inmigración.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRgbK2b26nIG8POSoJy_rHTh2X7rxDhglkH9_mDDiEAvVrG-N4060vGtu4xS45N6jshlCRUTw5FZioBHgZ4kL9YYooGVPiTgv3sK-M-NGlVAAgBJL0kk3JwlDtNBZGM1KdsGgRvHC6qM/s1600-h/1-5.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRgbK2b26nIG8POSoJy_rHTh2X7rxDhglkH9_mDDiEAvVrG-N4060vGtu4xS45N6jshlCRUTw5FZioBHgZ4kL9YYooGVPiTgv3sK-M-NGlVAAgBJL0kk3JwlDtNBZGM1KdsGgRvHC6qM/s320/1-5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450627739749137426" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 273px; " /></a>Heyra Avila, una chica de 14 anos, van a marchar. Dijo que van a la marcha porque sabe que si vayan todos, pueden lograr sus metas. “No somos criminales, somos humanos,” dijo Avila. “Si se puede.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">La delegación de Voces va a salir de Cincinnati a las 5 de la mañana para llegar en D.C. con tanto tiempo reunirse con un grupo caminando de Nueva York y otro manejando de Arizona. Las giras van a reunirse por una recepción a la iglesia metodista unida de Wesley en D.C.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">LA CALLE MAIN EN CAMINO: 4to D</span></span></b><span lang="ES"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">í</span></span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">a</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></b></p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">¡La Calle Main en Camino ha llegado en D.C.! Estamos uno delegado menos porque Craig Oliver solo podía estar con nosotros hasta Cincinnati, pero el nivel de entusiasmo todavía está alto. El plan de la mañana para reunirnos a las 4:30 de la mañana en el vestíbulo del hotel sí pasó…después de los empleados tecnológicos durmieron un total de cero minutos. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span lang="ES" style=" ;font-size:12pt;">Internet lento y problemas con tecnología eran un mayor parte de la depravación de dormir pero con suerte, dos de los delegados con más sueño manejaron primero.</span></span></span></span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">El viaje de 10 horas entre Cincinnati y D.C. pasó sin problemas, con solo una parada de emergencia (y involucró un baño necesario) y un almuerzo rápido (Arby’s y Wendy’s) antes que regresar al camino. Al llegar en D.C. teníamos una mirada al grupo musical de la iglesia metodista unida de Wesley y un corto paseo antes que reunirnos con dos otros grupos también llegando en D.C. Los marchadores de NYC terminaron su gira de ocho días y 250 millas a tiempo para participar en la marcha el domingo, como también llegó una caravana de Arizona que ha estado viajando y hablando sobre reforma inmigratorio desde el 6 de marzo. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Todos los tres grupos agradecieron la bienvenida a D.C. y la iglesia metodista unido de Wesley por unas horas de compartir historias y escuchar música. Una mujer de Arizona trajo unos zapatillos de un niñito que conoció después de sus padres estaba recogieron por la ley de inmigración actual. “La separación de familias es algo muy grave,” ella dijo.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">La delegacion de NYC decidió marchar después de escuchar la historia de cuatro estudiantes caminando 1,500 millas de Miami a D.C. para crear conciencia alrededor la necesidad reformar las leyes de inmigración. Los estudiantes, Gaby Pacheco, Carlos Roa, Felipe Matos y Juan Rodríguez están tratando mandar un mensaje al gobierno arreglar el sistema de inmigración para que no continúe fracasar a la gente como ellos. <o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span lang="ES" style=" ;font-size:12pt;">Los marchadores de NYC pensaron que si los estudiantes podían caminar 1,500 millas, que ellos mismos podían sostener las 250.</span></span></o:p></span></span></p><span lang="ES" style="font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:ES;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SAfont-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "> </span></o:p></span></p></span></span></b></span></span></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Los planificadores de la Marcha para America espera que todos nosotros vayan a estar juntados con 100,000 más en D.C. el domingo. ¡Esperamos el mismo! Estamos listos estar parte de una marcha histórica y para influir la manera en que la inmigración funciona aquí en este país. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">LA CALLE MAIN EN CAMINO: 5to D</span></span></b><span lang="ES"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">í</span></span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">a</span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></b></span></p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">“¿Qué queremos? ¡Justicia! ¿Y cuándo la queremos? ¡Ahora!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">“¡Si se puede!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">“¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!” <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">“¡No somos uno, no somos cien, somos millones, cuéntanos bien!"<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Más de 200,000 personas se reunieron en el Mall Nacional con nosotros mientras que cantamos, gritamos y aplaudamos, exigiendo justicia para los inmigrantes. Un programa de tres horas los representantes de todos lados del país precedió la marcha de 250,000 personas en Washington, DC. Los diferentes grupos religiosos se unieron con estudiantes, miembros de sindicatos, trabajadores y políticos para exigir al Presidente Obama que pasase una reforma inmigratoria justa y equitativa. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">“Si hoy levantamos nuestras voces en esperanza, algún día, levantaremos nuestras voces en victoria,” dijo Luis Gutiérrez, D-Ill. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Autobuses, trenes y aviones trajeron la gente desde California, Pensilvania, Texas, Florida, Norte Carolina, Georgia, Illinois, Virginia, Maryland, Indiana, WISCONSIN y casi todos los estados del país. Con el mismo mensaje que hemos escuchado y proclamado durante nuestra gira “La Calle Main en Camino”, la muchedumbre y los representantes expresaron claramente: “El tiempo para reforma inmigratoria es ahora”. No podemos mientras las familias son separadas y tampoco a que se sigan violando sus derechos. “Son seres humanos, no ilegales,” era el mensaje que se leía sobre las camisetas de algunos de los que marchaban. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">La gente gritó consignas en español, demostrando la presencia de inmigrantes Latinos, contando con el apoyo de otros grupos que también hicieron acto de presencia tales como: Africanos, Irlandeses y Asiáticos. Se mostraba un mensaje fuerte de solidaridad y causa común encabezado por representantes de organizaciones para derechos civiles de Africano Americanos, incluyendo el NAACP. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Debemos mantener la presión en la administración y el apoyó a la marcha, sería posible pasar la reforma inmigratoria integral y parar la subida de criminalización y deportación. En nuestra visita del Lunes a las oficinas de los congresistas de Wisconsin el Lunes les pedimos que soportaran la reforma.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">!!Esperamos que ustedes también llamen a sus congresistas y pidan el apoyo para la reforma!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> ¡Unidos haremos la diferencia!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">El Senador Kohl: 414-297-4451<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span lang="ES" style="font-size: 12pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">El Senador Feingold: 414-276-7282</span></span></span></span></b><p></p></span></span></b><p></p></span></span></span></span><p></p></div></span></span></span><p></p>MAIN STREET ON THE MOVEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025681350426509935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825205177473065054.post-12189996414454644442010-03-18T00:24:00.001-07:002010-03-22T13:11:38.779-07:00Notes from the tour in English<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">SCROLL DOWN EACH DAY FOR THE LATEST FROM THE MAIN STREET ON THE MOVE TOUR!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><span style="color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Main Street</span></span></b></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> on the Move for Jobs and Immigration Reform - Day 1:</span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJKsC9tL1gHKNViww6kJW5sjEiemRzmiMOMsZsW7eOXFNvCObCnA9WUGqYfFeRkFFoIYcvouNhE_vc2tiB5MDTuFD16B0yAFHhp6Nf0MvXrM6rQTFiMPHNO9OyXEV7JKJn4jrLhb8i-Y/s1600-h/Group+photo.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJKsC9tL1gHKNViww6kJW5sjEiemRzmiMOMsZsW7eOXFNvCObCnA9WUGqYfFeRkFFoIYcvouNhE_vc2tiB5MDTuFD16B0yAFHhp6Nf0MvXrM6rQTFiMPHNO9OyXEV7JKJn4jrLhb8i-Y/s320/Group+photo.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450429531673103650" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Main Street</span></span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is moving! The Voces de la Frontera five-city tour got a strong start today kicking things off in Milwaukee in the morning and moving on to Chicago for an afternoon stop. The Wisconsin delegation will meet tens of thousands of people in </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Washington</span></span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, </span></span><st1:state st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">D.C.</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> on Sunday to demand the Obama administration come through on campaign promises to enact comprehensive immigration reform and to create jobs. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“The recent crisis has resulted in millions of people joining the ranks of the unemployed, and there is more to come,” said Christine Neumann-Ortiz, executive director of Voces de la Frontera. “It is essential that working people start to build a mass movement for full employment and strengthened labor rights—a pillar of which is passage of federal immigration reform this year. . It is only through our solidarity that we can challenge the federal government to meet the needs of </span></span><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Main Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and not Wall Street. This diverse delegation and the local people we meet represent both the hardship and the hope.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span style="color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Milwaukee</span></span></b></span></st1:city></st1:place><span style="color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Omar Damian Ortega worked for nine years as a welder for the same company in </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Milwaukee</span></span></st1:city></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. He went to work every day, worked as hard as he could and built a life for his family. One day he was injured on the job. Ortega decided to file a workers’ compensation claim to collect the money he deserved but West Bend Mutual Insurance Company had other plans. Instead of investigating his claim, they investigated his immigration status, passing his information along to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Ortega spent five months in jail with pending deportation orders. He recently got out of jail but will spend at least the next year trying to fight his deportation order. Voces de la Frontera and the National Employment Law Project just requested that the Division of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties investigate his case since his labor rights have been blatantly violated. ICE policies should not allow immigration laws to be used to undermine labor law, a practice which degrades conditions and safety for all workers. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“The hardest part about this process is the separation from my family,” Ortega said at the </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Milwaukee</span></span></st1:city></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> press conference. Ortega has 18 months of restrictions where, among other things, he can’t work and can’t leave the state. His sister, Alejandra Acevedo, will speak on his behalf for the rest of the tour. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After hearing Ortega’s story at the press conference today, supporters took a first step in turning the current tour into future action. They signed a petition calling on </span></span><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">West Bend</span></span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> to end the corporate strategy of evading </span></span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Wisconsin</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">’s workers’ compensation laws by investigating injured workers’ immigration status and reporting them in order to avoid payment. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kurt Zunker spoke as the president of AFSCME Local 882, a union that represents airport, highway, facilities, fleet, parks and zoo employees. He emphasized the far-reaching effects of the loss of family-sustaining jobs—this union alone has lost 110 jobs since the end of December 2009 and is fighting to protect the jobs of many more. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A UW-Madison alum added her voice to the kick-off rally. Rachel Krueger, one of the 12 people going on the tour, spoke about the difficulty she has had in finding a full-time job since her limited-term employment with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections ended in April 2009. She expressed her solidarity with immigrant workers and their struggles.</span></span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jeff Hoffman, a laid off Harley-Davidson worker and Dexter Keys who was laid off after 15 years at Iron Mountain both spoke about the need to work together for job creation. “We’re all in the same boat,” Hoffman said. “United we stand, divided we fall.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Looking around at the diverse assemblage, Sheila Cochran, secretary treasurer of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council, focused on the need to stick together in this struggle. She cautioned against the people who would surely try to divide the group in the face of such unity. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“An injury to one is an injury to all,” Cochran said. “We are united workers asking to be treated with respect.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span style="color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chicago</span></span></b></span></st1:city></st1:place><span style="color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After just a couple hours on the road, the Voces delegation made it to stop number two, gathering at the site of the Haymarket Memorial in downtown </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chicago</span></span></st1:city></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“This historic location is the perfect stop for the </span></span><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Main Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> on the Move tour because it reminds us and inspires us of the courageous struggles of working people who asserted our dignity as human beings and won the eight-hour workday,” Neumann-Ortiz said. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A crowd of workers from the United Food and Commercial Workers, United Electric, and Teamsters gathered by the statue with labor leaders and community members, calling for immigration reform now. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ricky Maclin spoke about the struggle he and his fellow workers at Republic Windows and Doors won in 2008, urging the crowd to stand and fight together. “Team work makes the dream work,” he said. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Another speaker, Maria Constantino, stepped up to the microphone to speak about her experiences at Pete’s Fresh Market where racial discrimination and sexual harassment are all too common. Many of her fellow workers are vulnerable as immigrants and fear job loss if they complain. Constantino called for immigration reform to empower these people to stand up for their rights. Those gathered in downtown </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chicago</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> hope reform will soon be a reality. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">More than 100 buses are leaving from </span></span><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chicago</span></span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> to join individuals from all across the country, including the </span></span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Wisconsin</span></span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> delegation from Voces de la Frontera. All will arrive for a march and rally on Sunday, March 21. There is still space for anyone else interested in leaving from </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chicago</span></span></st1:city></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> at 6 p.m. on Saturday March 20 from US Cellular field. Artemio Arreola from the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, said people should ask in their local churches and at Mexican grocery stores for more details about the buses.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tomorrow, the Voces delegation will start the morning with a forum in </span></span><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Toledo</span></span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and then head for </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cincinnati</span></span></st1:city></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, city 4 in the tour.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">MAIN STREET ON THE MOVE: Day 2</span></span></b><div><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap; "><b><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p></b></span></div></b></div><div><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap; "><b><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On day two of the Voces tour, a group gathered in </span></span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jerusalem</span></span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Baptist</span></span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Church</span></span></span></st1:placetype><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in </span></span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Toledo</span></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and outlined needs of workers everywhere. They called for fair contracts, fair compensation, benefits, safe work environments, a decent living wage, a meaningful, equitable pathway to citizenship and comprehensive immigration reform. Speakers representing the local NAACP chapter, UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers) Local 75, the Lucas County Commissioner and the Toledo Urban League joined the Voces delegation at the microphone, emphasizing both job creation and immigration reform as two priorities.</span></span></span></p></b></span></div></b></div><b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); white-space: pre-wrap; "><p></p></span></div></b><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“We gotta fight for what’s right for </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">people</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">,” said Bill Dudley, director of strategic programs for UFCW Local 75. “That’s what we do in the labor movement.” </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Alejandra Acevedo, Dexter Keys and Rachel Kreuger recounted their individual stories of hardship, calling on the labor community to demand action by the government. And, Craig Oliver, a member of the Voces delegation and community activist from </span></span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Racine</span></span></span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, </span></span></span><st1:state st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Wis.</span></span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, encouraged a coalition of the </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">entire</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> working class across lines of immigration status or race. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Calling people illegals and wetbacks, or aliens—what’s an illegal worker?” Oliver asked. “A worker is a worker.” </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Oliver said the civil rights battle of this generation is immigration reform. The time for change is now, he pointed out, concluding his comments with the well-known saying: “If they come for you in the morning, they’ll be back for me in the afternoon.”</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Rita Fackelman lent her story to those of the Voces delegates, explaining her year-long battle against housing foreclosure. She lost her job and when she called her lender, found out that after 17 years of paying into a mortgage her house was going to be foreclosed on. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“What I went through fighting to keep my house was not something I would wish on my worst enemy,” Fackelman said. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The statewide group Empowering and Strengthening Ohio’s People, ESOP, stepped in to fight with Fackelman. Today, speaking from the other side of her ordeal, Fackelman is convinced big bankers must be stopped from wreaking havoc on the middle class. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The program today brought a range of people to speak, showing unity across causes and highlighting the interconnectedness of the immigrant rights and worker rights struggles. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After an entertaining lunch at Andre’s lounge (see photos below) the Voces delegation made the four-hour trek to </span></span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cincinnati</span></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Tomorrow, they will join with the Interfaith Worker Justice of </span></span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cincinnati</span></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and Su Casa Hispanic Ministry before heading to D.C.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><b></b></span></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;"> </span></p></b></span></span></span><p></p></b><div><b><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:verdana;font-size:10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; font-family:arial;font-size:16px;">THE HEADS OF STATE...of Andre's Lounge - Toledo, Ohio</span> </span></p></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">**Day 2 lunch came with some new friends!<br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIiTsjuhhxRgGRLeeWrY09P4NdFbnWGnVSgDUMSlzftFzxqaJYoQ8hHhqWkiA3tg0hZv2UAO7sQqrSCLtbAvVYHUGEofHfeNUXWCOD4lIhuY1cVAUF9lNuVuFutQbMQTe0YXnJ9FRGhEg/s1600-h/HEAD+OF+STATE+8.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdQam3egn7Az7yReaYWyX7u-KW6c1uL4YZm_TgvzbErQI_nHz980BQDKdkxWs4buLq4LD2ZEJKiquKtzMZcvyNksZJSwKXLeR9K2L_XX5bofkVHUZYhbdniF9AGil27Va2T851g6Xr4qE/s320/HEAD+OF+STATE+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450114726638120434" /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ftIm12uFysQhY5AAqTFT_YjMVvdOWvr9pvOwTeFu_MIxO9KzBRmCSJEvGV4wmkSwG4wm_M_KTgqHSSd2AWxhFAKuLMHlEsMn4dLtFwqc_3ZTMhGfppVFEP7NM8DzD7G2nqr3K3WKBME/s1600-h/HEAD+OF+STATE+1.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ftIm12uFysQhY5AAqTFT_YjMVvdOWvr9pvOwTeFu_MIxO9KzBRmCSJEvGV4wmkSwG4wm_M_KTgqHSSd2AWxhFAKuLMHlEsMn4dLtFwqc_3ZTMhGfppVFEP7NM8DzD7G2nqr3K3WKBME/s320/HEAD+OF+STATE+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450114721919094178" /></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">MAIN STREET ON THE MOVE: Day 3</span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The </span></span></span><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Evansville</span></span></span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, </span></span></span><st1:state st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ind.</span></span></span></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, Whirlpool plant is planning to fire all of its employees and move operations to </span></span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Monterrey</span></span></span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, </span></span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mexico</span></span></span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> by June. More than 1,100 people will lose their jobs. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“This is going to ripple through our community like a tsunami,” said Gary Gardner, the CWA-IUE (Communications Workers of America-</span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">) representative for the </span></span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Evansville</span></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> region. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPgeDirurhH1KDVGgU0mZz38MIxiIcx5VpGMFmWZ6Gv7S1mPOSABrBSd-aNkT_otEGt_utbKQfnmdA_S-h9GlqkBg6l3T35BCOtewXTPGwLRb-LG9t8tJSt8lpIK821FNRa53N01AEUo/s1600-h/1-1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPgeDirurhH1KDVGgU0mZz38MIxiIcx5VpGMFmWZ6Gv7S1mPOSABrBSd-aNkT_otEGt_utbKQfnmdA_S-h9GlqkBg6l3T35BCOtewXTPGwLRb-LG9t8tJSt8lpIK821FNRa53N01AEUo/s320/1-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450627246495937538" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b></b></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The company is moving from </span></span></span><st1:state st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Indiana</span></span></span></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, where the average wage is $17.40 per hour for a 40-hour standard workweek, to </span></span></span><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Monterrey</span></span></span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> where the average wage will be about $70 per </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">week</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, according to </span></span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Gardner</span></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, and the mandatory workweek will be 72 hours long. While Whirlpool is moving forward with plans to leave </span></span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Evansville</span></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, they are enjoying their $19.3 million in taxpayer-funded stimulus money.</span></span></span></p></b></span><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Supporting people fighting injustices like this is why Voces launched the </span></span></span><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Main Street</span></span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> on the Move tour. The 12-person delegation has made it through Day 3 and will arrive in </span></span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Washington</span></span></span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, </span></span></span><st1:state st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">D.C.</span></span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> on Saturday for City 5 of the trip. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“It is essential that working people start to build a mass movement for full employment,” said Christine Neumann-Ortiz, executive director of Voces de la Frontera. “We must support workers who are fighting to keep their jobs, build greater solidarity among working people and demand more from </span></span></span><span class="il"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">the</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> federal government.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The delegation spent Friday in </span></span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cincinnati</span></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and got the chance to meet local activists fighting for workers’ and immigrants’ rights before an evening rally at Su Casa Hispanic Ministry. The </span></span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cincinnati</span></span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Interfaith</span></span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Worker</span></span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Center</span></span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> organized the event and brought together a group of community members, many of whom will also be in D.C. on Sunday. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“We need to unite and fight to be here and demand our rights,” said Alma Diaz from the </span></span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cincinnati</span></span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Interfaith</span></span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Workers</span></span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Center</span></span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. She and 200 others from </span></span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cincinnati</span></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> will leave for the capitol on Saturday to do just that. One thousand people will leave from </span></span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ohio</span></span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and join delegations from across the country to call on President Obama to fulfill his campaign promises of immigration reform. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Fourteen-year-old Heyra Avila will be one of the marchers. She said at the rally she is going because she knows if they all go, they can achieve their goals. “We’re not criminals, we’re people,” she said. “Si se puede.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Voces delegation will leave </span></span></span><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cincinnati</span></span></span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> on Saturday morning at 5 a.m. to make it to D.C. in time to meet one group walking from </span></span></span><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">New York City</span></span></span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and a caravan of people arriving from </span></span></span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Arizona</span></span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. The tours will meet for a reception at the </span></span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Wesley</span></span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">United</span></span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Methodist</span></span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Church</span></span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in D.C.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">MAIN STREET ON THE MOVE: DAY 4</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><p class="MsoNormal"><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Main Street</span></st1:address></st1:street><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> on the Move made it to D.C.! We’re one delegate fewer because Craig Oliver could only come to </span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Cincinnati</span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, but the excitement level is still high. The morning plan was to meet at 4:30 a.m. in our </span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Cincinnati</span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> hotel lobby, which we did…after the tech staff slept a total of zero minutes. Slow internet and technology glitches played a big roll in the sleep deprivation but luckily, two of the better-rested </span><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Main Street</span></st1:address></st1:street><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> on the Move-ers took the first shift at driving. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The 10-hour trip from </span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Cincinnati</span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> to D.C. went smoothly with just one emergency rest stop (which involved a much-needed bathroom) and a quick lunch (Arby’s and Wendy’s) before getting back on the road. Upon arriving in D.C. we got a sneak peek at the Wesley United Methodist Church musical group and a mini-stroll before meeting with two other tour groups also arriving in D.C. Walkers from NYC completed their eight-day, 250-mile trek in time for the march on Sunday, as did a caravan from Arizona that has been traveling and speaking about immigration reform since March 6. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">All three groups were welcomed to D.C. and the </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Wesley</span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">United</span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Methodist</span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Church</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> for a few hours of sharing stories and listening to music. One woman from the </span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Arizona</span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> delegation brought with her the shoes of a child she met after his parents were taken away because of the current immigration law. “The separation of families is very serious,” she said. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The </span><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">New York City</span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> delegation decided to march after hearing about four students walking 1,500 miles from </span><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Miami</span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> to </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Washington</span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span><st1:state st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">D.C.</span></st1:state></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, to raise awareness about the need for immigration reform. The “dream walkers,” Gaby Pacheco, Carlos Roa, Felipe Matos and Juan Rodriguez are trying to send a message to the government to fix the immigration system so it doesn’t continue to fail people like them. The NYC marchers figured if these students could go 1,500 miles, they could manage the 250. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">March for </span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">America</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> planners hope all of us will be joined by 100,000 people in D.C. on Sunday. We hope so too! We’re all ready to be part of a historic march and influence the way immigration is handled in this country.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">MAIN STREET ON THE MOVE: DAY 5</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> “What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!” </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">“Education, Not Deportation!”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">“The people united will never be defeated!” </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">More than 200,000 people crowded into the National Mall with us as we chanted, clapped and yelled, demanding justice for immigrants. A three-hour long program with speakers from advocacy groups across the country preceded a 2.5 mile march through D.C. Religious groups from all faiths joined politicians, students, union members and workers in calling on Congress and Obama to pass fair, just and comprehensive immigration reform. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">“If today we raise our voices in hope, one day we will raise our voices in victory,” said Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Buses, trains and airplanes brought people from </span><st1:state st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">California</span></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span><st1:state st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Pennsylvania</span></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span><st1:state st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Texas</span></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span><st1:state st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Florida</span></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span><st1:state st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">North Carolina</span></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Georgia</span></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span><st1:state st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Illinois</span></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span><st1:state st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Virginia</span></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span><st1:state st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">West Virginia</span></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span><st1:state st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Maryland</span></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span><st1:state st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Indiana</span></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span><st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">WISCONSIN</span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> and almost every other state in the country. Like the message we’ve been hearing and giving over the last week on our 5-city tour, the crowd and the speakers made clear the time is now for immigration reform. We cannot wait while families are being torn apart and people are being denied their rights. “Human beings are not illegal,” read one t-shirt in the crowd. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Chants floated across the National Mall in Spanish and English, showing the presence of Latino immigrant groups, but many other immigrant groups including Irish, African and Asian. A strong message of solidarity and common cause included organizational representatives for African American civil rights, including the NAACP. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">If we maintain the pressure on the administration that went into coordinating this march, it will be possible to pass immigration reform and stop the escalation of criminalization and deportation. As we visit </span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Wisconsin</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> representatives on Monday and urge them to support reform, we hope you will call yours and do the same. All of us, together, can make a difference!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Senator Kohl: 414-297-4451</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Senator Feingold: 414-276-7282 </span></p><p></p></span><p></p></b></div></div>MAIN STREET ON THE MOVEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025681350426509935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825205177473065054.post-84942695877517567932010-03-15T08:00:00.000-07:002010-03-15T08:18:53.275-07:00<p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 25px/normal Times; ">Main Street on the Move:<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Times; ">Road Tour from Milwaukee to Washington, D.C. </p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Times; ">MILWAUKEE WORKER RIGHTS’ GROUP </p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Times; ">LAUNCHES TOUR FOR JOBS AND IMMIGRATION REFORM<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">On March 17 Voces de la Frontera will launch a 5-city tour, </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">starting in Milwaukee and arriving on March 21 in Washington, D.C. </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">for the March for America rally. </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">The tour will highlight local labor struggles in places like Milwaukee, </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">where county workers are fighting to keep their jobs</p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">and in Indiana, where Whirlpool workers are fighting to prevent </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">a plant closing that will affect 1000 workers and their families. </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">According to Christine Neu<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">mann-Ortiz, </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera, </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">“the recent crisis has resulted in millions of people </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">join<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">ing the ranks of the unemployed, </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">and there is more to come."</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">"It is essential that working people start </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">to build a mass movement for full employment. </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">We must support workers who are fighting </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">to keep their jobs, </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">build greater solidarity among working people </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">and demand more from the federal government."</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">"This also includes supporting immigrant workers’ struggle </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">to achieve federal immigration reform </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">and an end to enforcement-<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">only measures </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">that have criminalized working people </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">and cynically used immigration laws </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">to undermine labor rights in this country.” </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">Events will feature the testimonies of a variety of people, including: </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">Dexter Keys - </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">Keys was born and raised in Milwaukee </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">where Iron Mountain permanently </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">laid him off after 15 years on the job. </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">“Since being laid off, I have lost my car </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">and am struggling to make my rent,” says Keys. </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">“The gov<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">ernment and employers need to know </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">that there are a lot of good workers out here. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">We have to work together to get out of this crisis. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">All of us need to get out of this.” </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">Omar Damian Ortega - </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">Ortega is an immigrant worker and welder in Milwaukee. </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">When he filed a workers’ compensation claim </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">for a back injury with West Bend Mutual Insurance, </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">the company investigated his immi<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">gration status, </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">and used “identity theft” charges against him </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">in order to avoid paying the workers’ compensa<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">tion claim. </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">Alejandra Acevedo, his U.S. citizen sister, </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;">will speak on Ortega’s behalf.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; min-height: 18px; "><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; ">Tour Schedule<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">Day 1: March 17<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 11: 30 a.m. press conference and </p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">rally at the Milwaukee County Labor Council </p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">633 S. Hawley Road. </p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">Chicago, Illinois. - 3 p.m. press conference at the Hay-<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">market Memorial, Desplaines & Lake Streets </p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">Day 2: March 18<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">Toledo, Ohio - 10 a.m. event at the Jerusalem </p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">Baptist Church, 445 Dorr St. </p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">Day 3: March 19<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">Cincinnati, Ohio - 6 p.m. send off rally at Su Casa Hispanic </p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">Ministry, 7036 Fairpark. </p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">Day 4: March 20<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">Travel to D.C.<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">Day 5: March 21<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">2 p.m. march on the Capitol </p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">Day 6: March 22<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">Lobby day to pressure congressional offices on job creation </p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; ">and immigration reform. </p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; min-height: 18px; "><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 14.0px Times">March for America</span><span style="font: 16.0px Times"> </span>will bring tens of thousands of allies together </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Times; ">from all across the country to call for </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Times; ">“immigration reform for new American families </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Times; ">and economic justice for all American families.”<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Times; min-height: 18px; "><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Times; ">www.wemarchforamerica.org<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 14.0px Times">Voces de la Frontera</span><span style="font: 12.0px Times"> </span>is a low-wage and immigrant workers’ center </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; ">that informs workers about their employ<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;font-size:11px;">ment rights </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;font-size:11px;">and promotes community and youth organizing </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;font-size:11px;">to achieve economic and social justice. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;font-size:11px;">Voces will be report<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;font-size:11px;">ing along the way </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;font-size:11px;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;font-size:11px;">with daily updates and video available </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;font-size:11px;"><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;font-size:11px;">at the Voces website and via facbebook, Twitter and Youtube. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; min-height: 13px; "><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 15px/normal Times; ">www.vdlf.org<span style="font: 12.0px Times"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; 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