Category Immigrant rights

Major meatpacking plant gives 15,000 workers day off MayԚ  1. California Senate votes to support work boycott May 1 immigrant boycott aims to “close” US cities “There will be 2 to 3 million people hitting the streets in Los Angeles…

The meme spreads – frontpage LA Times, on the spread of the May 1 boycott to Mexico and Latin America. In Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, the Chamber of Commerce announced that its 5,000 members would neither…

May 1 as a holiday for workers began in the United States. That’s right, the United States. It was born in, and commemorated, the struggle for the eight hour work day. In the late 1800’s the union that became the…

Over 100 events in 60 cities planned so far

There are now three protests planned for May 1 in Los Angeles. Los Angeles- Port of Los Angeles La Collectiva del Troqueros del Puerto “12,000 Troqueros working the Port and local rails will shut down and congregate at Banning Park.…