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Workers are organizing for justice in the Seafood Industry in Santa Rosalia, BCS, Mexico.

Hanjin, a transnational company, operates as a distributor for major Korean food brands in the US, operates as seafood distributor and processor in Korea, and operates a seafood maquila in Mexico.
Hanjin fired workers organizing to unionize and improve working conditions in the industry.

On Wednesday, July 8th, Seafood Workers in Santa Rosalia will be organizing an action against the maquila Hanjin and also in La Paz. In Los Angeles, we will be picketing Assi Market demanding that they stop selling Hanjin products. Other Korean Markets have already agreed to stop selling Hanjin products thanks to the support of our allies in actions.

Join us in an Internationally Synchronized Action against the transnational Hanjin, as workers and allies pressure the company to improve working and living conditions in Santa Rosalia.




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Dear Sisters and Brothers

The Independent Union of Workers in the Maquila Industry (SINTTIM) and the seafood workers in Santa Rosalia need your support.  Please send letters to the government officials of Baja California Sur.
After 7 years the workers were able to meet with the governor of the state and were able to personally explain all the violations that are occurring in the industry and present a list of demands.  The governor listened to them and indicated that he would take their situation into consideration; the workers are now waiting for the governor’s intervention in providing a Korean translator which is needed to hold a labor hearing with Hanjin over the 96 fired workers.  If we do not pressure the governor to address the list of demands presented by the workers, he will forget about them.  We need to remind him that the world knows about these violations and that he needs to act now.

To send the letter of support please click here.

Facts:

Two weeks ago our sister secretary general of SINTTIM and a group of workers met with the governor of the state of Baja California Sur. In this meeting the workers spoke about all the violations that exist in the industry, and they presented a list of demands that included:
1. Government participation in the open forum organized by local political officials to attempt to pressure Hanjin Mexico S.A. de C.V. to reach an agreement with the workers fired in 2002.
2. Assign a lawyer to be available to consult and monitor the lawsuit of the workers fired in 2002.
3. Support and designate a Korean translator to move forward with the lawsuit process of the workers fired in 2002.
4. Pressure the fishing subcommittee to accept SINTTIM workers as members, and also include them in the negotiation for the price of squid.  We believe that it is really important that workers be directly represented in this committee, in order to discuss the actual cost of fishing and increase in cost of living. (Workers have more than 7 years with the same salary).
5. Stricter monitoring of the squid plants to detect labor and human rights violations.
6. Provide copies to workers of the value of Infonavit, IMSS, and Sar (Retirement and Health Benefits) since 2002.
7. Legal follow up to the criminal lawsuit against a representative of Brumar, for physically beating a worker.

This is our opportunity to unite with workers so that they can win justice and a job with dignity.  Please send a letter to the governor to inform him that you are supporting the workers.

Justice will only be gained through the intervention of all of us.

For more info go to http://www.enlaceintl.org/wa/enlace/ei/2746/

You’re invited to Enlace's 1st Annual Garden Party, 
brought to you by co-hosts:
Almudena Carracedo, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker of Made in L.A.
Melissa Khamvongsa, Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation*
Eileen Ma, Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance*
and Samantha Quintero, Strategic Actions for a Just Economy*
 

Come learn about Enlace's work for social and economic justice!

The party is scheduled to take place SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009 @ 1-4 p.m. at the home of Melissa and Dario Khamvongsa located at 7719 Shady Cove Ave., Burbank, CA 91504.
 

Be sure to attend and you will be able to watch a short video about immigration from Made in L.A. and another short video on the Seafood Workers Justice Campaign.  DVDs of Made in L.A. will be available for purchase too!
 

Hors d'oeuvres & refreshments will be served.

Please RSVP to info@enlaceintl.org or 213-284-3802.


Directions
From the 5 freeway, exit at Hollywood Way.  Go north onto N. Hollywood Way. Turn right onto N. Glenoaks Blvd. Turn left Glencrest Dr. Turn left onto Shady Cove Ave.

If you cannot attend, you can still make a donation through our website at http://www.enlaceintl.org.  Or, you can send a check to Enlace, 828 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90015. Please write “Enlace Garden Party” in the memo line.

ABOUT ENLACE: Enlace is a strategic alliance of worker centers and unions that organize low-wage workers in the U.S. and Mexico.  Enlace makes it possible for community organizations to win campaigns against multinational corporations and other powerful adversaries.  Currently SINTTIM, a Mexican independent union and Enlace member, and Enlace are engaged in the Seafood Workers Justice Campaign.  Together we have launched a boycott of Hanjin products sold in L.A. County supermarkets!  And in alliance with Oregon groups, Enlace is working to win a tax on TARP bailout subsidies received by banks to provide funds for social services like hospitals.


*for identification purposes only