Tuesday, March 28th, 2006...3:35 pm
Chávez March This Weekend
This is from the Arizona César Chávez Coalition. This weekend’s march should be HUGE given what went on this last weekend. Congressman Raúl Grijalva will be there. This is in Spanish and English, but no Polish? I don’t feel the love of solidarność.
Dear Sisters and Brothers:
In the following weeks, the U.S. Senate will be debating immigration legislation that could impact our nation greatly. This Sunday’s César Chávez March for Justice and Peace, in unity with the previous mobilizations around the country (Phoenix, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Georgia, Washington, DC, and others) attempts to educate, mobilize and wake up the “sleeping giant” so that the Senate can pass a comprehensive and just legislation.
Special Guest: Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farmworkers Union.
WHO
César Chávez Holiday Coalition, with over 35 community organizationsWHAT
César Chávez March “FOR JUSTICE, FOR PEACE”WHEN
Sunday, April 2nd, at 11:30 a.m.WHERE
The march will commence at Pueblo High School, 3500 S. 12th Ave (12th Ave. and Ajo Wy) then east on 44th, down on S. 6th Ave, to Rudy Garcia Park (Irvington and 6th Ave.)WHY
“Because we want Justice for All”
“Because we want an Immigration Reform”
“Because a People United, will Never Be Divided”
“Because the Time is Now to Unite our Voices as a People”
“Because, in Tucson… SI SE PUEDE!”Queridos Hermanos:
En las siguientes semanas, el Senado Estadounidense estará tratando de producir legislación migratoria que podría tener un gran impacto hacia nuestra nación. La marcha César Chávez “POR LA JUSTICIA, POR LA PAZ” del domingo, junto con las previas movilizaciones por toda la nación (Phoenix, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Georgia, y Washington DC, y demás) intenta educar, movilizar, y despertar al “gigante dormido” de nuestro pueblo y simpatizantes para que el Senado apruebe una legislación comprensiva y justa.
Invitada especial, Dolores Huerta, co-fundadora de la Unión de Campesinos, directo desde California.
QUIEN
La Coalición de César Chávez, junto con 35 organizaciones comunitariasQUÉ
Marcha César Chávez “POR LA JUSTICIA, POR LA PAZ”CUANDO
Domingo, 2 de abril de 2006 a las 11:30 de la mañanaDONDE
3500 S. 12th Ave
La Marcha empezará en la Pueblo High School (avenida 12 y Ajo) hacia el parque del rodeo “Rudy Garcia” (Irvington y Avenida 6ta)PORQUÉ
“Porque Queremos Justicia Para Todos”
“Porque Queremos Una Reforma Migratoria”
“Porque el Pueblo Unido, Jamás Será Vencido”
“Porque Ahora es Cuando Debemos Unir Nuestras Voces por Nuestra Gente”
“Porque, en Tucson… SI SE PUEDE!”
11 Comments
March 28th, 2006 at 4:16 pm
I have read that Cesar Chavez fought against illegal immigration because it undermined the work he was doing trying to unionize farmworkers and undercut wages for legal workers.
Is this true?
March 28th, 2006 at 4:24 pm
You must be watching Lou Dobbs too. That’s what he was just arguing about.
March 28th, 2006 at 10:18 pm
I think boredinaz is correct, at it was true at one time–
According to the University of California, Davis, California; Rural Migration News–
http://migration.ucdavis.edu/rmn/more.php?id=37_0_3_0
“Most farm labor leaders until the 1980s opposed illegal immigration and endorsed employer sanctions. During the 1950s and 1960s, Ernesto Galarza, Julian Samora, and Cesar Chavez called for a beefed up Border Patrol and stiff employer sanctions to stop illegal immigration.”
“The UFW changed its position on immigration in the 1980s. During
the late 1960s and early 1970s, the UFW charged that illegal
immigrant workers were an obstacle to unionizing farm workers. The
UFW through the early 1980s testified in support of employer
sanctions to reduce illegal immigration.”
“The UFW has consistently opposed temporary worker programs, but in
the mid-1980s began to oppose employer sanctions on the grounds that they increased discrimination against Hispanics. The UFW, unlike most AFL-CIO unions, favored NAFTA, and developed a cooperative health insurance program with the Mexican government under which UFW members can have their health insurance continued while they are in Mexico.”
“Immigration marked the rise and fall of the UFW. In 1980, the UFW
asked for another 40 percent increase. After a bitter strike that saw growers turn to labor contractors who organized crews of often illegal workers to be strike breakers, the UFW won an Pyrrhic
victory–many companies that agreed to UFW demands went out of
business. UFW membership fell from a peak of perhaps 60,000 in the
late 1970s to as few as 5,000 in the early 1990s.”
March 28th, 2006 at 11:08 pm
It really disturbs me the level to which the right has ratcheted this debate.
I don’t want to see people who we have no knowledge of entering the country. And it is certainly true that we can be doing a much better job than we have been securing our borders. And there are many proposals out there for how we could do this.
But listen to the rhetoric of those on the right. Making living here a felony? Building a wall around the country (remember when that was a figure of speech instead of a real proposal?) Changing the Constitution to make people who are born and live their whole lives in America non-citizens?
These kinds of narrow-minded populist proposals may win a few votes for Republicans, but in the long run they damage the country, especially if any of them actually become laws.
March 28th, 2006 at 11:21 pm
It would be particularly hypocritical/unfair for the U.S. to “criminalize” the 11-12 million (?) undocumented immigrants working/living here, given that the U.S. businesses have taken advantage of undocumented immigrants for decades, and given that the government has always known that undocumented immigrants have been working here for decades and has chosen to not enforce against these businesses.
March 29th, 2006 at 12:46 am
cc burro - spoken like a true googlian… but sometimes one needs to go beyond academia accounts: The UFW was mainly opposed to ‘esquiroles’(scabs) breaking picket lines. Unfortunately, these esquiroles were coming from Mexico.
The UFW has changed their views on immigration, as did the AFL-CIO. So you see, we all live and learn (as did some Repubs who voted along w/Senate immigration bill).
Btw, Tedski, Mr. Grijalva’s campaign site is UP!! Just in case you want to use this link better www.grijalvaforcongress.com
March 29th, 2006 at 8:28 am
I am completely fascinated by the backlash that is occuring to these proposals. The activism, the counter-mobilization of voices against those who are clearly using race and images of poor border crossers to anger and put fear into Americans.
The biggest fear of some Republicans who run businesses are that this source of labor will dry up. The issue cuts across the party. The bigger fear to Republican operatives is of a mass registration and backlash by Hispanic-Latin Americans. It appears that just such a backlash is occurring and remember, it one thing that led to the downfall of the Republican party in California after Prop. 187.
March 29th, 2006 at 8:46 am
MEXILINA–I agree–I’m sure they would be against any scabs–homegrown or imported. As the quote indicates, UFW changed their stance over time.
ALL workers in the U.S. need to have full labor protections/rights.
March 29th, 2006 at 9:11 am
cc, thanks for the info and the link.
kr, I don’t watch Lou Dobbs but thanks for proving my next point.
eli has a good point about the level of debate on this issue. I have been reading a lot of blogs on this issue lately. People are making ridiculous assumptions about others based on where they appear to stand on the issue. Case in point: I ask a legitimate question about the history of the farm workers movement and “kr” assumes I’m getting my information from an obnoxious TV commentator who has made his entire show a continuous railing against illegal immigrants (even though I said I “read” it not “saw” or “heard”). See what I mean? There can be no legitimate discussion of the ramifications of illegal immigration and the proposed solutions to the problem so long as people refuse to listen to any other points of view.
Then you have those who seem content to have this issue become needlessly entangled in racial politics. Both sides are trying to use race as a means to score points. The true racists promote fear about the “changing culture” and some so-called immigrant leaders call anyone who questions them “anti-minority.” It’s truly ridiculous.
March 29th, 2006 at 7:46 pm
BOREDINAZ–Totally true. I’ve done a lot of research on the immigration issue and seen what you say in the writings of the various advocacy groups. Also, there is a lot of ignorance and sticking-heads-in-the-sand about real concerns re the different policies being proposed.
March 30th, 2006 at 10:39 pm
wow, Eli-good to see you around!
NC Yellow Dog
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