[antiwar-van] (Nov 18) Community Discussion/ Foro Comunitario Migrant Labour / Trabajadores Migrantes]

[Harsha]

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From:    "No One is Illegal-Vancouver" <noii-van at resist.ca>
Date:    Wed, November 1, 2006 10:57 pm
To:      "noiilist" <noii-l at lists.resist.ca>
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En espanol abajo...

A COMMUNITY DISCUSSION ON MIGRANT LABOUR

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SAT NOV 18TH FROM 1-4 PM
451 POWELL STREET
Corner Jackson/ 2 blocks East of Main Street
Light lunch will be served. Children are welcome.
Whisper translation English-Spanish provided.
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With a growing debate on the use of temporary foreign workers, we invite
you to a discussion on supporting the rights of (im)migrant workers and to
critically discuss the growing phenomenon of migrant labour and labour
mobility. Join us for a short film and panel discussion with (im)migrant
community and labour activists, including speakers from Seattle on guest
worker programs in the US.

Information: contact noii-van at resist.ca or call 778 840 2009. You can
visit us at: www.nooneisillegal.org

* FILM SCREENING OF “BORDERLESS”: Borderless is a twenty-two minute
documentary poem about migrants living and working without status in
Canada. Told in their own voices, the stories of Geraldo, an undocumented
Costa Rican construction worker, and Angela, a second-generation Caribbean
domestic worker. Directed by Gemini nominated filmmaker Min Sook Lee,
"Borderless" is a production of KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice
Initiatives.

* COMITE PRO-AMNISTIA, SEATTLE: El Comite Pro Amnistia y Justicia Social,
Seattle works to promote a just immigration and refugee policy in the
United States and to defend and expand the rights of all immigrants and
refugees, regardless of immigration status, based on the principles of
equality and justice.

* ERIKA DEL CARMEN FUCHS - JUSTICIA 4 MIGRANT WORKERS-BC: Justicia for
Migrant Workers fights to defend and to expand the rights of migrant farm
workers. We advocate for their right to claim EI that they pay into, their
right to raise concerns without reprisal, their right to labour standards,
and the right to permanent residency in Canada.

* NO ONE IS ILLEGAL-VANCOUVER: No One is Illegal is a grassroots migrant
justice group taking action and combating racism, colonialism,
deportations/detentions, wage-slave working conditions, and security
measures in the context of the so-called “War on Terrorism.”

* MICHAEL HEJAZI: Michael is working with the BC Nurses' Union in internal
organizing research and is a temporary staff representative with the BC
Government & Service Employees Union in organizing. He has studied
Sociology, with a focus on political economics and poverty studies, and
also Labour Mediation.

* SIKLAB OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS ORGANIZATION: SIKLAB was formed in 1995
from the realization of Filipino migrant workers that they can empower
themselves and fights for the rights of Filipino migrant workers in
Canada.

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Foro Comunitario Sobre Trabajadores Migrantes

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Sabado, 18 de Nov, 1-4PM
451 Powell Street
Esquina Jackson/ 2 cuadras al este de la calle Main
Comida sencilla sera servida.
Ninos son bienvenidos.
Traduccion Ingles/Espanol disponible.
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En el ambiente de un debate creciente acerca del uso de trabajadores
migrantes temporales, les invitamos a una platica con  el objetivo de
discutir : el apoyo de los derechos de trabajadores (in)migrantes y un
analisis critico de la realidad creciente de la mano de obra migrante y la
movilidad de esta. Unense con nosotros en esta discusion que incluira una
corta pelicula y la participacion de grupos comunitarios (in)migrantes,
activistas sindicalistas y organizadores de Seattle quienes expondran la
realidad de los programas de trabajo temporal en los Estados Unidos.

Mayor informacion : favor de contactar noii-van at resist.ca o llamar 778 885
0040 www.nooneisillegal.org

* PROYECCION DE “BORDERLESS” (Sin Fronteras): “Borderless” es un
documental de 22 minutos sobre migrantes viviendo y trabajando sin estatus
en Canada. Contado por sus proprias voces, la historia de Geraldo,
trabajador de construccion Costa Riqueno sin papeles, y de Angela,
trabajadora domestica de Segunda generacion de la Caraibe. Directado por
Min Sook Lee (directora nominada por el premio Gemini), «Borderless» es
una produccion de KAIROS : Iniciativas de Justicia Ecuménica Canadiense

* COMITE PRO-AMNISTIA, SEATTLE : El Comite Pro Amnistia y Justicia Social,
Seattle trabaja para promover leyes de inmigracion justas en los Estados
Unidos y para defender y ampliar los derechos de todos inmigrantes y
refugiados, a pesar del estatus de estos y basado en los principios de
igualdad y justicia.

* ERIKA DEL CARMEN FUCHS – JUSTICIA PARA TRABAJADORES MIGRANTES-BC :
Justicia Para Trabajadores Migrantes lucha para defender y ampliar los
derechos de trabajadores migrantes agricolas. Defendemos el derecho de los
trabajadores de reclamar el Seguro de Desempleo, sus derechos de reclamar
sin ser castigados, sus derechos de trabajar bajo estandares
laborales y su derecho de quedarse con residencia permanente en Canada.

* NADIE ES ILEGAL – VANCOUVER: Nadie Es Ilegal es un grupo de base que
lucha por la justicia para migrantes, tomando acciones y luchando contra
el racismo, el colonialismo, detenciones/deportaciones, trabajo bajo
condiciones de casi esclavitud y la politica de seguridad en el contexto
de la supuesta « Guerra Contra el Terrorismo ».

* MICHAEL HEJAZI: Michael trabaja con el Sindicato de Enfermeras de la
Colombia Britanica (BCNU) en la investigacion de organizacion interna y es
un representativo temporal de organizacion con el Sindicato de
Trabajadores del Gobierno Provincial de la Colombia Británica (BCGEU). Ha
estudiado Sociologia, enfocado en la economia politica, estudios de
pobreza y mediacion laboral.

* SIKLAB Organizacion de Trabajadores Filipinos Extranjeros: SIKLAB fue
formado en 1995 de la comprension de los trabajadores migrantes Filipinos
que se puedan empoderar y luchar por los derechos de trabajadores
migrantes Filipinos en Canada.


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The No One is Illegal campaign is in full confrontation with Canadian
colonial border policies, denouncing and taking action to combat racial
profiling of immigrants and refugees, detention and deportation policies,
and wage-slave conditions of migrant workers and non-status people.

We struggle for the right for our communities to maintain their
livelihoods and resist war, occupation and displacement, while building
alliances and supporting indigenous sisters and brothers also fighting
theft of land and displacement.

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