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#OccupyICE: Wall Street Stop Profiting from Deportations and Foreclosures

Enlace — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:36:21 +0000

On December 15th, Occupy activists are coming together with immigrant rights activists, unions and everyday people in a historic day of action against fear.

March Starts 11:30am Olvera Street Main Plaza

Rally at 12pm Federal Building (300 N Los Angeles St)

Across the country, ICE is doing the dirty work of the 1%- targeting hardworking immigrant families who have struggled to turn poverty jobs into good jobs. Together Wall Street and Big Banks have spent millions in lobbying and political contributions to pass anti-immigrant laws like SB 1070. Wall Street is making billions from detaining families.

FEAR, college graduates feel when they are not able to find a job. FEAR, that working Americans feel when the bank threatens to take away their home. FEAR, that after a lifetime of work we wont be able to retire with dignity. The 1% Profits from FEAR

Sign Petition: ICE Stop using Immigration Matters to Attack Union Employees #SEIU-USWW

Enlace — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:23:26 +0000

ICE is engaged in an aggressive union busting effort in the Janitorial industry designed to attack one of the most successful union organizing campaigns of the last 20 years on behalf of the 1% commercial real estate industry. The human impact of families is horrible and attacks what is perhaps the most vulnerable of the 99%. What is perhaps most upsetting is the timing of this Union busting effort is the timing. The Service Employees International Union’s “Justice for Janitors” campaign is a shinning example of how unity and action can begin to lift workers out of poverty. It is perhaps this success that has led fanatical, anti-union ICE agents to target the janitorial industry nation wide.

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The 1% Caused the Recession NOT Immigrants #SEIU-USWW

Enlace — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:08:22 +0000

Photo by Lauren Steussy

Janitors, Activists Set up Tents at Federal Building. Union responds to alleged ICE audits
By Lauren Steussy | Thursday, Nov 17, 2011 | NBC San Diego
Hundreds of janitors set up four tents in front of the federal courthouse Thursday in response to recent crack-downs on undocumented immigrants.
The demonstration, led by a local janitors union, marched down Broadway Ave. at about 1 p.m. It attracted immigrant rights activists and Occupy San Diego protesters.
“Immigrants are being blamed for the recession,” said Angelica Godinez, political coordinator for the Iron Workers Local 229 union. “But they are working here – they’re paying taxes and they contribute to our economy.”
Union members’ employers received I-9 audit notices from ICE two weeks ago, according to Sandra Diaz, San Diego Coordinator for the SEIU USWW Janitors Union.
“ICE and the Department of Homeland Security need to stop focusing their resources on these hard workers,” Diaz said.

Setting up tents has been the trademark image of the Occupy movement. Police say the tents are encroachments, and a violation of the city’s municipal code. The continued establishment of tents in the Civic Center Plaza garnered several police raids.
The union and its supporters said they were marching “in solidarity” with the Occupy movement, and that many of the ideals regarding the disintegration of the middle class match theirs as well. However, the group’s anger was spurred by the recent audits, which they felt targeted the Hispanic-American community.
“We’re here to stop ICE from separating families and terrorizing our community,” said Sandy Naranjo, one of the protesters who set up tents on the front lawn of the federal building.

Source: Janitors, Activists Set up Tents at Federal Building | NBC San Diego

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