Big Big Victory for our communities:
“The agreement reached Friday aims to remedy complaints filed last fall and winter, marking a victory for the 600 employees represented by United Food and Commercial Workers locals at seven El Super stores in greater Los Angeles. As a result, one worker fired for what he contended was retaliation for supporting the union got his job back along with seven months of back-pay.”
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-el-super-settlement-20150810-story.html
You are invited (by Unity in the Community: MECHA, Latino and Latina Roundtable, and Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage Committee) to the second of many future film gatherings and platicas on issues pertinent to our communities. This film, Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary will be shown this Friday, August 14th at 6 PM at Bellas Artes Gallery (244 S Garey Ave. in Pomona.
Background to film “Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary”:
Located in Pico Union, a neighborhood sometimes called the “Ellis Island” of Los Angeles, Hoover Street Elementary is the largest elementary school in the city. Some 2,700 students speaking 32 languages attend the school, and an estimated 90 percent of them are economic and political refugees from Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador living below the poverty line. “Most kids don’t know if they are legal or undocumented,” says Simón, who was six when her family immigrated from Mexico, and remembers being called a “wetback” by her schoolmates. “They all just feel unwanted and scared.”
–pbs.org
You are free to invite anyone. This meeting will be a potluck so make sure you bring something delicious to share!
Here is a short clip:
https://vimeo.com/52100781
Articulo en UNIDOS escrito por Alejandro Cano sobre Latino y Latina Roundtable foro el miercoles 5 de agosto titulado “Impuestos Sin Representacion” en el centro comunitario Washington Park En Pomona.
http://www.unidossc.com/articles/seg250n-21344-elecciones-millones.html
We are happy to announce, we are returning to the negotiating table with El Super on Tuesday August 18th. This would not have happened without your support.
Join us for an emergency delegation to El Super, to remind El Super that the community is behind the workers and would like this to be resolved. We feel this will set the right tone as we enter negotiations the following day. We will only do this at the Union store in Covina. The delegation will be no longer than 30 minutes.
I know this is short notice, if you have 30 minutes in your schedule we would appreciate your support. It will make a difference. Please let me know if you can join us by responding to this email. Also send it out to your list serve.
Thanks Sylvia Carranza
UFCW 1428
El Pueblo Unido, Jamas Sera Vencido!
Monday, August 17, 2015
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
El Super
960 W. Arrow Hwy
Covina CA 91722
The Latino and Latina Roundtable membership meeting invites you to its meeting this Saturday, August 15th from 1 – 3 PM at the Pitzer College Broad Center (1050 N. Mills Ave.) in Claremont. The meeting will include a summary of the recent community forum focusing on recent legislation affecting both Latino/a and immigrant communities and the responses. We will discuss some of the outcomes of the workshops held after the forum and how they fit into the LRT’s ongoing focus of organizational, community development, and immigrant rights work (that came out of this year’s LRT retreat). Please extend this invitation to any friends, family members, or individuals who are interested in advancing committed leadership in our communities.
Jose Zapata Calderon
President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable
Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Chicano/a and Latino/a Studies
1050 North Mills Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711-6101
(909) 952-1640
Hi! If you’re free this Friday, August 7, please come over to my house for a relaxed backyard concert and comedy show from 7:30pm to 9:30pm or so.
We did this last year a couple of times and it was a lot of fun … so we’re doing it again. My wife, Aimee will be playing piano (actually a Fender Rhodes) and singing with our long-time friend Joshua Payne, who is an incredible guitarist. Together they call themselves Skirt & Suit (www.facebook.com/skirtandsuit<http://www.facebook.com/skirtandsuit>; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvqD1DOAJiI). They play cool, new arrangements of jazz and pop and rock and rap and original stuff, with beats and tracks and sometimes a kazoo, and all of that mixed up. You’ll dig it.
AND, our friend David Deeble (he’s been on Letterman, look him up), who also came last year, will be back–he’s hilarious. He can face-juggle.
Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Parking is on the street. Our address is:
1037 Arroyo Park Drive
Pomona, CA 91768.
You don’t have to be on time. Just come to the backyard through the white gate on the left whenever you get there. It’s free, but you can put a donation in the bucket if you want. You don’t have to RSVP, but if you have a second to email me back to say you’re coming, that would be great.
Feel free to forward this to, or to otherwise invite, whoever you think would like to come.
Hope to see you!
John Nolte
909-938-9991<tel:909-938-9991>
PS: You got on this list because I went through my contacts (mostly local Pomona friends and acquaintances (or people associated with Pomona), and old clients or other old friends that I haven’t seen in a while and thought it would be cool to see. If you’d like to get off this list, though, just reply with “Take me off the list” and I’ll take you off–no hard feelings at all.
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John Nolte
Pomona City Council Member, District 1
909-766-0016
Great News to share. Yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) secured a rare form of injunctive relief caused by El Super’s unfair labor practices. The “10J” injunction signifies that a federal judge would agree that the company’s actions were so bad, an immediate remedy was called for.
It has been a long time since we started this campaign. We won our recertification election, we proved El Super has stolen wages from its workers, and now this rare support from the Federal Government. But, this is not over until we get a fair contract.
We won’t win this because the Company chooses to give us what we deserve out of the goodness of their hearts. We will win this because we are supported by the Community, Elected officials, and Clergy. Collectively we can make a difference and make the Company do the right thing. We are stronger because of your support.
Today we took One HUGE step forward, towards a fair contract for El Super workers, Thank you!
Sylvia Carranza
Community Organizer
UFCW 1428
Over the years, I have written a number of articles as an activist intellectual and organizer. A number of colleagues, former students, friends and family members had proposed that I compile the articles and publish them as a means of sharing the lessons learned from making the connections between teaching, research, and organizing for social change. It is in that spirit that I have published a book, Lessons from an Activist Intellectual. Although the publishing date is not until August 16th, there are various options to pre-ordering the book:
1. Pre-order by sending $25 to: Jose Z. Calderon, Pitzer College, 1050 N. Mills Ave., Claremont, CA 91711
2. Order through Amazon, cost of $32.95 at: http://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Activist-Intellectual-Teaching-Organizing/dp/0761865888
3. Order through Barnes and Noble at $26.39: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lessons-from-an-activist-intellectual-jose-zapata-calderon/1121871729?ean=9780761865889[p
4. Order through Rowman & Littlefield at:
The Community Development Committee of the Latino and Latina Roundtable invites you to a forum on recent contemporary developments on immigrant rights issues – (including a Supreme Court case that will exclude immigrants from being counted in how Congressional districts are developed) — and responses (including campaigns for the right of immigrants to vote, continued support for DACA/PACA, — and what we can do to advance legalization efforts). The forum, including presentations by Angela Sanbrano, John Nolte, Jose Calderon, and Madeline Rios, will facilitate discussion by all those attending on these issues and the road ahead. ?xml:namespace prefix = “o” ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /
