The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is the most powerful, well funded corporate special interest front group in America.

ALEC is coming to San Diego California for their annual meeting.  ALEC’s bucket list: Toss Out our Minimum Wage. Lose Paid Sick Days. Eliminate The Weekend. Dismantle Over Time Pay. Make 1% Richer.  

Join us on the bus as we head to San Diego to tell ALEC their anti-immmigrant, anti-worker extremist laws are not welcome here!

WHAT:     MASS PROTEST AT ALEC ANNUAL MEETING

WHEN:     Wednesday, July 22, 2015

WHERE:   UFCW 1428, 705 W. Arrow Highway, Claremont, CA 91711

GATHER:  11:00AM, Bus will depart 11:30AM SHARP.  Return to UFCW 1428 8:30PM

Seats are limited.  Reserve your seat by calling Sylvia Carranza at 310-367-5819 or email Sylvia1428@msn.com

Pdf: NO ALEC ZONE_July 22_LA

You are invited (by MECHA, Latino and Latina Roundtable, and Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage Committee) to the first of many future film gatherings and platicas on issues pertinent to our communities. This first film, (this Friday, July 17th at 6:30 PM at the dA Center – 252 D South Main Street in Pomona ) by the legendary cinematographer Haskell Wexler, features Latino actor Robert Beltran who plays the part of Eddie Guerrero, a Latino soldier who ends his tour of duty in Vietnam only to find his identity and beliefs challenged by another war in Latin America. 

From Melissa Ayala:  Come join us as we watch the film Latino in community. Our group Unity in the Community seeks to bring dialogue about historic issues that are still affecting us today. We will be watching this film and will have presenters discussing the film afterwards. Everyone is welcome. We will begin to watch the film at 6:30 pm. Bring your own snacks!! 🙂

Here is the Movie Trailer:

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INTERFAITH MOVEMENT FOR HUMAN INTEGRITY

EVERY HUMAN PERSON IS SACRED ACROSS ALL BORDERS 

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Your support for El Super workers is needed now more than ever. The El Super consumer boycott has entered its seventh month. The U.S. Government is prosecuting the company for labor law violations. Fermin Rodriguez, fired by the company for supporting his union in January, has not been returned to his job. And these workers have gone since September 2013 without Respect and a Fair Contract.

Join us for an ALL DAY action on Tuesday, July 7th.  We will gather at our UFCW 1428 Union Hall at 8:30AM, our bus will leave at 9:00 AM and return at 7:00 PM.  I will be reaching out to you in the next few days to give you more details.  Everyone on the bus will receive a UFCW 1428 TSHIRT!!  Lunch will be provided.

If you cannot commit to the whole day, please consider joining us part of the day or at the Paramount action.  (attached flyer)  There will be several stops during the day.

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A column today by Jim Blalock in the Daily Bulletin on a piece of history on journalist and organizer Ignacio Lopez, for whom a school is named after in the Pomona School District.  It is an example of why we need Chican@, Latin@, Labor, Gender, and Ethnic Studies – to bring to center stage such individuals as Ignacio Lopez (who, like Felicita and Gonzalo Mendez, Roberto Alvarez, Ernesto Galarza, Gloria Anzaldua, Jessica Govea, Kenneth Clarke, Fred Korematzu, Chief Joseph, and so many others) are often left out of our history books. It is important to know that school boards in cities such as Pasadena, Santa Ana, Riverside, and Los Angeles, at one time, supported the segregation of Mexican students into so-called “Mexican schools” on the basis that they could not speak English and were not able to be assimilated or “Americanized.” Ignacio Lopez was an example of one who returned from college with a journalism degree and used his skills and abilities, not just to write and expose segregation, but to actively organize against all forms of discrimination.

http://www.dailybulletin.com/events/20150629/pivotal-san-bernardino-case-fought-discrimination-against-latinos ?xml:namespace prefix = “o” ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /

Second column on civil rights journalist Ignacio Lopez

Second in a series of columns on journalist and organizer Ignacio Lopez, for whom a school is named after in the Pomona School District.  He was an example of one who used his writing skills and abilities to fight segregation — someone who returned from college to his community — to develop a newspaper — and to, not just write about and to expose racism and discrimination — but to use his organizing skills to rally the communities in the region to change unjust laws and policies.

http://www.dailybulletin.com/events/20150706/crusading-editor-led-latinos-in-battle-against-discrimination

Below are some PDF flyers to download. Continue reading →

You are invited to the Latino and Latina Roundtable meeting this Saturday, June 13th from 1 – 3 PM at the Pitzer College Broad Center (1050 N. Mills Ave.) in Claremont.  The meeting will include updates on the status of immigrants having the right to vote, the Supreme Court case to not use the census as a means of deciding districts (objectively leaving out immigrants), the DAPA and DACA court decisions and what it means for our work, Health for All and One California in Sacramento, supporting local economic development, and plans from the Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage and Park committee.  In addition to committee reports, there will be reports on Immigrant Rights Day and the El Super action.  Please bring a friend, family member, or anyone who is interested in making social change.

You are invited to support a Picket /Rally, and delegation in support El Super workers on Thursday, June 11th at 11 A. M.  at the El Super Store (960 W. Arrow Hwy.) in Covina. 

The Latino and Latina Roundtable, at its last membership meeting, agreed to support the UFCW workers in their ongoing negotiations with the El Super Corporation.  The NLRB will be taking El Super to court on the week of June 8th on charges of intimidating and firing workers, withholding sick and vacation pay and for their lack to negotiate in good faith.  The national office of the UFCW has called for a week of action at the UNION stores and the Latino and Latina Roundtable, together with other groups, will support this effort at the Covina Store.  We invite you and ask you to invite others.  Only through our efforts will this billion-dollar company be made to return to the bargaining table and to negotiate over workers’ basic needs like living wages, adequate paid sick leave, a 40-hour guarantee for full time workers, and RESPECT!   Many of our members and community supporters have shopped at these stores in the past and now we are demanding that El Super treat its workers with respect.