GGJ CONGRATULATES DOMESTIC WORKERS UNITED FOR LEADING THE CHARGE FOR THE FIRST DOMESTIC WORKERS' BILL OF RIGHTS IN THE COUNTRY
Tomorrow (Tuesday August 31) at 11AM, New York Governor Patterson will sign into law the first-ever piece of legislation to uphold Domestic Workers' rights in this country. After 75 years of exclusion from labor laws and a 6-year legislative campaign to secure basic protections in New York State, domestic workers—nannies, housekeepers and elderly caregivers—have triumphed!
Updates and Call to Action on Mexican Labor Crisis
THE MEXICAN LABOR CRISIS
The Calderon government is attacking the independent/democratic unions (which are the main force for working class progress in the country) on various fronts:
Second U.S. Social Forum Opens New Chapter in US Movements for Justice, Equality, and Sustainability
Second U.S. Social Forum Opens New Chapter in US Movements for Justice, Equality, and Sustainability
06-28-2010 – DETROIT The United States Social Forum (USSF) closed Saturday with an inspirational national assembly and closing ceremony. Today, the Forum’s National Planning Committee (NPC) declared the forum a great success with attendance of more than 15,000 people from Detroit, from rural and urban areas across the nation, and from countries across the world including South Africa, Palestine, Honduras and Nepal.
FROM DETROIT TO TORONTO: INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL MOVEMENT LEADERS CHALLENGE THE G-20
What: Press conference, 12:15-1:00 PM
Social movement leaders from South Africa, Honduras, Canada and Mexico challenge
the G-20‘s empty promises and devastating policies
Where: United States Social Forum
Cobo Center, 1 Washington Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48226-4420
People's Media Center, Ambassador Dining Room W2-60, 2nd floor Cobo Hall







