*Maquila Workers and Activists Speak **Witness for Peace **Southwest Mexico Speaker Tour * *Saturday, October 21, 2006 12:30 p.m. at the Southern California Library * *Go to www.socallib.org for more info or call (323) 759-6063* Event will take place at the Southern California Library, 6120 S. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90044. FREE ADMISSION * * *. Maquiladoras . Maquila workers . Globalization impacts on border communities . Gender/labor/health issues . Trade . Social/economic/environmental justice . Human rights & movements of maquiladora workers * Come and learn about all of these very important issues from maquila workers and activists working with them at the Mexico border. Activists and workers from the Centro de Información para Trabajadoras y Trabajadores (The Workers' Information Center) in Tijuana, the Workers' Information Center (CITTAC), & the San Diego Maquiladora Workers' Solidarity Network are currently engaged in a speaking tour to educate and promote awareness about these issues. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Centro de Información para Trabajadoras y Trabajadores (The Workers' Information Center/CITTAC) is a non-governmental organization of women and men from Baja California, Mexico that promotes, publicizes, supports, and accompanies workers' struggles---especially within the maquiladora industry---to better their labor and living conditions, defend their human rights (especially those related to labor and gender), and create autonomous and democratic organizations. The San Diego Maquiladora Workers' Solidarity Network is a bi-national effort to support the struggle of Mexican workers in Baja California, to promote the bi-national friendship and solidarity between San Diego and Baja California workers, and to circulate news about work conditions and movements of maquiladora workers and promote actions in solidarity for their struggles. scl logoThe People's Library ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Making Our Own Histories* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
