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> > Southern Poverty Law Center > Petition to Stop Guestworker Abuse > > Sign our petition > <http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/j73q0HyuLc0FgJ0FHL20Eo> > and help stop the virtual enslavement and abuse of guestworkers. > Dear Friend, > <http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/j73q0HyuLc0FgJ0FHL20Eo>I > know you believe in the American ideals of fairness and human dignity, > and that you would be appalled at the way tens of thousands of foreign > "guestworkers" are being systematically exploited in a > government-sanctioned program that many describe as modern-day slavery. > These are the workers, mostly poor Latinos, who are lured here by U.S. > businesses with promises of decent jobs only to be cheated out of > their wages; forced to live in squalid conditions; and denied medical > benefits for injuries. If the workers complain, they face deportation, > blacklisting and other forms of retaliation. > > "We had no electricity. The first week we were not paid. The second > week we were paid $70." > — Mexican H-2B worker > > "El patron would put a lock on the gate where our trailers were. After > a time, they would not let us communicate with other people." > — Mexican H-2A tomato worker > > "I felt like an animal without claws — defenseless. It is the same as > slavery." > — Dominican H-2B hotel worker > > The exploitation of these workers is one of the most important human > rights issues of our time. It says a lot about the state of fairness > in our democracy — and about corporate values in our country. > We've documented the abuses in a new report — Close to Slavery: > Guestworker Programs in the United States > <http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/j73q0HyuLc0FgJ0FHL40Eq> > — and are filing lawsuits against the most abusive employers. > But there is an ominous cloud on the horizon. > Right now, President Bush and many in Congress are pushing to create a > vast new pool of temporary foreign workers. This will only cause more > suffering and injustice — and it will undermine the rights and wages > of American workers as well. > As a nation, we must fix our broken immigration system. But we must > not condone a program that abuses and enslaves poor workers from other > countries who are lured under false pretenses. > Congress has the opportunity to right this terrible wrong. But > lawmakers will act only if the American people speak out strongly > against this moral outrage. > You can make a difference. Please sign our petition > <http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/j73q0HyuLc0FgJ0FHL20Eo> > to stop guestworker abuse. We'll make sure the president and the > appropriate Members of Congress receive it. > Your commitment to justice and acceptance is so important to us. Thank > you for your support. > Sincerely, > > Morris Dees > > We welcome your feedback. > Contact us online > <http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/j73q0HyuLc0FgJ0FHL30Ep>. > > Or by mail: > Southern Poverty Law Center > 400 Washington Ave. > Montgomery, AL 36104 [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/
