Labor

Picket line in New York City protests repression of striking miners in Cananea, MX

NEW YORK, 12 January -- The attack by over 800 state and federal police and Mexican army soldiers, aimed at dislodging striking miners from Cananea (Sonora state), was answered with a protest picket in New York. In front of the Mexican consulate, some 20 demonstrators proclaimed their solidarity with the mineworkers, who have been on strike since July 30 against terrible safety conditions at the Cananea complex and against government attacks on the workers.

The 2008 Libertarian National Convention will be held in Denver, Colorado over Memorial Day weekend from May 22 to May 26, 2008. One prominent Libertarian is hoping to run for President on the Republican ticket. Should Ron Paul be the candidate of working people?

Denver Takes Chipotle's "Food With Integrity" to Task
By Clayton Dewey
Colorado Indymedia
December 1, 2007

After repeated attempts to talk with Chipotle representatives about their support of exploitation in the fields their tomatoes are picked, members and supporters of the Denver Fair Food Committee took their message to the public. Students, local faith leaders and other community leaders rallied in downtown Denver to protest Chipotle's hypocrisy of promoting an image of "Food With Integrity" while the workers who pick their produce toil in abysmal conditions.

What: Protest Burger King's exploitation of farmworkers. Support the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' right to be payed fairly for their labor. These folks risk their health on the daily, treading through carcinogenic and mutogenic pesticides so that Burger King can reap record profits. And, so that you can have a couple slices of tomato on your (veggie) burger. Even if you don't eat BK, these folks need our solidarity. They deserve much, much more, so let's help them get a little more, for now. . .