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karlos says: Psssst. Something's going on, if you haven't noticed...Monday, May 1, 2006
Albuquerque, NM
3:00 00-5:00 00- TIGUEX PARK (Mountain/18th) for information, live music and fun for the whole family. As it is a no purchase day, take a picnic lunch for your family.In an unprecedented call from communities, working families and immigrant workers across the country, millions of people will not go to work or school, not purchase anything and rally in the streets on Monday, May 1, 2006.
5:00 00— Peaceful march from the park to the Civic Plaza
(3rd/Tijeras)
6:00 00- short rally at Civic plaza and then march back to park.
Cities across the country will be holding rallies and marches in support of a modern immigration policy based on human rights and the realities of today's global economy.
Groups from the Grassroots Global Justice alliance holding rallies, demos, etc. include:
Black Workers for Justice
Coalition of African, Arab, Asian, European and Latino Immigrants
Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Cross Border Labor Organizing Committee
Domestic Workers United
Environmental Health Coalition
Farm Labor Organizing Committee
Jobs with Justice
Just Transition Alliance
Kentucky Jobs with Justice
Labor Community Strategy Center
Massachusetts Jobs with Justice
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
New York City AIDS Housing Network
People Organized to Defend Mother Earth and Her Resources
People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights
Project Voice –American Friends Service Committee
Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice
SouthWest Organizing Project
Southwest Workers Union
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Union
Vermont Workers Center
Below is a link to an article about the world's largest meat producer shutting down during the planned rallies. This is going to be big, folks.
Tyson to Shut Plants During Immigration Ralliesimmigration
MSNBC - 1 hour agoSPRINGDALE, Ark. - Tyson Foods Inc., the world’s largest meat producer, says it will temporarily shut down nine of its beef and pork plants Monday because many of the workers plan to attend immigration rallies... Read More
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Albuquerque
new mexico
International Workers Day
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