Stop the Criminalization of Immigrants
30 Days for Human Rights
Down with SB1070 and Hate Legislation
June 28- July 29, 2010
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Enlace Supervisor Training
August 17- 18 in Portland, Oregon. For more information contact us.
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Seafood Worker Fight published in “The Progressive”
The article by Virginia Sole-Smith which was published in The Progressive‘s May 2010 issue titled Mexico’s Squid Sweatshop.
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Enlace Institute
The Enlace Institute’s purpose is to advance the field of strategic organizational development. The Institute assists organizations of low-wage workers to develop disciplined, mutually accountable teams who continually improve the work of the organizations for their constituencies.
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Korean CORT Guitar Workers
Cort/Cor-Tek makes guitars for brands like Fender and Gibson. Cort abruptly fired all of the workers in 2006 and 2007, claiming financial hardship, and moved its two Korean factories to China and Indonesia, where, as the American co-founders put it, there would be a much lower chance of workers seeking better wages. Since then they have been fighting for justice and creating an international solidarity network to:
* Pressure Cort to rehire all of their fired Korean guitar workers and re-open the factory
* Meet with Cort’s business partners, who include American industry giants such as Fender, Gibson, G&L, ESP to urge them to stop doing business with CORT
* Let music lovers, press, and the general public know the truth about Cort guitars, sign the petition and support the rehiring of all Korean guitar workers
* Build solidarity with local workers, social justice organizations, and cultural activists and musicians
Cort and Cor-tek guitar workers, Korean Metal Workers Union members, and cultural workers from Korea visited Los Angeles in January 2010. They had a successful tour filled with solidarity actions and meetings with local workers and communities. Since then the Los Angeles Solidarity Committee was formed, please email us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call us 213-284-3802 for more information on the meetings.
Solidarity Action: Letters to Fender
The Los Angeles CORT Worker Solidarity Committee and International Allies have begun to send letters to Fender to ask them to stop buying CORT guitars. Below is a sample letter, please send it to Fender and also forward it to other groups and friends so that the movement grows strong!
Sample letter to Fender
Cort Workers
You can hear their stories here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LpB1E4EE7k or read them here.
Here is an archive of past events in LA and Anahiem in the last CORT Worker Tour
Cort Workers Flyer
Solidarity Concert on March 18th 2010.