[act-ma] 3/25 - Support Colombian Trade Union Leader in Boston

[IAC Boston]

*[Para español, véase más abajo]*

* 
<http://www.bostonschoolbusunion.org/pdf/Boston-Paez-tour-leaflet-engspan.pdf>Tuesday, 
March 25, 2008 - 6:30 p.m*

*Defend Union Rights - from Colombia to Massachusetts

Colombia Free Trade Agreement -- Bad for Colombian and U.S. workers!

Globalize Workers Solidarity!*

/*Featuring:*/
Colombian Trade Union leader *Edgar Paez* on union struggles in Colombia 
and how to unite the struggle for workers rights globally.
*Maria Ortiz* - Committee for Justice for Hector Rivas


*Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 6:30 p.m.
**USW 8751, Painters & Allied Trades DC 35 Building *
25 Colgate Rd, Roslindale, MA 02131 
<http://www.mapquest.com/maps/25+Colgate+Rd+Roslindale+MA+02131-1123/?>

*See leaflet *- http://www.bostonschoolbusunion.org/
*Download leaflet* - 
http://www.bostonschoolbusunion.org/pdf/Boston-Paez-tour-leaflet-engspan.pdf

Say NO! to corporate financed assassinations of trade unionists in 
Colombia!
 
Join us for an in-depth discussion on conditions for workers and union 
organizing in Colombia and how the Colombia Free Trade Agreement would 
hurt workers, families and human rights both in Colombia and the US.

Edgar Paez, International representative of SINALTRAINAL (Food Industry 
Workers Union) of Colombia will visit Boston on Tuesday March 25, 2008, 
as part of a national tour of the U.S. - http://www.sinaltrainal.org/

Edgar Paez has dedicated his entire life to organizing workers and has 
worked actively connecting social struggles in Colombia and the world 
over. More than 4000 trade unionists have been killed in Colombia in the 
last 20 years --- more than in the rest of the world combined. Nine have 
been killed so far this year.

SINALTRAINAL represents Colombian workers of several well-know 
multi-national corporations in the food and beverage industries. Many 
SINALTRAINAL activists have been killed. SINALTRAINAL is conducting mass 
campaigns and legal battles to defend trade unionists against these 
attacks.

/Sponsored by:/
USW District 4; USW Local 8751 Boston School Bus Union; Greater Boston 
Labor Council AFL-CIO; Central Mass AFL-CIO; Boston City Councilors 
Chuck Turner and Sam Yoon; Felix Arroyo; Bishop Filipe Teixeira OFSJC; 
MLK Bolivarian Circle; International Action Center Boston; Women's 
Fightback Network; Committee for Justice for Hector Rivas; New England 
Human Rights Organization for Haiti; Dorothea Manuela, Co-Chair Boston 
Rosa Parks Human Rights Day Committee

*For more information:*  USW Local 8751
617-524-7073 . info at bostonschoolbusunion.org . 
http://www.bostonschoolbusunion.org

*Download leaflet *- 
http://www.bostonschoolbusunion.org/pdf/Boston-Paez-tour-leaflet-engspan.pdf

*Unity!   Unidad!  Inité!   Unidade!
 
An Injury to One is an Injury to All!
*
------------------------------------------------------------------------
* 
<http://www.bostonschoolbusunion.org/pdf/Boston-Paez-tour-leaflet-engspan.pdf>Martes 
25 de marzo a las 6:30 PM*

*Defendamos los Derechos Sindicales - desde Colombia hasta Massachusetts

¡Tratado de Libre Comercio con Colombia - malo para l at s trabajador at s 
colombian at s y estadounidenses!

¡Globalicemos la Solidaridad de l at s Trabajador at s! *

*/ESCUCHE/*
a *Edgar Páez,* líder sindical colombiano quien hablará sobre las luchas 
sindicales en Colombia y la forma de unir las luchas por los derechos 
sindicales globalmente.
*Maria Ortiz*, Comité Justicia para Hector Rivas

*Martes 25 de marzo a las 6:30 PM
**Edificio de USW 8751, Pintores y oficios asociados DC 35 *
Colgate Rd # 25, Roslindale, MA 02131 
<http://www.mapquest.com/maps/25+Colgate+Rd+Roslindale+MA+02131-1123/?>

*Ver el prospecto* - http://www.bostonschoolbusunion.org/
*Descargar el prospecto* - 
http://www.bostonschoolbusunion.org/pdf/Boston-Paez-tour-leaflet-engspan.pdf

¡No a los asesinatos financiados por corporaciones de sindicalistas 
colombian at s!
 
Acompáñenos en una discusión en detalle de las condiciones para l at s 
trabajador at s y la organización de sindicatos en Colombia y de qué forma 
el Tratado de Libre Comercio es un daño para los trabajador at s, sus 
familias y sus derechos humanos tanto en Colombia como en EEUU.

Edgar Páez, representante internacional de SINALTRAINAL (Sindicato de 
Trabajador at s de la Industria de Alimentos) en Colombia, visitará Boston 
el martes 25 de marzo de 2008 como parte de una gira por los EEUU.

Edgar Páez ha dedicado toda su vida a organizar trabajador at s y ha 
trabajado activamente conectando las luchas sociales en Colombia con el 
mundo. En Boston, él hablará sobre las realidades y los riesgos de 
organizar sindicatos en Colombia y sobre cómo los tratados de comercio 
afectan a l at s trabajador at s, a sus familias y sus derechos humanos tanto 
en Colombia como en EEUU.

Más de 4000 sindicalistas han sido asesinad at s en Colombia en los últimos 
20 años, más que en todo el resto del mundo. Nueve ya han sido 
asesinad at s este año. SINALTRAINAL representa trabajador at s colombian at s en 
diferentes corporaciones multinacionales reconocidas en el sector de la 
industria alimentaria. Much at s activistas de SINALTRAINAL han sido 
asesinad at s.

Patrocinado por:
USW Distrito 4; USW Local 8751 sindicato de Conductores de autobuses 
escolares; Greater Boston Labor Council AFL-CIO; Central Mass aFL-CIO; 
Chuck Turner y Sam Yoon, Concejales de la Ciudad de Boston; Felix 
Arroyo; Obispo Filipe Teixeira OFSJC; Círculo Bolivariano MLK; Centro de 
Acción Internacional de Boston; Red de Mujeres en Lucha; Comité de 
Justicia para Héctor Rivas; Nueva Inglaterra organización de derechos 
humanos de Haití; Dorothea Manuela, Co-Chair Boston Rosa Parks Human 
Rights Day Committee

*Para más información:* USW Local 8751
617-524-7073 . info at bostonschoolbusunion.org . www.bostonschoolbusunion.org

*Descargar el prospecto* - 
http://www.bostonschoolbusunion.org/pdf/Boston-Paez-tour-leaflet-engspan.pdf

*Unity!   Unidad!  Inité!   Unidade!
 
¡Una herida a un@, es una herida a tod at s! *

-- 
*******************************************
International Action Center

Boston:
617-522-6626
iacboston at iacboston.org
http://www.iacboston.org

National Office:
212-633-6646
http://www.iacenter.org 

Troops Out Now Coalition
http://troopsoutnow.org 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://act-ma.org/pipermail/act-ma_act-ma.org/attachments/20080319/8de2edee/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Boston-Paez-tour-leafletEng.600.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 140804 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://act-ma.org/pipermail/act-ma_act-ma.org/attachments/20080319/8de2edee/attachment.jpg>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Boston-Paez-tour-leafletSpan.600.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 127843 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://act-ma.org/pipermail/act-ma_act-ma.org/attachments/20080319/8de2edee/attachment-0001.jpg>