Labor Solidarity Tour
In El Salvador and in the United States unions and public services are UNDER ATTACK. But in both countries, workers are fighting back!
From February 3 to 13, 2013, two leaders of El Salvador's organized labor movement will tour the East and West Coasts of the United States to share experiences, perspectives and strategies in the transnational fight for workers’ rights and dignity. They will detail the movement's campaign against the US-sponsored Public-Private Partnership Law currently under debate in the Salvadoran legislature, which threatens to put the last of El Salvador's public services and industries on the corporate chopping block.
- The East Coast tour with Jaime Rivera, a leader in the Electrical Sector Workers Union (STSEL), will be visiting Washington, DC; New York City; and Boston.
- The West Coast tour with Alex Gomez, a leader in the National Lottery Workers Union (SITRALONB), will be visiting: Seattle; Olympia, WA; Portland, OR; Santa Cruz, CA; San Francisco; and Los Angeles.
If you are interested in helping plan events in your city or would like to invite one of the tour guests to meet with your union or organization, please contact the CISPES committee in your city.
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"I am a CISPES supporter because continuing to fight for social justice and a more people-centered country means continuing the dream and sacrifice of thousands of my fellow Salvadorans who died for that vision.” - Padre Carlos, New York City