Anonymous - 12-21-2004 at 02:58 PM
http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=927...
The Labor Council Cross Border Education Committee, the San Diego Maquiladora Workers' Solidarity Network and the Tijuana Maquiladora Workers' Network
invite union activists to a tour of labor sites and struggles in the maquiladora zone. This is an opportunity to see and hear first hand the
conditions and stories of these exploited global workers: the consequences of NAFTA, FTAA & CAFTA.
Join your union sisters and brothers on this tour!
Saturday, JANUARY 15th, 2005
9:00am to 3:00pm
Cost: $35 per participant to cover the bus, lunch, and a donation to Tijuana worker organizations. Tickets will be available by contacting Herb Shore:
hshore@cox.net
The tour will begin at the trolley end in San Ysidro.
Schedule
9:00 am: Meet at the San Ysidro Trolley Station. We will walk together, cross the border gate and travel to our locations in Tijuana using chartered
buses for transportation.
10:00-10:30 am: Cittac's office (Centro de Informacion para Trabajadores y Trabajadoras; Workers' Information Center). We will meet Tijuana activists
and workers.
11:00-11:30 am: Visit to Otay Industrial Park, especially Metales y Derivados, perhaps the worst industrial polluting sites in Tijuana (lead, cadmium,
acids and other substances used to recycle car batteries).
11:45 am- 2:30 pm: Colectivo Chilpancingo office. Presentation of struggle and organization experiences by Tijuana activists and workers: Cittac
(Workers' Information Center), Colectivo Chilpancingo for Environmental Justice, Colectivo Feminista Binacional, Womens' Rights Advocates, Poblado
Maclovio Rojas, Tijuana Maquiladora Workers Network
1:00-1:45 pm: Lunch
2:30 pm: Return to San Ysidro border line
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TOUR MAQUILERO
Please bring an ID or proof of U. S. citizenship or residency.
Tour starts at 9:00 AM
Directions to the San Ysidro border crossing:
Park at any Trolley Station (most stations in Chula Vista have free parking).
Take the Trolley to the border.
Get off in San Ysidro (last stop).
Look for a person carrying a "TOUR MAQUILERO" sign, or gather outside McDonalds.
At 9:20, we will proceed to cross into Mexico and board the Calafias.
In case of emergency, please contact Herb at cell phone (619) 251-3011.
(Saturday morning only, before 9:20 am).
Please be reminded that it could be hot or cold on our tour. Water, a hat, sunscreen, and comfortable shoes are recommended. The bus will have neither
heater nor air conditioning.
LUNCH WILL BE FROM 1:00pm to 1:45 pm
Tour ends by 3:00 PM
The bus will drop us off at the San Ysidro Border Crossing at 3:00 PM. Border crossing wait time could be as long as 1 hour.
Braulio - 12-22-2004 at 09:05 AM
Sounds like a waste of 35 bolas to me.
At least they're honest - there's not even the pretense of seeking the truth in this report.
What if you're not a union activist - are you still welcomed to take the tour?
Will some of the "stories" be about families that have been delivered from a miserable deadend poverty and own their own home thanks to the
maquiladora industry?
Anyone that thinks pollution is worse after (or because of) NAFTA doen't really have much of a grasp on the reality.
Bruce R Leech - 12-22-2004 at 09:59 AM
this is ca ca