NEW YORK CITY
2:00pm
RALLY at ROOSEVELT PARK in CHINATOWN
(Grand St. between Forsyth and Chrystie St.,
B/D Train to Grand St. Station)
3:00pm
MARCH to UNION SQUARE
1. REPEAL EMPLOYER SANCTIONS
Employers’ sanctions is a law that was passed 20 years ago
in the name of punishing the employer, but in reality criminalizes
immigrants and creates an underclass of labor who have no
rights or protection under the law. Under this modern slave
law[1] undocumented workers do not even have the freedom to
sell their own labor. Because of this law, the underground
economy is expanding, dividing native-born, documented, and
undocumented workers. This creates cutthroat competition and
keeps workers from organizing together, causing workers’ wages
to plummet and making life harder. In the midst of this economic
crisis, reforms that strengthen employers’ sanctions will
cause working people to suffer more, creating mass unemployment
while forcing some to be completely overworked. We urge Obama
not to strengthen employers’ sanctions but to repeal the modern
slave law. Furthermore, we want him to legislate equal rights
for all workers and create an on-going mechanism for undocumented
workers to
adjust their status.
2. DUMP MAYOR BLOOMBERG
Stop Mayor Bloomberg from shifting the economic crisis
onto the backs of working people and stop him from dividing
our communities.
Billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg is pushing racist rezoning
plans -- from Harlem to Willets Point in Queens, and from
Sunset Park, Brooklyn to the Lower East Side and Chinatown
in Manhattan -- that serve the interests of developers and
rich whites while displacing low-income working-class people
of color. He has slashed the budget for crucial services,
while increasing the cost of living for working people, essentially
robbing the working poor to feed the filthy rich. Bloomberg
has grown to be the richest man in NYC while working people
have grown poorer. We call on all New Yorkers to Dump Bloomberg
this year.
We march to forge unity among immigrant and native-born workers,
to stop the attacks on working people, and build a movement
to demand equal rights for all workers.
For more information, contact
the Break the Chains Alliance, c/o NMASS 212-358-0295
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