chicago community and worker's rights
Rosi Carrasco
Dear Friend:
Chicago Community and
Workers' Rights (CCWR) has the honor to invite you to the first anniversary of
our organization.
We look forward to a strong presence. In order for this organization to
continue its hard work and continue helping the community.
Guest Speakers:
Mr. Miguel Del Valle
Chicago City Clerk
Mr. Rudy
Lozano Jr.
During our activity we will honor:
1.- Wynham Glenview Hotel Workers that were on strike for eight months for the
violation of their collective agreement.
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=363023&CategoryId=12395 (english)
2. - The 8 colleagues who completed the course "Community Defenders."
3. – The Chicago Students arrested in Washington DC, who are promoting civil
disobedience in order to pass "Dream Act" as a first step to
immigration reform. www.IYJL.com
The event will be held on September 17th 2010, from 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm at Highlanders Banquet Halls the address of the place is 4808 S. Archer Ave Chicago IL, 60 632. The cost for a table is $500.00 dollars or the individual ticket is $50.00 or if you want to help us with an add please call Maria Villagrana at 773-603-8362.
Check our web side:
http://ccwr.weebly.com (español)
http://english-ccwr.weebly.com (inglés)
Here are some of our programs:
Vendors have been held for almost twenty years to fight against the lack of
opportunities to work as street vendors in a regulated manner. We need the
project "Justice for Street Vendors" to make the city of Chicago
issued an ordinance that allows us to sell on the street.
The group Community Advocates is a group of workers who have faced the
challenge of preparing and self-organize to educate other workers about their
labor rights, to support them in their struggle for wage claims, and to organize
direct action against employers who abuse of immigrant workers.
Mexican immigrants are one of the fastest growing social groups in the United
States. Of these, undocumented workers are the most vulnerable group: they are
receiving lower wages, excessive working hours, often in unsafe conditions and
without access to health insurance or health programs. It is also this group,
representing 5% of the workforce in the city of Chicago, who suffers from
further violations of their rights. During the Bush administration until 2006,
undocumented workers have also faced harassment and discrimination in companies
based on the letters "No Match" from SSA, and now with the "E
Verify."
According to the study of the Center for Urban Economic Development, the University
of Illinois at Chicago UIC. (April 2010) www.urbaneconomy.org, which
CCWR is part of the Committee of directors, low-income workers in Cook County
who are unaware of the law, they experience the loss of more than $ 7.3 million
dollars a week as a result of violations to the labor law by employers.
For all that the program "Community Defenders" and "Justice for
Street Vendors" of CCWR are essential.
We have the volunteer work of 13 people a week four hours each, for
distribution of brochures and to care for people requiring information. Also to
carry out fundraising events.
The legal clinic "Workers' Hands" meets with people who need legal
aid. Also for groups who have questions about injuries at work we are
organizing a monthly workshop given by the Attorney José Rivero, we also make
workshops with IDOL, OSHA, IDHR that are informative for our community and
their are given three times a year.
Thanks
Martin Unzueta
Volunteer Executive Director
Chicago Community and Workers’ Rights
3200 S. Kedzie
Chicago IL, 60623