[IMC-Boston-Dispatch] 3/25-26: Edgar Paez of Colombia's SINALTRAINAL union in Boston 3/25 & 3/26

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USW 8751 Boston School Bus Union <info at bostonschoolbusunion.org> wrote: Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:28:54 -0400
From: USW 8751 Boston School Bus Union <info at bostonschoolbusunion.org>
To:  info at bostonschoolbusunion.org
Subject: Edgar Paez of Colombia's SINALTRAINAL union in Boston 3/25 & 3/26

 Press Announcement:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Steve Gillis 617-524-7073

Mr. Edgar Paez, the Secretary for International Relations of the
SINALTRAINAL union in Colombia, will be in Boston on March 25 and 26,
2008, and is available for press interviews.

Mr. Paez will be speaking at a meeting, which the press is invited to
attend, at the Painters DC 35 union hall in Roslindale, MA, on Tuesday,
March 25, 2008 at 6:30 PM as part of a national tour being sponsored by
the AFL-CIO and the United Steel Workers to enforce their campaign to
defeat the Colombia Free Trade Agreement now before the U.S. Congress.
(see attached meeting announcement, in English and Spanish, and
bilingual email announcement, below)

Mr. Paez will also be the recipient of a resolution of appreciation from
the Boston City Council.

Also attached are relevant documents by Leo Gerard, the President of the
Steelworkers International Union, and U.S. Representative George Miller
of California, Chairperson of the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Mr. Paez will also be available for interviews during the afternoon of
March 25th and the morning of March 26th.

Please let me know at my cell phone 617 733-2950 if you would like to
arrange an interview with Mr. Paez.

Thank you,
Steve Gillis
VP USW Local 8751

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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

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!

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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

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!

-- 
Steve Gillis
Vice-President, USW Local 8751
The Boston School Bus Drivers' Union
25 Colgate Road, 3rd floor
Roslindale, MA 02131
Tel: 617 524-7073
Cell: 617 733-2950
Fax: 617 524-1691
email: Steve.Gillis at bostonschoolbusunion.org

www.BostonSchoolBusUnion.org

-- 
Steve Gillis
Vice-President, USW Local 8751
The Boston School Bus Drivers' Union
25 Colgate Road, 3rd floor
Roslindale, MA 02131
Tel: 617 524-7073
Cell: 617 733-2950
Fax: 617 524-1691
email: Steve.Gillis at bostonschoolbusunion.org

www.BostonSchoolBusUnion.org

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