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Chicago Factory Workers End Occupation
1:29 pm By Maegan La Mala · Activism| Justice| Labor| chicago · Comments Off
12 Dec 2008Banks have agreed to to lend the failed company $1.75 million for outstanding wages and benefits.
“The occupation is over,” said Armando Robles, president of the United Electrical Workers local 1110, which led the sit-in.
Via / Slant Truth
The Politics and Poder of the Takeover : Laid Off Chicago Workers Occupy Factory
8:50 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism| Labor| chicago · Comments Off
8 Dec 2008
About 250 laid off workers of the Republic Windows and Doors glass factory have taken over their place of work after they were given three days notice. Workers are taking eight hour shifts and are saying they will not give up their occupation until certain demands are met, including severance and vacation pay.
“We decided to do it because this is money that belongs to us,” said Maria
Roman, who’s worked at the plant for eight years. “These are our rights.”
When I first heard about this story, my first thought was, “It’s about damn time,” and not just because I am a fan of takeovers and occupations but because of a wider global history of labor and other activists successfully using this tactic proving that there is power in organized numbers.
The overwhelming majority of the workers of the factory set to be closed, are using a strategy that hasn’t been seen in the U.S. since the 1930’s, pero in Latin America, this tactic is commonplace, used by workers of all types including university professors and even high school students and with success.
Water, Water Everywhere For Immigrants Coming In Via Arizona
12:53 pm By Maegan La Mala · Immigration| arizona| chicago · Comments Off
9 Sep 2008
In an effort to draw attention to the human rights crisis facing immigrants coming from Arizona, today The Chicago Immigrant Defense Committee (IDC) is handing out 2000 bottles of water during lunchtime in downtown Chicago.
While hundreds of migrants needlessly die in the Arizona border desert, Joe Arpaio, Sheriff of Maricopa County/Phoenix, deputizes hundreds of self-proclaimed white supremacists who conduct sweeps of Latino neighborhoods and recklessly violate the rights of immigrants.
Wells Fargo Bank leases luxurious office spaces to Sheriff Arpaio in downtown Phoenix, AZ. A delegation of leaders will deliver a letter to Chicago Wells Fargo officials at high noon requesting that the bank stop supporting the Sheriff’s wholesale violations of human rights by not renewing his lease in Phoenix. Similar demands have been made by leaders in Phoenix and San Francisco.
Arizona is the proving ground for large-scale programs designed to destroy the rights of immigrants and tear apart their families and communities. If these violations continue unchecked, they could spread to the entire country—especially since Arizona is the home state of John McCain.
What is a Jibarito Sandwich?
12:21 pm By Maegan La Mala · Arts| Entrepreneurs| Linking Latinos| Lo Que Hay| New York City| Puerto Rico| VivirLatino| Word en la calle| chicago| history · Comments Off
8 Aug 2008
In 2005, I had an opportunity to visit Chicago for a few days for a business conference and as soon as I arrived to the hotel my conference was being held at, I recieved an email on my blackberry from a friend Dulce Ramos. Dulce Ramos is a Chicago native and very successful woman that has an amazing career in real estate as well as very unique women’s shoe store called the Pump Room Boutique. I decided to call Dulce to let her know I was in town and before I knew it…she was at the Hotel picking me up to give me the Chicago Express Latino Tour.
You see…I had written an article inquiring about the existence of Latino Life in Chicago and Dulce really wanted to show me how proud the Boricuas are out in Paseo Boricua. What I encountered was fascinating, all these really nice shops and boutiques with very interesting themes and personality all of their own. She asked me if I wanted to have a “Jibarito” and I looked at her with a puzzled look…I had no idea what she was talking about. She took her time to explain it to me as we drove to a place called “Borinquen Restaurant” which is also known as the home of this Mysterious “Jibarito Sandwich”.
I Am Latino…Ask Me: Americanos ask about the power of the Chancleta…
11:35 am By Maegan La Mala · Bilingualism| Blogs Media| Cities| Culture| Detriot| Entrepreneurs| Features| Las Vegas| Los Angeles| Miami| New Jersey| New York City| Philly| Puerto Rico| San Francisco| Tampa| VivirLatino| Washington DC| chicago| denver| houston| language · 5 Comments
23 Jul 2008
Dear Urban Jibaro,
I work in the toy department of a major retailer in a pretty diverse part of Pennsylvania. I see a lot of Latino families and I am curious about something. Whenever a kid throw a tantrum in my department, I hear their mothers threaten them with “John Kletter” and they immediately start behaving in most cases.
I have 3 kids myself and I would love to know how John Kletter can help me when they act up.
My question is “Who is John Kletter, and why are Latino children so afraid of him?
“Gracias” (thats all the Spanish I know)
Misty (Lancaster PA)
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Ok…so being that fact that I am completely new at this, I honestly did not know what the hell Misty was talking about. I googled “John Kletter” and did not find much…and was about to move on to our next submission…that is until I mentioned the question to one of my friends (she made me swear not to reveal her name) who has a thick accent and she said “que eso de jon kleta?”and then it hit me me like a ton of bricks…we had a phonetic translation issue here….John Kletter doesn’t exist…at least not in the Latino universe what Misty actually witnessed was the power of the almighty “CHANCLETA”.
This whole ASK A LATINO thing is gonna be fun…
So now that we got that squared away…Click below to read my official response to the first “ASK A LATINO” question.
Meet the New Elvira Arellano
10:11 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism| Immigration| Justice| Women| chicago| mexico · 2 Comments
30 Jan 2008Following the footsteps of Elvira Arellano is Flor Crisostomo. Flor took sanctuary yesterday inside of Adalberto United Methodist Church, the same church where Elvira stayed with her son for over a year. Flor had been ordered to voluntarily leave (how can you be ordered to voluntarily do anything) the country by the 28th after being arrested in an immigration raid in April of 2006.
“I am taking a stand of civil disobedience to make America see what they are doing,” Crisostomo said in a statement that was translated into English. Speaking in broken English, she said immigrants are not terrorists but hard-working people contributing to the economy.
“The real problem is the color and the language,” she said.
Illinois City Wants to Block Police from Asking for Papers
5:22 pm By Maegan La Mala · Immigration| chicago · Comments Off
11 Jan 2008
The Chicago-area city of Evanston, Illinois is looking to make itself a safe place for immigrants by blocking police and other authorities from inquiring about legal status:
The City Council’s Human Services Committee unanimously approved a draft resolution Monday prohibiting such inquiries unless it is required by law or deemed integral to a police investigation, the Chicago Tribune reported.The resolution would also have government workers and police accept a passport or consular card in lieu of a driver’s license as proof of identity.
Chicago’s NBC 5 reports that this would make Evanston the first city to be declared an “immigrant sanctuary“. That’s funny because that’s what all of the Republican candidates call New York City under Rudy Giuliani when they take jabs at the former mayor.
Other major cities that have enacted pro-immigrant policies recently include San Francisco and New Haven, Connecticut.
Via / NBC5.com
Elvira Arellano to Leave Her Church Sanctuary
9:22 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism| Immigration| Politics| Washington DC| chicago · 4 Comments
15 Aug 2007
Elvira Arellano is leaving Aldalberto United Methodist Church, the Chicago church she has sought sanctuary a year ago. She decided to stay within the walls of the church to avoid deportation and more importantly perhaps, avoid being separated from her 8 year old son, Saul . But she isn’t just going anywhere? She is taking her story and her struggle to Washington D.C.
“I will go with by Bible and my son and I will read to him from the Holy Scriptures as I do everyday,” Arellano said in a statement sent Tuesday to The AP. “If this government would separate me from my son, let them do it in front of the men and women who have the responsibility to fix this broken law and uphold the principles of human dignity.”
Sunday To Do Chicago : Cafe Tacuba
10:46 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Music| chicago · 1 Comment
5 Aug 2007
Today is the last day of Lollapalooza in Chicago and what better way to close out a concert than with Cafe Tacuba. I already told you how much I loved them and the crowd they brought out here in NYC
and tonight the Midwest gets some of that musica. It is the first time a Latin-music group has ever received such an honor as headlining in such a mainstream concert. Tonight at 7:15 pm the Mexicano alternarockeros will be at The Adidas Stage as a sort of prelude to their first new/original album in four years, to be released late next month. Cafe Tacuba’s bassist-vocalist Enrique “Quique” Rangel said this is what they have planned for tonight according to an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times:
We are rearranging some of our standard songs. The sound of the new album is transforming the way we play live. We are getting closer to a pure rock sound on this album. Meme [Cafe Tacuba's Emmanuel del Real] is playing guitar instead of keyboards. And Ruben also is on guitar. We’re very happy with this sound.
Chicago the Latest Target of Immigration Raids
10:34 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration| chicago · Comments Off
25 Apr 2007
Yesterday Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made the Chicago Latino community their latest target. Searching the Latino Little Village and its strip mall on the Southwest Side of the city yielded over a hundred arrests. Officials say they were targeting a ring that counterfeits and sells immigration documents in the area. Community members, many who took to the streets to protest this latest redada felt they were being targeted because of the string pro-immigrant rallies that have been held in the area over the past year.
It’s a show of force. We believe it was done to intimidate this community. We can’t see it any other way,” said Ald. George Cardenas (12th). “The number of people involved in this operation is just overwhelming.”
Ald. Ricardo Munoz (22nd) called the operation overkill.
“It was way overkill. They had machine guns, shotguns, bullet-proof vests. It was a huge, huge endeavor,” Munoz said. “They struck fear into the heart of the Little Village community.
Via / CBS 2 Chicago
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