Through our binational Migrant Women’s Project (Proyecto de Mujeres Migrantes, or ProMuMi), Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM) stands with migrant women in demanding equal pay, dignified work, and stronger worker protections. For years, CDM has facilitated workshops with migrant women about their rights in recruitment and employment, cultivated leadership skills, and fostered…
NAALC Supplement MEX 2016-1 – english
Today, in the eve of the sixth round of the renegotiation of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a group of migrant worker women and supporting nongovernmental organizations across the trinational trade corridor took the next step in holding the United States government accountable for violating its obligations under the NAFTA labor side accord. The…
US government withdrawal from Global Compact for Migration process abandons commitments and global responsibility Puerto Vallarta, Mexico – December 4, 2017 – The decision by the US government to withdraw from the negotiating process on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration abandons commitments made by the US government in the New York Declaration for…
Coerced under NAFTA: Abuses of Migrant Workers in the TN Visa Program and Recommendations for Reform
US government withdrawal from Global Compact for Migration process abandons commitments and global responsibility Puerto Vallarta, Mexico – December 4, 2017 – The decision by the US government to withdraw from the negotiating process on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration abandons commitments made by the US government in the New York…
CDM is disgusted that the House Judiciary Committee approved Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s exploitative Agricultural Guestworker Act (AG Act), an anti-immigrant, anti-worker proposal that would further increase the vulnerability of farmworkers in the United States. The AG Act aims to create a new H-2C guestworker program that would slash wages, limit access to justice, and weaken…
Dear Friends, Thank you for your solidarity and good wishes following the September 19 earthquake in Mexico City. Our team is safe and so grateful for your support. Three-City Tour to Launch Our New Report on Gender Inequality We launched our new report! “Engendering Exploitation: Gender Inequality in U.S. Labor Migration Programs” details the deeply entrenched gender…
Dear friends, This Labor Day, we are celebrating our anniversary in the most wonderful way: our team is in San Luis Potosi wrapping up the National Meeting of CDM’s Migrant Defense Committee (Comité de Defensa del Migrante) with courageous migrant worker leaders from all over Mexico. Some of these workers, such as Adelaido Garcia Perez…
Dear Friends, Our work these past few months truly epitomizes our vision for how to achieve migrant justice. We believe that migrant workers’ rights need to be included in the renegotiated NAFTA and that migrants’ rights must be respected across borders. CDM has been planning – in Mexico and the US – a multi-level campaign…