Migrants’ Rights Organizations, Worker Leaders, and Experts Demand Protections for Migrant Workers in the Renegotiation of NAFTA

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June 26, 2017 Today, migrant workers, labor and migrants’ rights organizations, and labor experts from Canada, Mexico, and the United States called for stronger migrant workers’ rights provisions and transnational access to justice in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Convened by Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM), today’s…

September 2016 Newsletter

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Dear Friends, Last week, we received the long-awaited report on outreach events targeting migrant workers, released jointly by the governments of the U.S. and Mexico, following CDM’s 2011 complaint under the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC). While we are pleased to see cooperation between the two governments, we are disappointed that their response…

CDM Statement on U.S.-Mexico Report on Outreach Events, Following NAALC Complaint

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CDM commends Thomas Perez, U.S. Secretary of Labor, and Alfonso Navarrete Prida, Mexican Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare, for beginning to address shortcomings of fair labor provisions under the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC) in the Public Report on Outreach Events, released on September 23. While CDM recognizes actions undertaken jointly by…

CDM’s Board of Directors Welcomes Two New Members

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 13, 2016 MEDIA CONTACTS: Evy Peña Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM) From Mexico: 01-800-590-1773; From the US: 1-855-234-9699 // evy@cdmigrante.org CDM’s Board of Directors Welcomes Two New Members Policy and media consultant Gabriela Domenzain and organizational development strategist Ana Polanco join CDM’s Board of Directors Today, Centro de…

Migrant Women Workers Demand Justice in the Temporary Labor Programs in the United States and Canada

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 15, 2016   MEDIA CONTACTS: Julia Coburn Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM) From Mexico: 01-800-590-1773; From the US: 1-855-234-9699 // julia@cdmigrante.org   Andrea Galvez United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Canada +52 55-3300-6144; 55 3126 2421// andrea.galvez@ufcw.mx   Migrant Women Workers Demand Justice in the Temporary Labor Programs in…

Migrant Women Workers Demand Justice

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 14, 2016   MEDIA CONTACTS: Julia Coburn Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM) From Mexico: 01-800-590-1773; From the US: 1-855-234-9699 // julia@cdmigrante.org   Andrea Galvez United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Canada +52 55-3300-6144; 55 3126 2421// andrea.galvez@ufcw.mx   Migrant Women Workers Demand Justice Mexico City – On behalf of…