Between October 1st and November 24, 2012, hundreds of individuals will come together across the United States, Mexico, and beyond to celebrate the lives of migrant workers and their families. These individuals will help CDM raise awareness about migrant workers’ rights and commemorate the migrant workers who have lost their lives while employed in the…
The MacArthur Foundation announced last week that it has awarded a Creative and Effective Nonprofit Award to the Red Nacional de Derechos Humanos “Todos los Derechos para Todos” (Red TDT) – (National Human Rights Network “All Rights for All”). The Network, of which CDM is a member, monitors and documents human rights abuses in Mexico to raise…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TUESDAY, February 21, 2012 CONTACT: RACHEL MICAH-JONES RACHEL AT CDMIGRANTE DOT ORG 410.783.0236 New DOL Rules Promote Fairness In the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Temporary Workers Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc., Migrant Worker Leaders Applaud US Department of Labor’s Stance against Recruitment Abuse for H-2B workers…
One of CDM’s fundamental goals is to train migrants in Mexico to identify and avoid workplace abuses in the United States. CDM’s “Know-Your-Rights” workshops have reached over 6,000 migrants in communities across Mexico. Beginning in February, CDM and members of the Comité will launch a new outreach program in which Comité members will be trained…
CDM’s Oaxaca Outreach team traveled to the communities of Lázaro Cárdenas and Santa María Yucunicoco in early January to follow-up on a variety of pending cases. While there, two individuals, one woman and one man, expressed interest in joining the Comité de Defensa del Migrante. Over the course of 2012, CDM will place emphasis upon…
This January, CDM and theUniversity of Maryland (UMD) International and Comparative Law Clinicbegan their third year of collaboration. Over the past two years, CDM Executive Director, Rachel Micah-Jones, has taught students at the law clinic, while CDM has hosted UMD students in its Mexico and Baltimore offices. While in Mexico, UMD law students will support…
CDM is excited to welcome all of our new followers who joined us after participating in the 2011 Week of Cien Cenas. We also extend a special thank you to the hosts of each cena for helping us to share migrant workers’ stories with their friends and families. Thank you again for your support; we…
CDM Executive Director Rachel Micah-Jones and Outreach Coordinator Lilián López participated in the Civil Society Days of the Global Forum on Migration & Development and the People’s Global Action (PGA) in Geneva. At the PGA, CDM held a workshop entitled “Know-Your-Rights Strategies from Migrants’ Rights Advocates Around the World” in which CDM and organizations from…
CDM Outreach Coordinator Lilián López recently celebrated her one-year anniversary with CDM. Since Lilián joined CDM in November 2010, she has developed the leadership capacity of members of the Comité de Defensa del Migrante (Migrant Defense Committee). The Comité is comprised of more than 40 migrants, ex-migrants, and their family members. The Comité members are…
CDM and migrant worker allies participated in two major lawsuits brought against the Department of Labor’s prevailing wage rule by H-2B employers in seafood, construction, landscaping, horse training, hotels, carnivals and fairs, and forestry. In Maryland, the rule would have raised local and H-2B landscaping workers’ wages from $9.12/hour to $12.80/hour. The industry successfully pressured…