MEDIA ADVISORY October 4, 2013 Media Contact: Moravia de la O (410) 783-0236, moravia@cdmigrante.org Internationally Recruited Women Urge Policymakers To Address Pervasive Flaws in Temporary Work Programs and Recruitment Process WHEN: Monday, October 7, 2013 through Wednesday, October 9, 2013 WHO: Internationally recruited women workers from Mexico, the Philippines, and Ecuador WHAT: Educational Delegation and…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 5, 2013 Media contact: Mónica Ramírez, 561-676-3202, monica@cdmigrante.org Farmworker Women Join the Immigration Conversation A delegation of more than 60 farmworker women leaders and advocates will meet in Washington, D.C. from April 6 through the 10, 2013 to educate members of Congress about farmworker women’s unique concerns related to the United…
Farmworker Women will Convene in Washington DC to Demand Protections A delegation of farmworker women will meet in Washington, D.C. from October 2-4, 2012 to launch a new national initiative dedicated to promoting economic justice, equality, health and safety for all U.S. agricultural workers. The group is comprised of current and former agricultural workers, along…
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…
“Guestworkers need the government on their side. Every time that the men and women from Mexico go to work in the U.S., they leave their families behind in search of a better future. At these jobs in the U.S., many of them give so much more — their efforts, their health, and their lives. It…