Search Results for: trabajadores agricolas

San Quintin: New Union.

Posted on December 23, 2015

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23. PROGRAM # 7680 12:00 PM PT San Quintin: New Union. Farm workers from San Quintín Valley in Northern Mexico recently organized an independent union to challenge contracts held by official unions to de facto protect employers. This report provides recorded speeches from founding members and allies of the union during this landmark […]

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Posted in Economy, Línea Abierta, Mexico, Politics |

Immigrant Workers in California Urged to Enroll Undocumented Children in Health Insurance

Posted on December 11, 2015

About 120,000 youth already had emergency health insurance, and they will be automatically enrolled in complete coverage when the program begins in May of next year. But another 50,000 children are estimated to be eligible who have still not enrolled. Our correspondent Rubén Tapia went to an event organized to inform one of the most uninsured populations in the state: farm workers of indigenous origin.

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Posted in Homepage Feature, Health |

Edición Semanaria (Weekly Magazine)

Posted on December 4, 2015

*Two Degrees: What’s at Play in the Climate Change Talks
*Farm Workers in Mexico Form Historic Independent Union
*Latinas Make History When Elected to Yakima City Council

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Posted in Weekly Edition, Edición Semanaria Broadcast |

(Español) Sindicalización de jornaleros en San Quintín (primera)

Posted on November 23, 2015

(Español) Ante la constitución del sindicato que se va a operar el próximo 28, “existe una atención no sólo nacional, de todos los sindicatos, libres y democráticos… sino del movimiento mundial”.

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Posted in Economy, Homepage Feature, Mexico |

Mexico Edition.

Posted on November 20, 2015

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20. PROGRAM # 7657 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. An activist reports that the government of Enrique Peña Nieto susepnded payment of 38,000 pesos to more than 40,000 former braceros, though funds were allocated to pay for this debt since 2012. Also, a transnational union leader says though the temporary agricultural workers program […]

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Posted in Línea Abierta, Mexico, Politics |

Farm Worker Unionization in San Quintin.

Posted on November 18, 2015

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18. PROGRAM # 7655 12:00 PM PT Farm Worker Unionization in San Quintin. After widespread strikes protesting low wages and exploitation, farm laborers in the agro-export fields of San Quintin in Northern Mexico are building an independent labor union to bargain collectively for contract agreements. Recently, a union claiming to represent farm laborers […]

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(Español) Pastores de ovejas impugnan a esa industria

Posted on October 12, 2015

(Español) “Creemos que la industria se ha juntado con sus asociaciones para acordar que nadie pague a un ovejero más del salario mínimo… En otras industrias se gana más del salario mínimo, un mecanismo muy importante para la competición en el mercado”:

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Posted in Homepage Feature, Immigration |

(Español) Atención a heridos, liberar detenidos, destituir al gobernador y boicot, piden jornaleros de San Quintín

Posted on May 11, 2015

(Español) La Alianza de Tranviarios de México, la Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación y el Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME), convocó a un mitin de solidaridad hoy con los jornaleros agrícolas en la ciudad de México.

Posted in Economy, Homepage Feature, Mexico |

(Español) Derechos Humanos en San Quintín, BC

Posted on April 29, 2015

(Español) Por el Senado y los legisladores mexicanos, encabezó la senadora Angélica de la Peña, Presidenta de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Senado, quien comentó en entrevista grabada con el Director de Noticias de Radio Bilingüe, Samuel Orozco sobre la visita al Valle de San Quintín, donde, dice, se vive “en condiciones parecidas a las del siglo XVIII o XIX”.

Posted in Economy, Homepage Feature, Mexico |

(Español) Jornaleros de San Quintín en el DF, logros y expectativas

Posted on April 23, 2015

(Español) “También conseguimos que se trasladara una comisión especial y plural, de diputados, al Valle de San Quintín para ahora viernes 24 de abril… y que una comisión plural y amplia, de senadores de la República estará visitándonos acá en al valle, para verificar las demandas que nosotros hemos planteado al problema en BC”.

Posted in Homepage Feature, Mexico |