{"id":6341,"date":"2015-08-19T14:27:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T18:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/?p=6341"},"modified":"2015-08-19T14:30:56","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T18:30:56","slug":"caravan-to-saint-remi-justice-for-noe-and-all-temporary-migrant-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/caravan-to-saint-remi-justice-for-noe-and-all-temporary-migrant-workers","title":{"rendered":"(22 ao\u00fbt) Caravan to Saint-R\u00e9mi: Justice for No\u00e9 and all temporary migrant workers!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Saturday, August 22
\n9:30am Rally\/Press Point at Black Rock monument, Bridge Street, in Point St. Charles (map)
\n10am Bikes depart (Black Rock, Point St. Charles
\n12pm Cars depart (Lasalle Metro, Verdun)<\/p>\n

*Don’t forget to let us know if you are planning to come by bike or car > solidaritesansfrontieres@gmail.com<\/a><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

On August 21-23, an annual festival will take place in St-R\u00e9mi to celebrate the super exploitative Temporary Foreign Worker Program, with the involvement of FERME and the Guatemalan and Mexican consulates. The festival is marketed under the racist guise of celebrating the exotic presence of migrants in the rural town of St-R\u00e9mi (http:\/\/www.fiestadescultures.com\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Justice for No\u00e9 committee is organizing a delegation to travel from Montr\u00e9al to St-R\u00e9mi on Saturday, 22 August in solidarity with No\u00e9 Arteaga and all migrant workers, to denounce the systemic injustices and exploitation that temporary migrant farm workers face.
\nDenied social benefits and systematically prevented from collective organizing, these workers substantially subsidize the Quebec food market and their labour provides a windfall to Quebec capital.<\/p>\n

In 2009, No\u00e9, a migrant worker working for Savoura tomato company, was fired and deported after attempting to organize a brief strike to insist that a fellow worker get medical care. After six years of effort, Arteaga finally won a labour rights case against Savoura. (read the entire decision here: http:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/gfqbm<\/a>). However, he was cheated out of compensation when the Quebec tomato giant declared bankruptcy.
\nNo\u00e9’s struggle is an inspiring example of resistance from within super exploitative work conditions.<\/p>\n

The Justice for No\u00e9 committee has launched a campaign in solidarity with No\u00e9 and all temporary migrant workers, to demand that Savoura and the Quebec Minister of Labour assume their responsibilities in this affair. As we struggle for justice for all migrant workers, we will show them that they cannot get away with their theft without a fight.<\/p>\n

On August 22, while the Ville de Saint R\u00e9mi celebrates the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and the benefits it brings to the Canadian economy, we denounce the racist exploitation that is the basis of this program, and demand justice for all migrant workers.<\/p>\n

A small rally & press point will be held in Montreal before the caravan departs to St. R\u00e9mi, where a second rally will be held at the Fiesta des cultures.<\/p>\n

Join us!<\/p>\n

*Don’t forget to let us know if you are planning to come by bike or car > solidaritesansfrontieres@gmail.com<\/a><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

9:30am Press Point \/ Rally in Montr\u00e9al (& bikes gather) at the Black Rock, Bridge Street, Point St. Charles
\n10am Bikes depart in caravan (from the Black Rock)
\n12pm Cars depart (Lasalle Metro, Verdun)
\n1pm Press Point \/ Rally in St-R\u00e9mi
\n3pm Leaving St-R\u00e9mi
\n4pm Cars return to Montreal
\n6pm Bikes return to Montreal<\/p>\n

Organized by the Justice for No\u00e9 comittee and supported by the Immigrant Workers Centre, Mexicans United for Regularization, Solidarity Across Borders, le Comit\u00e9 pour les droits humaines en Am\u00e9rique latine, and the Industrial Workers of the World.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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