NATIONAL WORKERS PROJECT
WORKERS CONFERENCE ON UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS
WILSON CENTER, WASHINGTON, D.C.
APRIL 8-12, 1978
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SCHEDULE
CONFERENCE
OBJECTIVES: 1. Workers meet each other.
2. Define problems.
3. Outline solutions.
4. Prepare action plan.
5. Organize to carry out action plan.
SUNDAY - APRIL 9, 1978: (Objectives 3, 4 & 5).
9:00
Ecumenical religious service. Theme: Dignity.
Music of the "Misa Campesina Nicaraguense"
performed by the Rumi Sonkos
PROBLEM ANALYSIS
FRIDAY - APRIL 7, 1978: Arrival
5:00 - 10:00 Check in with hospitality committee forfood &
lodging assignments, Wilson Center, 1470 Irving
St. (202) 667-0417. After 10 PM call: 462 - 3548.
SATURDAY - APRIL 8, 1968 (Objectives 1 & 2)
8 :00
Check in - same as above.
11:00
Registration: Wilson Center, 2d floor.
12:00
Lunch: Welcome by local committe. Presentation of
Delegations.
1;00
Introduction: General Assembly. Presentations by
representatives of farmworkers, industrial workers &
domestic workers.
1:30
The Present Situation: Discussion of the image of
"illegal aliens," the Carter Amnesty Plan, the Undocumented workers strikes, and the National Workers
Project.
2:00
4:00
7:00
Small group work sessions:
Identification and definition of common economic,
legal, social and political problems.
ueneral Assembly:
Discussion of Problems to be worked on.
-Dinner and Cultural Event.
10:30
General Assembly: Presentation & analysis of the
causes and elements of the undocumented worker
problem.
11:30
Lunch.
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
12:30
Small group work sessions:
Identification of possible economic, legal, social
and political solutions; definition and action plan
to carry them out.
3:3 0
General Assembly:
Presentation of solutions; approval of action plan;
determination of responsibility for implementing
action plan.
MONDAY - APRIL 10, 1978
Presentation of resolutions to government officials and
National organizations; fund raiser.
TUESDAY - APRIL 11, 1978
Same as Monday, Community Teach-In on the Carter Amnesty
Progam, and evening reception.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
NATIONAL WORKERS PROJECT
3045, 15th Ave.
Washington, D.C. 20010
(202) 462-3548
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PREVENT THE CARTER IMMIGRATION PROPOSALS FROM BECOMING LAWS!
THESE PROPOSALS WILL DEEPLY AHD VERY ADVERSELY HURT MILLIONS
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NATIONAL WORKERS
CONFERENCE
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THE RIGHTS OF UNDOCUMENTED
WORKERS
WASHINGTON, D. C. APRIL 8, 9, 10, 1978
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TO BUILD JOINT ACTION OF WORKERS GROUPS!
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TO DEFEAT ALL ANTI-WORKER LAWS!
TO FURTHER SOLIDARITY AMONGST ALL WORKERS
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FOR UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS!
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IRVING & Fifteenth St., N.W. WASHINGTON, D. C.
TEL. 202 462-3548 OR 202 667-0417
OPENING SESSION 9:00 am APRIL 8
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SENADOR EDUARDO KENNEDY
U.S. SENATE BLDG
WASHINGTON, D.C.
MUY ESTIMADO SENADOR KENNEDY:
LE PIDO A USTED COMO BUEN CRISTIANO CATOLICO E HUMANITARIO
QUE SE UNA A AMERICANOS TAN SOBRESALIENTES COMO CE:',AR CHAVEZ, EL
SENADOR ALAN CRANSTON, EL PADRE ALAN McCOY Y EL GOBERNADOR MERVYN
DYMALLY Y OPONGASE A LAS PROPUESTAS SOBRE INMIGRACION DEL PRESIDENTS
CARTER. ESPECIALMENTE LE PEDIMOS SE OPONGA A LAS PROPUESTAS SOBRE
LAS "DISQUE MULTAS CONTRA PATRONES QUE EMPLEAN A TRABAJADORES SIN
VISAS, A EL ESTADO DE SEGUNDA CLASE PARA TRACAJADORES QUE YA TIENEN
TIEMPO AQUI, EL USO DE LA H-2 PARA IMPORTAR BRACEROS Y EL DOBLAR
EL PERSONAL DE LA PATRULLA FRONTERIZA.
EN CONJUNTO CON LA PROPUESTA PARA UNA TARJETA DE IDENTIFICACION
CREO QUE TODAS ESTAS PROPUESTAS ULTIMADAMENTE DANARIAN A TODOS LOS
AMERICANOS Y SERIAN ODIOSAS Y MANCILLAN LA TRADICION DE LIBERTADES
DEMOCRATICAS Y LIBERTAD DE MOVIMIENTO DE LA PERSONA TAN APRECIADA EN
NUESTRA NACION.
LE PIDO RESPETUOSAMENTE QUE PONGA LAS LEYES " A DEFENDER Y PROTEGER LOS DERECHOS E IGUALDAD DE TRATAMIENTO DE TODOS LOS TRABAJADORES
SIN IMPORTAR SU ESTADO DE INMIGRACION" COMO BIEN (- ICE EL UALL STREET
JOURNAL, "EN LUGAR DE BUSCAR OTRAS PARA HOSTIGAR Y PERSEGUIRLOS."
NECESITAMOS LEYES QUE GARANTICEN Y LE OTORGUEN DERECHOS DE COLECTAR
SEGURO DE DESEMPLEO, SEGURO DE DESABILITADO, RECIBIR SERVICIOS MEDICOS Y DE HOSPITAL Y OTROS SERVICIOS SOCIALES Y BENEFICIOS POR LOS
CUALES PAGAN LOS TRABAJADORES SIN VISAS DE SUS PAGOS CADA SEMANA POR
MEDIO DE LOS RESAJOS POR IMPUESTOS, F.I.C.A., Y D.I. PERO NO LOS
PERCIBEN.
RESPETUOSAMENTE
U.S. SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY
U.S. SENATE BLDG
WASHINGTON, D.C.
DEAR SENATOR KENNEDY:
I APPEAL TO YOU AS A CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN AND A HUMANITARIAN
AMERICAN TO JOINWITH OTHER OUTSTANDING AMERICANS SUCH AS CESAR
CHAVEZ, SENATOR ALAN CRANSTON, LT. GOVERNOR MERVYN DYMALLY AND
FATHER ALAN McCOY IN OPPOSING THE CARTER IMMIGRATION PROPOSALS
AND MOST ESPECIALLY THE SECOND-CLASS BASIS FOR UNDOCUMENTED PERSONS WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN HERE A PERIOD OF TIME, THE SO-CALLED
EMPLOYER SANCTIONS BILL, THE EXPANDED H-2 TEMPORARY IMPORTATION
PROGRAM AND THE EXPANDED BORDER PATROL.
ALONG WITH THE EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL IDENTITY
.CARD I FEEL THAT ALL OF THESE PROVISIONS ARE ULTIMATELY DAMAGING
TO THE RIGHTS OF ALL WORKERS IN AMERICA AND MOST ESPECIALLY TO
THOSE OF LATIN-AMERICAN ASCENDANCY. IN THIS SENSE THEY ARE ALSO
ABHORRENT TO THE DEEPLY HELD AND CHERISHED AMERICAN TRADITIONS OF
DEMOCRATIC LIBERTIES AND FREEDOM , OF MOVEMENT OF PERSONS.
I URGE YOU RESPECTFULLY TO PUT THE LAWS TO WORK PROTECTING
THE RIGHTS AND EQUAL TREATMENT OF ALL WORKERS REGARDLESS OF THEIR
IMMIGRATION STATUS':..AS THE WALL STREET JOURNAL HAS SO APTLY PU,
IT,"INSTEAD OF SEEKING NEW ONES TO HARRAS, AND PERSECUTE WORKERS
WITHOUT VISAS." .WE NEED. LAWS TO GUARRANTEE THAT WORKERS WITHOUT
VISAS CAN BE ABLE TO COLLECT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, DISABILITY
INSURANCE, ',RECEIVE MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL CARE AND OTHER SOCIAL
SECURITY BENEFITS FOR WHICH THEY ARE PAYING THROUGH THEIR PAYROLL
WITHOLDING TAXES, F.I.C.A. AND D.I.EVERY PAYCHECK.
RESPECTFULLY