May Day 2010 - A Day of Immigrant Workers Rights

United for Peace & Justice (UFPJ) works to end the wars and occupations in Iraq and /Afghanistan and to abolish nuclear weapons, as well as fighting for economic and social justice at home.

Immigrant rights is one of the most important struggles in the U.S. right now. With the recent passage of Arizona's anti-immigrant SB 1070 bill, many immigrants and activists are comparing this to the rebirth of Jim Crow and racial profiling. We have also seen an increase in the militarization of local police forces and of our borders in another racist effort to divide our country.

It's more important than ever that peace activists join hand-in-hand and march with immigrants to fight for their rights and an end to the militarization of our communities.

Here are the important points of unity for May Day 2010 from our member organization National Immigrant Solidarity Network:

1. NO to anti-immigrant legislation and criminalization of immigrant communities.
2. NO to militarization of the border.
3. NO to immigrant detention and deportation.
4. NO to guest worker programs.
5. NO to employer sanctions and “no match” letters.
6. YES to a path to legalization without conditions for undocumented immigrants NOW.
7. YES to speedy family reunification.
8. YES to civil rights and humane immigration laws.
9. YES to labor rights and living wages for all workers.
10. YES to education and LGBTQ immigrant legislation.

Lists of local May Day 2010 actions

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