Report to the United Association for Labor Education On Its Delegation to Study the Copper Strike in Cananea, Sonora, Mexico May 15-19, 2010. Includes 2 discussion curricula on "Saving Jobs: A Global Challenge"

A 32 minute documentary about the strike, produced in connection with the UALE delegation, can be seen here.

This is the facilitator guide for a labor history workshop.

Workshop outline and materials, including Power Point presentation, Labor Council resolution, handouts on NAFTA and on Who Immigrants are, and "debate cheat sheets" on 4 controversial issues.

Packet includes lesson strategy, exercises and some readings presented at UALE April 2009. Feedback requested, this is a tough and controversial topic related to immigration, economic development and globalization topics.

90 minutes workshop for community and labor activists, developed by Alethia Jones ARISE, Civil Rights of Immigrants Task Force and  Guillermo Perez Albany/Capital District Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA)

This full-day training is intended to open an honest dialogue across diverse communities. It links immigrant rights to broader racial and economic justice issues and electoral participation. It was developed by the Western Region Multi-Caucus of SEIU in collaboration with CTWO, NNIRR, NOA, NCJIS, rank and file and staff of SEIU.

The materials are in English and Spanish. This workshop is designed for immigrant and non-immigrant workers together.

Summary of Curriculum: This workshop focuses on the IMF, World Bank, structural adjustment, and neoliberalism. It identifies the governing institutions of the global economy, their corporate agenda, and how they disrupt third world societies, driving migration. Particularly useful charts include:
-Who makes the rules?
-How the global South finances the world economy
-Corporations: getting bigger than nations
-Globalization and racism
-Women and structural adjustment

The best activities are:
Opening – check each others’ clothing labels
Video: Uprooted or Deadly Embrace (about structural adjustment and garment sweatshops in Nicaragua)

The workshop kit includes charts, and handout packet, and theoretically a trainer’s guide. Only the charts are linked above. For a copy in pdf format contact one of the UFE staffers above or Mike Prokosch, Michael_Prokosch@uml.edu or 978-934-3239.

Curriculum developed by United for a Fair Economy
Contact Person: Jeannette Huezo or Steve Schnapp

8-contact hour class (two 4-hour sessions at least a week apart) with a small section on Immigration comparing today's ethnic stereotypes to the stereotypes of the Irish immigrants one about 150 years ago. Also used to demonstrate employer attempts to "divide and conquer" and to reinforce the importance of worker solidarity at home and abroad.

Target audience: white male native-born union members 

from John Kretzschmar 

Rather than lay down a line, this workshop explores labor's "schizoid" stance on immigration and the real reasons some unions oppose it.

Two downloads: facilitator's "rap", and slides.

Target Audience: U.S.- born union members

Developed by Janice Fine