Hundreds marched to stop the E-verify system.

Workers from Overhills Farm, American Apparel, Farmer Johns and others joined to march in order to stop the rampant I-9 audits and E-verify. E-verify is system that makes sure whether someone can legally work in the US. Whenever someone applies for a job, the person’s information is put in the system and in a matter of seconds the system determines whether the person can legally work. American Apparel, the biggest company to have undocumented people working, is going to fire many hard working people because of E-verify. The company is definitely feeling the loss of those workers therefore they are supporting the workers. E-verify is also affecting people who can legally work in the US. The E-verify system has a 10% error rate, which means that the system is likely to make errors on verifying who can legally work in the US. Already many undocumented people are being fired for not having legal authorization to work in the US. Documented workers are also being fired because of the 10% error rate. The system puts a lot of stress on people who are trying to get a job and those who alread have one. 

The decision to stop E-verify is in the hands of our president, Barack Obama. If the E-verify continues to be implemented, many people are going to lose their job. These are innocent people who came to this country chasing the “American Dream” but really it has all been a nightmare. These are hard working people looking to have a better opportunity. They work hard to bring food to their tables and keep a roof above their heads. They should be able to work in the US.

The working class in Los Angeles is being targeted by I-9 audits and by the use of E-Verify. March alongside \the workers of Overhill Farms, American Apparel, Farmer Johns and others call on all immigrant and human rights organizations and supporters to DEMAND THAT OBAMA STOP THE RAMPANT I-9 AUDITS AND E-VERIFY!

Wednesday, July 29, 2009: March – Meet at 4:00 pm at 7th and Alameda and March to the Downtown Federal Building, Temple and Los Angeles.

Check the Calendar for more info.

I will be writing a blog on the event……

Wilshire Blvd. and Western St. Bus Riders Union's press conference for Clean Air and Economic Justice Plan.

The BRU had a press conference on June 29, 2009 for the  release of the Clean Air and Economical Justice Plan (CAEJP) policy paper.  The policy paper explains what the CAEJP is and goes into detail about the amount of money nedeed to adopt the CAEJP and how it would cut travel time, increase ridership, reduce global warming, create new green jobs, etc.

Robbery !

So I have been reading this book titled, Highway Robbery, by Robert Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, and Angel O. Torres. This book has made me realize that transportation racism started way back during the civil rights movement, and has still continued today. One example of it during the civil rights movement was the Plessy vs. Feguson case . The book mainly focuses on people of color, and their struggles with transportation equity. Transportation equity is made with the goals of the larger environmental justice and civil rights movements. The book also defines transportation equity as a basic right. While reading chapter 1 I realized that the civil rights struggle really has a effect on transportation. Chapter 2 is written by the activist Eric Mann; it mainly talks about the legal victory by  LCSC and the BRU over the MTA, and some other groundbreaking cases. The BRU mainly consist of blacks and Latinos, Asian, and Pacific Islander. They are fighting against the unequal transit racism. This book is really interesting and full of great facts. I now have realized that this was a problem along time ago, but it took me reading this book to find out. We as environmental justice fighters are in it for the long run , we are or should be long distance runners and and not just sprinters. We must FINISH THE RACE!!!!!!!