Welcoming MA

May 1st - We voted for change, Today we make our demands! Respect the dignity of Immigrant Workers

When: Friday, May 1, 2009, 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Where: Central Square • Chelsea City Hall @ 3PM, Everett Glendale Park @ 4:30 • East Boston
2009 May 1 - 2:30pm
2009 May 1 - 5:30pm

UJP is a co-sponsor of the Event which is organized by the May 1st Coalition of Chelsea, East Boston and Everett. 

On behalf of the Chelsea, East Boston, and Everett May 1st Coalition.

We are community based organizations with a long history of organizing and providing services for the immigrant populations of our respective cities. Between our communities of East Boston, Chelsea, and Everett, we have been organizing residents for over ten years to celebrate May 1st as International Workers Day annually with marches and rallies through the main streets of our cities.

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Public Action in Support of a Just and Humane Immigration Reform

When: Sunday, March 14, 2010, 1:00 pm
Where: Boston City Hall • 1 Washington St • to the side of City Hall • Boston
2010 Mar 14 - 1:00pm

We Work Hard for This Country

As part of the national initiative SOMOS/WE ARE, the Local Chapter of the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC) invites you to a public action in support of a Just and Humane Immigration Reform. We are going to have popular theater, music and testimonies from the immigrant community.

SOMOS/WE ARE is an initiative that inspires immigrants to take action in reclaiming their humanity and in supporting legislation that truly reflects what immigrants are worth and deserve.

 

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Supporting Immigrant Workers Demanding Justice

When: Monday, March 8, 2010, 12:00 pm
Where: Popeye's • 21 Brookline Ave. • Kenmore Square • Boston
2010 Mar 8 - 12:00pm

In the past weeks the Popeye's workers have negotiated an agreement with representatives of the Kenmore Square Popeye's restaurant to pay the wages that the company owes them. Popeye's has not complied with the agreement they have signed and so the workers are returning to their campaign and THEY NEED YOUR SUPPORT!!

Picket Line at Popeye's

For more information contact Mariela Alvarez at Centro Presente (617) 629-4731 x225, 
malvarez@cpresente.org.

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