Alliance-Philippines (AJLPP)

April 30,2010

KARAPATAN PARA SA LAHAT, LUMAHOK SA MARTSA/RALI SA MAYO UNO (FULL RIGHTS FOR ALL IMMIGRANTS! ALL OUT ON MAY 1)

Los Angeles—WORKERS RIGHTS ARE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS!

Diverse immigrant rights groups all over the United States will come out in a united full force for an all-out drive to push genuine immigration reform in 2010.

In almost all major cities of the United States, immigrant rights groups led the labor unions, immigrant rights advocates and anti-war and racism forces like the International ANSWER Coalition will hold march and rallies for full immigrant rights and to commemorate International Workers Day.

--For the first time after more than four years, all the immigrant rights groups will march together as one. The marches and rallies have been disunited and at least 4-5 immigrant groups hold their rallies separately since 2006.

US Wide coordinated marches

The Alliance-Philippines will mobilize its forces in different cities in unity with workers and immigrants on May 1 in Los Angeles, the epicenter of the immigrant rights movemen.

The Alliance ( AJLPP) will march together with ANSWER-LA, Full Rights for All Immigrant Rights Coalition, KmB Pro People Youth, the Echo Park Community Coalition, Justice for Filipino American Veterans ((JFAV), AFFIRM GABNET and the BANTAY PILIPINAS on May 1.

The Los Angeles march will assemble at Olympic and Broadway at 10:00 AM Saturday and march towards Temple-Downtown LA. The march rally will be bigger because of the outrage at the new racist Arizona law passed in Arizona.

- In San Diego, the AJLPP, SDPro People Youth and AFFIRM-GABNET San Diego will march with different immigrant rights groups from Chicano Park at 11:00 AM to the Federal building in 880 Front St in downtown San Diego.

- In San Francisco, the AJLPP will march with JFAV and AWARE forces will march with ANSWER –Bay area. The march will start at 24th and Mission towards the Civic Center ( between Polk and Grove St.)

- In New York, the DAMAYAN Migrants Workers Association and UGNAYAN ng mga Anak ng Bayan will march with the Immigrant Communities in Action (ICA) at 12:00 PM in Union Square, NY at 14th St and Broadway.

ICA was founded in 2005 to protect and struggle for migrant and workers rights.Damayan is a member of the ICA who is not only fighting for immigrant rights but also for workers rights. ICA led the immigrant and workers rallies in New York since 2006.

ALL OUT FOR WORKERS RIGHTS, WORKERS RIGHTS ARE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS!

MAKIBAKA, HUWAG MATAKOT!

MANGAHAS MAKIBAKA, KAMTIN ANG TAGUMPAY!

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