Whereas, the labor conditions of agricultural workers are not adequate for safe employment, have insufficient

supervision and inspection by OSHA, and now, with the passage of new legislation, the contracting bodies are

no longer held responsible for labor conditions, while the rural bosses are exonerated from responsibility for

labor conditions in their fields;

Whereas, the death by dehydration of the young girl María Isabel Vásquez Jiménez in Stockton, California, has

unveiled the real state of labor conditions in the agricultural fields of California, where in recent years more

than 700 workers have died;

Therefore Be It Resolved, that we reject the "free trade" agreements throughout the Americas and call for their

renegotiation and ultimately for their repeal if (1) labor and environmental standards are not elevated to levels

considered adequate by the labor movements in the signatory countries, (2) national development programs are

not established in the signatory countries that promote massive investments that generate manufacturing

employment, (3) necessary comprehensive agricultural reforms are not implemented in the signatory countries

with the aim of rooting the campesinos in the land so that they can remain in their countries of origin, without

having to migrate, and (4) they continue to undermine the democratic institutions and protections of each

country.

Therefore Be It Resolved, that we call for the repeal of the Security and Prosperity Partnership between the

United States, Mexico and Canada;

Therefore Be It Further Resolved, that we reject the privatization of state enterprises that provide public

social services (education, health, public transportation);

Therefore Be It Further Resolved, that we oppose any form of privatization-destruction of the public system

of social security, pensions and retirement. The existing funds belong to the workers, and should not be handed

over to the control of speculative financial capital;

Therefore Be It Further Resolved, that we reject the privatization of natural resources (oil and gas in

particular). The revenue from the State enterprises should be put toward investment in national development

plans and programs -- in infrastructure and in industrial and agricultural production;

Therefore Be It Further Resolved, that we say "No" to the privatization of the Mexican oil company PEMEX

and that we support the movement of national resistance that is spreading across Mexico in support of the

demand for a National Referendum, so that the Mexican people can decide for themselves how best to protect

their sovereignty and resources!

Therefore Be It Further Resolved, that we call for Legalization and Papers for All workers, documented or

undocumented. Immigrant workers should have full rights like any other component of the U.S. working class.

We commit to promoting by all means possible a national campaign that will win legalization for immigrant

workers from the incoming administration;

Therefore Be It Further Resolved, that we call for tearing down the Wall of Shame along the U.S.-Mexican

border and putting an end to the militarization of the border; and

Therefore Be It Further Resolved, that we call for putting an immediate halt to the raids and detentions of

undocumented immigrants;

Therefore Be It Further Resolved, that we reject the Guest Worker Programs as contrary to the interests of

both immigrant and native-born workers; and