Latinos at the Polls

El AVANCE LCLAA's bi-weekly newsletter | 4 November 2021 Latinos en las urnas - Latinos at the Polls Dear LCLAA members and allies, Even as a the Build Back Better agenda moving through Congress promises to deliver badly-needed investments in our infrastructure and care services, as well as a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants, the policies that we hold so dearly continue to be threatened by anti-worker politicians and candidates. Right here in the backyard of LCLAA headquarters, the Virginia gubernatorial race made headlines as a bellwether for the current administration and its policies. What's more, the national media is starting to take note of the critical role Latinos play in elections like this one. That's why many of our staff and colleagues in the area gave their all to make sure working Latino voters got to the polls and made their voices heard in this contest. Regardless of the outcome, election day serves as a yearly call to action—a reminder that we can never become politically complacent if we want to see worker and Latino-friendly legislation enacted. We hope this election day inspires you to help your neighbors and union siblings register to vote and increase our community's civic engagement.  Elections aside, we want to take the opportunity to wish you a belated feliz Día de los Muertos. For many of us who celebrate this beautiful holiday, the beginning of November is a time of remembrance and of celebrating the contributions of all those who came before us, both in our families and in the communities we hold dear, like the labor movement.  In solidarity, President Yanira Merino and the LCLAA staff VIEW THE AFL-CIO STRIKE MAP TELL US YOUR STORY! DONATE TODAY! BECOME A MEMBER! Download the LCLAA App Use the buttons below or the QR code to download the LCLAA app and get our latest news delivered to your phone on a daily basis. THE APP STORE GOOGLE PLAY OSHA to Create Rules Protecting Workers from Heat The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) recently announced it will begin drafting rules to protect workers form heat-related injuries on the job. As part of the process, OSHA will be collecting comments from the public until December 27th. Read the article above or this Department of Labor press release to learn more about the opportunity to make our voices heard. Lansing Celebrates Día de los Muertos and Helps to Get Out the Vote Last weekend, members of the Greater Lansing LCLAA Chapter led inspiring community events, including a Día de los Muertos ofrenda (left) and Souls to the Polls, a trunk-or-treat event designed to help get out the vote (right). Among those honored at the ofrenda union brothers and sisters the Día de los Muertos ofrenda were union siblings Rich Trumka, John Sweeney, Hank Lacayo, Maria Portalatin, Cesar Chavez, and Michael Calderon. Igualdad salarial: entrevista con subsecretaria Julie Su Hace unas semanas, la subsecretaria de trabajo Julie Su participó en una entrevista de Univision Contigo para conversar sobre la brecha salarial para trabajadoras latinas. Junto con trabajadoras de varios sectores económicos, incluyendo Cristina Barillas, miembra de nuestra junta directiva, la subsecretaria destacó los desafíos que enfrentan latinas, tales como la discriminación y el escaso accesso al cuidado infantil. Para aprender más acerca de estos temas, vea la entrevista entera. Eventos - Events Sweeping Change Report Launch - 9 November at 6pm ET, 3pm PT. Tune in to this report launch with SEIU-USWW and Cornell University's ILR Worker Institute to learn about the prevalence and experiences of workplace sexual harassment in the California janitorial industry, as well as the conditions that hinder reporting and impose silence. Click here to register. National Apprenticeship Week - 15 - 21 November.  Join this nationwide celebrating the importance of Registered Apprenticeship. Interested in hosting an event with your chapter to showcase local apprenticeship programs? Check out this toolkit to learn what it takes! ¡Actúa! - Take Action! Keep up the fight for Latina Equal Pay - Still thinking about the Latina pay gap? It's not too late to purchase a Latina equal pay T-shirt to support our Trabajadoras fellowship and spread the word about this important issue. Tell Target to stop exploiting UFW's slogan - Sign the petition to prevent Target from illegally profiting off of UFW's slogans by selling t-shirts. Support striking workers! - As striketober turns into strikevember (and strikegiving!) it's more important than ever to show our solidarity with workers striking for better pay and dignity on the job use the map linked on this webpage to find a strike near you, and reach out to the contact person to see how you can show your solidarity. Show your solidarity with HelloFresh workers - Workers at largest meal kit company in the United States are organizing after employees faced disrespect, a worksite COVID-19 outbreak, and preventable injuries during the pandemic--all while the company doubled its revenue. Urge HelloFresh to pledge not to retaliate against unionizing workers. Stop unsafe deportations to Haiti - As Haiti reels in the wake of a recent 7.5 scale earthquake and continues to experience widespread violence and political unrest, the Biden administration is using the Trump-era Title 42 policy to deport Haitians with out processing them for asylum. Sign the petition to demand that the Biden administration halt these unethical deportations. Pledge your solidarity for the newly unionized players of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Players - Despite being one of the most successful professional women's sports in the country and seeing a 500% increase in TV viewership over the past year NWSL players make a fraction of what their male counterparts make an must often work side hustles to get by. Sign the pledge so that NWSL players can enjoy fair pay and good working conditions. Call for comprehensive immigration reform - Did you miss our day of action on immigration? It's not too late to act! You can still use this link to call or write your Senator and advocate for a path to citizenship. Reconocimientos - Shout-Outs Congratulations to LCLAA Las Vegas member and Nevada Assemblywoman Susie Martinez on recently becoming the first Latina and first woman to be elected Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Nevada AFL-CIO! Congratulations to LCLAA Philadelphia President Esteban Vera, Jr. on his recent appointment to the board of SEPTA, the Philadelphia's regional transportation authority! Congratulations to LCLAA member and Virginia Delegate Elizabeth Guzman on her re-election to the Virginia House of Delegates! Congratulations to Tiana Ocasio on her election to the Connecticut AFL-CIO's position of Executive Secretary-Treasurer. Congratulations to the staff at the Florence Project, an immigration services non-profit, on voting to unionize with OPEIU. ¡Bienvenidos al movimento! ¿Qué opinas? - What do you think? Do you support vaccine mandates in the workplace? TAKE THE SURVEY! El AVANCE El Avance is published by the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), the leading national organization for Latino(a) workers and their families. LCLAA was born in 1972 out of the need to educate, organize and mobilize Latinos in the labor movement and has expanded its influence to organize Latinos in an effort to impact workers' rights and their influence in the political process. LCLAA represents the interest of more than 2 million Latino workers in the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), The Change to Win Federation, and independent unions. Visit us on the web at lclaa.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. DONATE TODAY! TELL US YOUR STORY! BECOME A MEMBER! FORM A UNION! Use the button above to submit news, events, and shout-outs from your area. The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement  815 Black Lives Matter Plz NW Washington DC, 20006