LCLAA's Bi-weekly Newsletter | Mar. 10, 2022
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Dear LCLAA members and allies,
This week we celebrate International Women’s Day, and it's a renewed opportunity to continue to fight for equal rights for all! This is a time to acknowledge women across the globe and celebrate our diversity and resilience.
Today we celebrate all those pioneers who came before us and will follow after. The concept of a woman’s role in society differs from place to place and much too often has been dictated by those in power who would keep us sidelined. This is also true of women in the workplace who consistently struggle for pay equity, respect, and equal opportunities.
This year's theme is #BreakTheBias, and we are asked to imagine a gender-equal world free of bias and discrimination. A world that’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive. LCLAA stands united in this celebration of women and recommits itself to continuing the fight in the pursuit of ensuring equity for all.
In solidarity,
President Yanira Merino
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LCLAA Commends the Nomination of the First Black Women, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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WASHINGTON - The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) commends President Joe Biden for following through on the promise he made to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court of the United States. Of the 115 justices on our nation’s highest court, only three have been people of color and only five have been women. This is why we must come together as a movement and support this nomination. Read our full statement
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Mexican Auto Workers at Mexico's Tridonex Auto Parts Plant Voted for an Independent Union
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Congress Passes $50 bln U.S. Postal Service Relief Bill
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On Tuesday night, the US Senate passed a sweeping reform of the United States Postal Service in a bipartisan vote. The bill had previously passed the House in a strong bipartisan vote as well. Now the legislation heads to President Biden's desk for his signature. Read the full article
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Coming Soon! “Still Working 9 to 5” A Feature-Length Documentary
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When the highest-grossing comedy, “9 to 5,” starring Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman and Lily Tomlin, exploded on the cinema screens in 1980, the laughs hid a serious message about women in the office. “Still Working 9 to 5” explores why workplace inequality 40 years later was never a laughing matter.
The documentary explores the comedic tone of the film and how it resonated with a wide audience at a time when the feminist message was being rejected and/or feared by a large swathe of the population. Click on the link to find out more and support the film.
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Boycott Wendy's to stand with fast food workers: Support migrant farm workers by demanding verifiable protections against sexual violence, forced labor and other human rights abuses in Wendy’s supply chain. Click here to support!
Email California lawmakers to support Senate Bill 1162, the Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act: Employer transparency is key to achieving equal pay for women and people of color. We can't fix what we can't see. Take Action Now!
Support Low-Paid Families with the Build Back Better Act: Email your Representatives to support the Build Back Better Act, a federal bill would address a number of issues affecting women and families across the country in the wake of COVID-19, by lowering the cost of child care, creating new jobs, allowing parents to get back to work, and more. Click here to Take Action!
50 for 50 Membership Drive: Help grow LCLAA by recruiting 50 new members! If you participate with your local chapter, you can help raise funds and win swag! Check out the rules for more details, and take the pledge to participate.
Join the fight against toxic pesticides: Nerve-agent pesticides called organophosphates (OPs) are deeply harmful to children’s brain development and toxic to farm workers. They also tend to impact Latino workers and communities more than any others. Join us in calling on the EPA to ban OPs. Sign our petition now!
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Transparency is the 🔑! If we’re going to achieve equal pay in our lifetimes, employers need to be clear about how they decide salary and raises. Join us by raising awareness each day this week about how we can close the wage gap. Have you ever talked with friends or coworkers about your pay? What was the result? Share your story with us by clicking on the link!
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Oportunidades - Opportunities
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Oportunidades y más
- Communications and Policy Associate: LCLAA seeks a thoughtful and dynamic Communications and Policy Associate to build upon a broad and robust communications program, and bring our work to the next level. The Communications and Policy Associate is a key member of the National Staff team. Read the full description
- Advocacy, Communications and Policy Internship Program:LCLAA’s Internship Program is project-oriented and will expose you to administrative, communications, research, and legislative advocacy work in our daily operations. Through this internship, you will have the opportunity to develop leadership skills like political organizing, writing and public speaking, event planning and team management. For more information email Kpineda@lclaa.org
- El Colegio Chicano del Pueblo in partnership with Prescott College in Arizona offers eligible candidates a pathway to earn college credits through Prescott College. If certain conditions are met, you may be awarded up to 32 transfer credits. Click here to learn more about CCP’s innovative approach to helping YOU achieve your educational goals
- Martin Luther king Jr. Freedom Center is looking for Social Justice Organizers. Click here to learn more
- Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center is looking for a Communication Staff. Click here to learn more
- The AFL-CIO Organizing Institute (OI) announced its training schedule for March through September 2022. The goal of the training is to partner with labor organizations to provide their members and staff organizers with the principles and skills critical to winning respect and dignity at work through organizing a union. Click here to learn more
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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.
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