Law Campaign
Observing May Day 2007
National mobilisation to support immigrant workers
May 1st 2007 is the first anniversary of the Great Boycott of 2006, in which immigrants led walkouts, boycotts, and protests all over the US. May 1st is the original International Workers' Day, and it has been reclaimed in the last few years to honor immigrants' labor and contributions to the society and economy of the United States. The 2007 national day of action will call attention to the "unfinished agenda" of fixing the country's broken immigration legal system, and will insist on a just and humane immigration reform law that grants full legalization for all people. People will protest ICE's increased, militarized raids on families' homes, in which people are captured and held incommunicado, violating their due process of law and causing financial hardship to immigrants' US-born children. The Movement for an Unconditional Amnesty says, "These measures do not serve to stop immigration, but (force) immigrants underground, encouraging black market immigration and (causing) the separation of families."
In San Francisco on May 1st, immigrant and workers' rights groups gathered at Dolores Park for a rally, followed by The Grand March for Unconditional Amnesty to Civic Center. Organizers say, "On this day the many contributions to society that the immigrant workers provide will be highlighted and applauded, and we are reminded that immigrants and workers are one and the same." In Oakland, people gathered for an immigrant rights protest at 100th Ave. and International Blvd. to the Federal Building in downtown Oakland. A MayDay march against the migra raids took place in Watsonville, at Watsonville Plaza on Main St. The ILWU will reportedly stop work in 6 west coast ports on May 1st, in part to support the Alcatraz ferry workers and their struggle against Hornblower Cruises.
Source: San Francisco.com.
