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Monica Garcia - Southwest Workers Union
By: Hub Intern
Posted: May 27 08
Witnessed: 2387 times
Regions: United States
Issues: Labor unions
Tags: education, empowerment, union, workers
This interview was conducted by a fellow participant at the US Human Rights Network National conference in Chicago April 17th-20th, 2008.
To empower people of color, workers, youth and grassroots communities through education, local leadership development, training, hands-on organizing and mobilizing. We strive to build membership based organizations, coalitions and networks to gain power to achieve environmentally safe and sustainable communties, jobs and fair wages with dignity and justice.
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