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Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride – Preparations

By tsuperadmin | October 2, 2003

Sunday, Sept. 28: Rising before dawn to embark on a historic journey
Thursday, Sept. 25: Minnesota ride launched with festive celebration
Sunday, Sept. 28: Rising before dawn to embark on a historic journey
At 6 a.m., the sky was still black outside Neighborhood House on St.Paul’s West Side. But the building was buzzing with activity, as some 80 participants in the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride prepared to embark on their week-long journey.

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The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride – On the Road

By tsuperadmin | October 2, 2003

Sept. 30: On the bus to Baltimore
Sept. 30: ‘Justice for Janitors’ in Columbus
Sept. 29: A day of stories on the bus
Sept. 29: Encountering protesters in Indianapolis
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Media coverage

By tsuperadmin | September 29, 2003

Recent online media coverage of the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride.

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Commentary: Ride Toward Freedom

By tsuperadmin | September 25, 2003

More than championing a set of just immigration reforms, the
activists on the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride are shaping the
future of American progressivism.

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The Minnesota leg of the Freedom Ride

By tsuperadmin | September 24, 2003

View a description and map of the route taken by the Minnesota buses on the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride.

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Pre-ride celebration to go forward, despite possible threats

By tsuperadmin | September 24, 2003

Despite the threat of protests by neo-Nazi groups, a celebration will bring together immigrants, their families and friends Thursday, Sept. 25, at 5:30 p.m. at Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis. The purpose will be to salute the 80 Minnesotans who will board buses Sunday in support of immigrant workers rights.

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Ride echoes the campaigns of the civil rights movement

By tsuperadmin | September 24, 2003

Just over 40 years ago, the civil rights movement inaugurated the “Freedom Rides”–busloads of African-Americans and whites campaigning for equal rights nationwide. Now the labor movement is extending that to immigrants.

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Minnesota labor groups that have endorsed the ride

By tsuperadmin | September 24, 2003

Dozens of unions are among the organizations that have endorsed the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride.

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Profiles of riders

By tsuperadmin | September 24, 2003

They come from many different countries and for different reasons, but immigrants to Minnesota share one thing: a vision of the American dream.

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Federation blasts employer abuses of visa programs

By tsuperadmin | August 18, 2003

Calling employer abuse of federal visa programs for foreign workers “intolerable,” the AFL-CIO is demanding that Congress reform the programs and increase federal regulation of companies that use them.