Come to learn about Tijuana communities and workers'
conditions and struggles!
Saturday, March
23, 9 am to 3 pm
– Important
Notice:
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Citizens returning from Mexico should present an
U.S. passport. (Otherwise, they need an official ID, birth certificate, and
waiting in line when returning to the U.S. for a period of time to be decided
by the border gate officer.) More information: the U.S. State Dept. travel alert “Mexico”
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All tour participants must read the US travel alert
to Mexico and sign the tour waiver. Please read the attached file.
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9 am sharp- San Ysidro/Tijuana border-bus
station. We will walk together to cross the border gate and travel to our
locations in Tijuana using chartered buses for transportation.
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9:15 am- The crosses at the border: More than 7,000
immigrants have died trying to cross the border since 1994, when NAFTA was
imposed.
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9:30 am- Otay Industrial Park, Sanyo and other maquiladoras: workers’
labor conditions, labor rights and struggles
NOTE: We will visit the Tijuana industrial area but won’t enter any factory.
NOTE: We will visit the Tijuana industrial area but won’t enter any factory.
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11:15 am- Rio Alamar, or how maquiladoras, distorted
urban development and wild industrialization define Tijuana
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12:00 pm- Foxconn: the largest maquiladora in both
Tijuana and the world
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12:45 pm- Lunch
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1:15 pm:- Group dialogue about the experience; time for questions and
comments
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2:00 pm- Working women in Tijuana are organizing
artisan cooperatives and promoting an alternative economy. They will bring
their handcrafts to the tour. To learn in advance
about these cooperatives, please go to http://www.ollincallicm.blogspot.com/
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3:00 pm- Return to the bus station
– Donations
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$30
regular, $20 students, $ 50 solidarity
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Donations
cover the bus, lunch, and a donation to the workers’ organizations.
For tour reservations go
Sponsored by Colectivo Ollin Calli Tijuana, Colectivo
Chilpancingo for Environmental Justice, San Diego Maquiladora Workers'
Solidarity Network, Environmental Health Coalition, and Coalition for Justice
in the Maquiladoras
