Exploitative Situation

[Genosse Kotze]

Alright, every morning when I walk the dog right on the corner of my house I see something pretty repugnant. At 5 o'clock in the morning I see undocumented worker/slaves being marched, single file to renovate an empty store where some fucking tanning salon will be. From 5 o'clock in the morning until around 7 o'clock in the evening they're slaving away in the summer heat (today in the mid 90s) every day of the week--and on the 4th of July as well. Oh, how appropriate. What represents the spirit of AmeriKKKa more than a chain gang of slaves!

There's slavery happening on my block and I'm looking to take action on this. I'd like to get some ideas because some options just aren't available. If you have doubts that the Democrat Party is a business party just recall that the line of every Democrat politician on this issue is "they do the jobs AmeriKKKans don't want to do;" which, loosely translated, means "they'll work for $5.00/hour in unsafe, hazardous conditions and have no way of reporting abuses and violations because they'll get deported if they do." So, I can't very well call up OSHA or any other government agency about this because the only people who'll pay the price for this will be the workers I want to help--and, c'mon, OSHA and the other regulatory administrators have always been a joke anyhow, so why bother?

I was thinking about putting up union and other anti-exploitation materials up in the windows of where they've been working as well as pasing them around when they're on break (if they even get one, I'm not too sure about that though). If you could point me in the direction of any available resources like this, preferably in Spanish, that would be really great. I've been to the IWW's website and haven't really found much (it's a great org, but their website is kind of meh). Also, any other ideas about what I can do here would be most welcome. Thank you.

[Libber]

It feels like there's a little disconnect here. Why are you unwilling to call La Migra? Won't they be better off, if sent back home?

[Rawthentic]

Uh, no they won't. They come to the US to escape poverty and repression, many times encountering worse, but thats beside the matter.

Genosse, this is a great opportunity to get involved comrade, go talk to them (if you can speak Spanish) pass out flyers, etc.

[rouchambeau]

I guess talking to them personally would be a good place to start.

[Janus]

These resources may help though it'll probably be better if you network or contact various organizations in your area.

Helpful immigration pamphlet (http://action.aclu.org/site/DocServer/kyr_spanish.pdf?docID=186)

These sites has some info though you'll probably have to improvise for your specific region:
http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/resource.htm
http://www.uniondetrabajadores.org/?q=node/1
Union 101 (http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/upload/union101_sp.pdf)

[Meoweth]

Just randomly going around on these forums. In this situation, if you want to help these people, who need money, I would suggest helping them find an employer who would pay them more. Sites like craigslist always have general labor wanted (moving, etc) usually paying at least 10/hour which still isn't great but their current situation sound much worse, not sure if they're even being paid by your description, marching single file, makes it sound like a prison chaingang.

[Janus]

That just avoids the issue and doesn't solve anything really. Communists shook seek the empowerment of the proletariat not perform the services of an employment/job center.