Category Archives: International Workers’ Day

BUILDING POWER, AMPLIFYING VOICES: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2020

The month of March sets out to amplify women’s voices, be it to celebrate organized resistance or rage against systems that have historically been anti-women. Though women’s lives are perpetually under attack, the first quarter of 2020 has so far been taken over by global events disruptive to our daily life: Trump coming close to declaring war against … Continue Reading ››

AF3IRM Statement for May Day 2017

NATIONAL—Today we in AF3IRM join workers worldwide in marking May Day! We take time to remember the Haymarket affair and the long struggle of labor rights and unions especially as we here in the United States recently survived the first 100 days of a troubled presidency, as the fascist-in-chief fashions this country into a corporatized state. This administration’s leaders continue … Continue Reading ››

No More Business as Usual!!! End Corporatism’s Global Oppression and Exploitation!

Statement on May 1st, 2015
Contact:
Leani Auxilio & Patricia Ramirez, AF3IRM NYC, [email protected]

NEW YORK--This day, International Labor Day, comes on the heels of massive worldwide protests against the intensifying exploitation of human and natural resources by corporations and their puppet governments.

The results are with us: nations destroyed; histories erased; men, women and children shackled to endless work; human bodies sold and re-sold … Continue Reading ››

AF3IRM Los Angeles Calls for Women’s Contingent this May Day in Downtown LA!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 29, 2015
Contact:
Layan Sima Fuleihan, AF3IRM Los Angeles
Kristen Jackson, Co-Coordinator - AF3IRM Los Angeles, [email protected]

LOS ANGELES--On Friday, May 1st, 2015, the women of AF3IRM Los Angeles join workers and their allies on the streets to commemorate International Worker’s Day and to continue the struggle for economic and labor … Continue Reading ››

AF3IRM: Women’s Work Sustains Human Existence – This May Day, Support the True Value of Women’s Work!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Barbra Ramos, AF3IRM National Communications Director
323-813-4272, [email protected]

NATIONAL--AF3IRM salutes all workers on International Workers’ Day! We join the chorus of voices around the world fighting for the dignity and lives of workers in all sectors and for economic justice for our communities!

Today the scars of economic and social injustice have never been so apparent - the reality surrounding … Continue Reading ››