Video and Forum on Puerto Rican Teachers Union on Dec. 7, 7 pm

For immediate release December 6, 2008

Further information: Steve Zeltzer, lvpsf [at] labornet.org

Video and Forum on Puerto Rican Teachers Union

The California Peace and Freedom Party is co-sponsoring a special presentation and short video by Puerto Rican film maker Pedro Angel Rivera, who will speak about the struggle of the Puerto Rican teachers' union (FMPR) to maintain its independence and its right to strike.

Pedro Angel Rivera is a labor film maker in Puerto Rico who won recognition with his films "Operation Bootstrap" and "Plena Is Song, Plena Is Work." He is now producing labor videos for the FMPR and will screen a short video on the recent teachers' struggle.

The FMPR teachers union recently defeated an attempt by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) to replace them as the bargaining agent for Puerto Rican teachers. This raid followed the decertification of the union by the government of Puerto Rico for conducting an island-wide strike in February against attempts to undermine public education. The Peace and Freedom Party regards the FMPR's successful resistance to this takeover attempt as an important victory for the working class as a whole.

December 7, 2008 700 PM
522 Valencia St. 3rd Fl (near 16th St.)
San Francisco, CA Donation Requested

Sponsored by
Labor Video Project
Peace and Freedom Party of California
International Socialist Organization

For information on this event contact:
Labor Video Project
P.O. Box 720027
San Francisco, CA 94172
lvpsf [at] labornet.org
http://www.laborvideo.org