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DESCRIPTION:3/16 SF Grand Isle Shipyard Migrant Filipino Workers Reportback, Solidarity 
 & Fact-Finding Mission\n\nThere will be a report back on Solidarity and 
 Fact-finding mission in New Orleans, Louisiana as we share our stories, 
 experience and what we have learned in our integration with the Grand Isle 
 Shipyard workers who are victims of exploitation and human trafficking.\n 
 \nGRAND ISLE SHIPYARD\nREPORTBACK\nSOLIDARITY & FACT-FINDING 
 MISSION\nSaturday, March 16, 2013\n4pm - 6:30pm\nat the Bayanihan Community 
 Center\n1010 Mission Street, SF (by 7th St.)\nPlease join the National 
 Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) and participants of the Solidarity 
 and Fact-finding mission in New Orleans, Louisiana as we share our stories, 
 experience and what we have learned in our integration with the Grand Isle 
 Shipyard workers who are victims of exploitation and human 
 trafficking.\nParticipants reporting back:\nTerry Valen, National Alliance 
 for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON)\nBernadette Herrera, Migrante NorCal 
 \nHarold Butanas, Migrante NorCal\nRev. Israel 
 Alvaran\nhttp://j4gisfilipinoworkers.wordpress.com/\nBackground:\nOver 500 
 trafficked Filipino migrant workers were brought to New Orleans, Louisiana, 
 United States to work for the major oil exploration corporation Grand Isle 
 Shipyard (GIS). GIS has numerous violations of workers rights, migrant 
 rights, and human rights such as: labor abuse, wage theft and exploitation, 
 unlawful deductions, isolation and violation of freedom of movement, 
 violation of privacy, stolen tax refunds, violation of freedom of religion, 
 threat of deportation, and unsafe working conditions. \nThe case of the 
 Filipino workers against GIS has brought over 100 Filipino workers together 
 to fight for their rights as workers and migrants, and has the potential to 
 bring up to 500 Filipino workers together in a class action lawsuit against 
 GIS. \n• STOP TRAFFICKING OUR PEOPLE!\n• WORKERS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN 
 RIGHTS!\n• PHILIPPINES: REPEAL THE LABOR EXPORT PROGRAM!\n• 
 EXPLOITATION IS A CRIME! DOWN WITH GRAND ISLE SHIPYARD!\n***\nAngelica 
 Cabande\nNAFCON NorCal Regional Coordinator\nNational Alliance for Filipino 
 Concerns (NAFCON)\nhttp://www.nafconusa.org/\nSF Committee for Human Rights 
 in the Philippines (SF CHRP)\nwww.sfchrp.weebly.com\nSouth of Market 
 Community Action Network (SOMCAN)\nhttp://www.somcan.org/\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/03/12/18733479.php
SUMMARY:Grand Isle Shipyard Migrant Filipino Workers Reportback, Solidarity & Fact-Finding
LOCATION:Bayanihan Community Center \n1010 Mission Street, SF (by 7th St.) 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/03/12/18733479.php
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