<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><i class="">Reminder that you and your organization are invited to participate in vigils for murdered and disappeared Mexican trade unionists this Tuesday in New York and this Wednesday in DC. Please note that </i><i class=""><b class="">the DC event is at 10:30am </b>on</i><i class=""> Wednesday (previous emails had a 10am start time). Kudos, again, to everyone who participated in vigils in Seattle, Portland and San Francisco. —Arthur</i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Ryan Harvey <<a href="mailto:rharvey@replacenafta.org" class="">rharvey@replacenafta.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">WEDNESDAY: Demand Justice for Mexican Unionists Murdered During NAFTA Renegotiations!</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:rharvey@replacenafta.org" class="">rharvey@replacenafta.org</a><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div leftmargin="0" marginwidth="0" topmargin="0" marginheight="0" offset="0" class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); width: 100% !important;"><center class=""><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center" id="backgroundTable" class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; height: 100% !important; width: 100% !important; line-height: 100% !important;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" class="" style="border: 0px; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 10px 10px 40px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" width="600" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><center class=""><img class="" apple-inline="yes" id="6E37CA66-76D9-4D38-B674-29E2AF8C1198" height="204" width="500" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" style="outline: none; max-width: 1920px; margin: 20px auto;" src="cid:477DB664-7437-43F8-86A3-37AA9815F0D9@hsd1.pa.comcast.net."> </center><p class="" style="margin: 1em 0px;">Supporter,</p><p class="" style="margin: 1em 0px;">Assassinations, disappearances, beatings. Workers in Mexico literally risk their lives trying to fight for livable wages. </p><p class="" style="margin: 1em 0px;">Just since North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiations started, three labor activists at the Media Luna gold mine southwest of Mexico City have been murdered by anti-union vigilantes. <strong class="">A fourth, Oscar Hernández Romero, just disappeared.</strong></p><h3 class="" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); text-align: center;"><a href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/mps2/c/AAE/ni0YAA/t.2wp/e-5yyykqR3urz2SVTj-GAg/h0/CA0gLXQEKb6jqGkD7RqZieSiR1xt6h2zAPrrZKB7vwlijo5P7-2FKeBurkWLZaYQvae-2F-2BQuDFQNd3VV-2Fcciqj6hZqOfAXEZaYl-2FmHKwZ2vM9gvFj6YoOV5DqWH1IfqY8csrJnIhpaaX9qoH-2BFlAmt6uVYCyQv95-2F2xe-2FOP0sC2Of0t5ZqG6koCZioPkKkCgnIRAXuctwZCKLNlwlm9cxrzGUPdtJEjIg9fi-2FiD-2FK6aN8XD5KZYuyeG4VaVZPIb24iSvtqx-2FxRKUUaDx-2ByLkTjb08ldsdFEtByqk6D9K6vd9J4C3lgbuvCjsX4dNUiC5RkIgc0cZSQJlxUY2ZfMKioBIHR-2F9ZqxFhtollVieYSrqQ-2FZkVuDGxK-2Bz-2FAwMAdsSyh0WRlooS-2BRLH-2FRV-2B2R3gYT6DGEEchPjtj2Lp-2Bu209826R8ubHMHsgYFpXWOSZaBkxjmah0pRihpmOlf49-2FzUYlqtuBH6pJ8RXkx1RWR0UeZExmKyu4ky3-2Fxmnt1KuK0K5x/O2rC" class="">That's why we are holding a vigil in DC on Wednesday demanding justice for the Media Luna Four and calling for a NAFTA replacement that truly protects the rights of North American workers. Click here for details.</a></h3><p class="" style="margin: 1em 0px;">After decades of worker intimidation throughout Mexico and impunity for the perpetrators, Mexican manufacturing wages are now 40% lower than in China. U.S. firms have outsourced almost one million U.S. jobs to exploit these $1-2/hour artificially low wages thanks to NAFTA’s lack of enforceable labor rights.</p><p class="" style="margin: 1em 0px;">But since Donald Trump announced his NAFTA 2.0 deal last year, he has stonewalled congressional Democrats’ calls to strengthen the agreement’s labor rights and add real enforcement mechanisms to protect workers. </p><p class="" style="margin: 1em 0px;">The new Mexican government has pledged to improve wages and labor protections. But powerful forces arrayed against change have launched lawsuits to derail an improved Mexican labor law. Plus, the Mexican government has not provided necessary funding for new worker protections.</p><p class="" style="margin: 1em 0px;">Neither local nor state officials have been willing to investigate Oscar’s disappearance. His colleagues’ murders remain “unsolved.” Even the most basic worker rights are being systematically violated: 50 workers at Goodyear’s Mexico plant have not been reinstated a year after being fired for trying to organize a union. Last month workers at a GM’s facility in Mexico were fired for refusing to work overtime to undermine their American counterpart’s UAW strike.</p><h3 class="" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); text-align: center;"><span class="redactor-unlink"></span></h3><h3 class="" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); text-align: center;"><a href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/mps2/c/AAE/ni0YAA/t.2wp/e-5yyykqR3urz2SVTj-GAg/h1/CA0gLXQEKb6jqGkD7RqZieSiR1xt6h2zAPrrZKB7vwlijo5P7-2FKeBurkWLZaYQvae-2F-2BQuDFQNd3VV-2Fcciqj6hZqOfAXEZaYl-2FmHKwZ2vM9gvFj6YoOV5DqWH1IfqY8csmyT3-2FztUPiyF3OkhOvaFwmLiQSe7TZ3kTprAbXXpKlpB8xQxZBrr05bd1PIbWkejMc0yo1XWFiBwPTnygRAN5jmC2Z8fc5O9Z8CB-2F9OERdiiFtlNbk8KZl-2FKU-2BbhLRJE-2BfwloZp99V0A7WMAdCSkhYRJVwzqEYsbHYq2Crv3Ul1qWjdlzSz3Qk3mX8FNO-2FSAES4G0O9-2Fi8FkBrXgvivxk0ZB8xl7LR901IOHIU-2FXWQWWat0lrRlKpjAsd1n5sCwVjnOoGYhfaJ8hqXe0-2FCOc5YxqVQs8GhehUe2VPMV1bwxY57i5IfVw5Rx8joNDtZq099TCbURNAt1Ielq1VYDqAEZGY5DF4ZZfC-2FszgbfTCDzs7xTw-2Baznphe-2Fnfoxde7B/uqoU" class="">Vigil for Mexican Unionists Murdered During NAFTA Renegotiations: Wednesday, November 20 at 10:30 AM in front of the United States Capitol.</a></h3><h1 class="" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); text-align: center;"><a href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/mps2/c/AAE/ni0YAA/t.2wp/e-5yyykqR3urz2SVTj-GAg/h2/CA0gLXQEKb6jqGkD7RqZieSiR1xt6h2zAPrrZKB7vwlijo5P7-2FKeBurkWLZaYQvae-2F-2BQuDFQNd3VV-2Fcciqj6hZqOfAXEZaYl-2FmHKwZ2vM9gvFj6YoOV5DqWH1IfqY8csPscGvvkjFKxeSKPee-2BejfX2zDiHCtd7iLdtvFv3wPKHvjaj11wc8rmFjae7dVdp2qo4p2rWBSjRPJNDZ7QVWRnfnDP1l2StsOXb7746CFNxIAgUbpsqwgQfMyj8kprKBKxrvXwe-2BhHaZQCCv3l9pZiutSNrcba5BrQ2zVOGRe3ZKK3tMh4-2BD3h0ZX1W4UFXR5-2BdRkUqbIlmZGb5K2MtUnqJfXQxqTsl9XX41zI0BhvsjAi-2Bj6h67wlQLJ48g-2B-2FLNB9U8WkLAtcOM5eSlUt0mmGxp1fAz-2FquDQKOGLMDKdHKy-2BligKfkwVoHLMyF-2Frv4sNU4wmRw06vPp-2BadCwNKLXNG9kxSrvXkUqMOkL0Hm2mJDKTy7QVOHpfxQPGYDczIZ/kDjI" class="">Can you join us?</a></h1><p class="" style="margin: 1em 0px;">Strong labor rights and enforcement in a NAFTA replacement deal could help counter the specter of violence and death that strangles the fight for decent wages and working conditions in Mexico. This would improve the lives of Mexican and U.S. working people.</p><strong class="">We demand justice for Oscar Hernández Romero, Quintin Salgado, Marcelino Sahuanitla Peña and Víctor Sahuanitla Peña. A real NAFTA replacement must protect ALL workers: that means guaranteeing their right to organize and ending the extrajudicial repression of activists.</strong><br class=""><p class="" style="margin: 1em 0px;">Please <a href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/mps2/c/AAE/ni0YAA/t.2wp/e-5yyykqR3urz2SVTj-GAg/h3/CA0gLXQEKb6jqGkD7RqZieSiR1xt6h2zAPrrZKB7vwlijo5P7-2FKeBurkWLZaYQvae-2F-2BQuDFQNd3VV-2Fcciqj6hZqOfAXEZaYl-2FmHKwZ2vM9gvFj6YoOV5DqWH1IfqY8csJT6FftqE6Cxe6OJ1nttwpo3zxejix0OZm4SCZiP942D1eU3-2FIKxF-2FJayQGGCajGj2scE9ewE8i61C4H8KTTCNAe1u6eIn4blRgF3Dej1mxJPvkA8-2BTueR9WIHF57OvFNSSxl3aGddg7vBn2iVUixUpZtzOy7tV5CQMvaskAVZudRN89-2FkqrcoCETps849-2FNuccd7GQCTAlVZWmF0lNQ-2Fb60-2FgYI5v53ruap17CAeBW-2BgnLZOaPTsyuDfX2OK84iibkFhIkdKAvU1BHB8g76yUyyewQ7tuxZCbJQeMA2Ci-2FijixObbH-2BpSn0xS2fsYpsiU6PyJSt6KGWvblETA-2BO4Li608cT-2BAxJ3QcDXXHbzYS2fmFHVArok6uP8TEz6VNth/x8_m" class="">RSVP here</a> if you an make it! I hope to see you there,</p><p class="" style="margin: 1em 0px;">Ryan</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center" id="backgroundTable" class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; height: 100% !important; width: 100% !important; line-height: 100% !important;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" class="" style="border: 0px; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br class=""></td></tr><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="" style="border-top-width: 2px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(144, 144, 144); border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br class=""><div class="" style="text-align: left;">Begin forwarded message:</div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="text-align: left; margin: 0px;"><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="">From: </b></span><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;">George Kimball <<a href="mailto:george@citizenstrade.org" class="">george@citizenstrade.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left; margin: 0px;"><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="">Justice for Oscar Hernández Romero</b><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: left; margin: 0px;"><span class="" style="line-height: 12px; font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span class="" style="line-height: 12px; font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:george@citizenstrade.org" class="">george@citizenstrade.org</a></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div bgcolor="#999999" class=""><div align="center" class="" style="line-height: 12px;"><table width="685" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bordercolor="#D3D1C7" border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><img width="685" height="93" border="0" alt="" class="" style="outline: none;" apple-inline="yes" id="1F25EA18-D621-4931-9F37-016621FBDB65" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:89A595C7-3214-47AC-B59E-5FE7170C0B3B@hsd1.pa.comcast.net."><br class=""><img width="685" height="83" border="0" alt="" class="" style="outline: none;" apple-inline="yes" id="5335C244-B5C9-4603-AF5D-34DD5A0E4D2E" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:0F53B55E-65A0-4D7B-A63E-581BABD20149@hsd1.pa.comcast.net."><br class=""><table cellpadding="15" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="680" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><p class="" style="margin: 1em 0px;"><span class="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b class="">Rally in Solidarity with Los Mineros</b></span><br class=""><b class=""><i class="">Justice for Oscar Hernández Romero and the Media Luna Miners! <br class="">Defend the Right to Organize! <br class="">No Vote on NAFTA Until It's Fixed!</i></b></p><p class="" style="margin: 1em 0px 1em 40px;"><img alt="Oscar Hernandez Romero" width="225" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="233" border="4" align="right" class="" style="outline: none;" apple-inline="yes" id="6CAEC0F3-B7D1-4D45-B201-F8CDF5B2499D" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:A13AE9D0-AB67-4513-94B6-530B36B121D9@hsd1.pa.comcast.net.">The Consulate General of Mexico<br class="">27 East 39th Street<br class="">New York, New York<br class=""><br class="">Tuesday, November 19th, 2019<br class="">4:30 PM</p><p class="" style="margin: 1em 0px;">Join faith leaders, union members and human rights advocates as we hold a vigil outside the Mexican consulate on Tuesday calling for an investigation into the disappearance of labor activist Oscar Hernández Romero and for greater enforcement of labor rights.<br class=""><br class="">Three people attempting to organize an independent union at the Media Luna gold mine in southwestern Mexico have been murdered in recent years. Brothers Víctor and Marcelino Sahuanitla Peña were dragged from a union protest and shot. A year later union leader Quintin Salgado was killed. Now their colleague, labor and environmental activist Oscar Hernández Romero, has been missing since September 23, 2019. His family and coworkers fear he has also been killed, and are asking authorities to investigate. <br class=""><br class="">All this is happening as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is currently being renegotiated. There can be no real NAFTA replacement without strong labor and environmental standards backed with swift and certain enforcement mechanisms. As we call for justice for the Media Luna miners, we also call for real enforcement of labor rights for all workers moving forward. <br class=""><br class="">Similar vigils are planned in El Paso, Texas; Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; and Washington, D.C. <br class=""><br class="">The New York consulate is within walking distance of Grand Central, Bryant Park and Penn Station. Please join us. For more info, contact George Kimball at <a href="mailto:george@citizenstrade.org" class="">george@citizenstrade.org</a>.</p><br class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></center></div></div></div></body></html>