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TIJUANA MAQUILADORA TOUR
Come to learn about Tijuana maquiladora workers' conditions and struggles!
Important Notice: Starting Jan. 31, 2008 U.S. citizens returning from Mexico must present either a U.S. passport or a government-issued photo ID, such as a driver’s license, plus proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate. For more information, see the State Dept. web site at:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbpmc_2223.html
SATURDAY July 19, 2008 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
TOUR SCHEDULE (there may be slight variations from tour to tour)
- 9:00 am sharp: Meet at the San Ysidro Trolley Station. We will walk together, cross the border gate and travel to our locations in Tijuana using chartered buses for transportation.
- 9:45 am: The crosses at the border: more than 4,000 immigrants have died trying to cross the international border
- 10:30 am Cittac’s office (Cittac: Centro de Informacion para Trabajadores y Trabajadoras; Information Center for Working Women and Men):: Struggles and labor conditions in the maquiladoras
- 12:00 pm Lunch at Cittac’s office with Workers’ Collective Kitchen
- 1:15 pm: Metales y Derivados—Otay Industrial Park
NOTE: We will visit Tijuana industrial area but won’t enter any factory.
- 1:45 pm: Ejido Chilpancingo-Rio Alamar neighborhood
- 3:00 pm: Return to San Ysidro border line
Donations
US: $30 regular, $20 students
Donations cover the bus, lunch, and a donation to Tijuana worker organizations
Reservations for this tour can be made online by clicking  . Online registration will be disabled when the bus is full, so make your reservations as soon as possible.
If you prefer to use the postal system, or for more information, please contact:
Herb Shore:
sdmaquila@cox.net
(619) 287-5535
The tour is sponsored by the San Diego Maquiladora Workers' Solidarity Network and CITTAC, the Tijuana Information Center for Working Women and Men
For more information about Maquiladoras and the tour, click
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