Join JwJ and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) for a
"No Peace ý No Work" March and Rally
on Thursday, May 1st
Noon ý Meet at Jack Perry Memorial Park, 1729 Alaska Way South
Between Pier 30 and Pacific Maritime Institute

From there, march along the waterfront to Pier 66
(at Bell Street) in Seattle for a rally at 1:30pm

At the start of the Iraq War in 2003, many working people were opposed to the invasion. Now the overwhelming majority want to end the war and withdraw the troops. The war is currently costing over 720 million dollars a day if continued, it could rise into trillions of dollars which could be spent on pressing domestic needs, including universal health care, job retraining, adequate housing and education.

The international Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) has called for a united labor action on May 1, 2008, International Workers Day, to demand an end to the war.

Background:
The war in and occupation of Iraq will cost us literally trillions of dollars, money which won't be there for such basic needs as adequate health care, housing, education and job development. The cost will be paid by working people. We pay not only in the loss of community services, but also with the loss of the lives of our friends, families and coworkers. We must stop the war before another generation of courageous young men and women return home physically and emotionally wounded, only to face inadequate veterans care, a crippled economy and deteriorating infrastructure.

The longshore caucus of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union had called for united labor action on May Day to demand an end to the war in and occupation of Iraq. In the Puget Sound, this call has been endorsed by broad segments of labor, including the Washington State Labor Council and the Martin Luther King Jr. County Labor Council, as well as community, faith and student allies.

The war not only drains our economy and endangers our communities, but is also used as a justification for attacks on labor. "National security" has, in the past few years, provided cover for stripping federal workers of union protection, for attacks on immigrant labor and for attempts to suppress labor struggle, including the infamous threat to use federal troops to break the back of ILWU longshore.

We march on May Day not only to demand an end to the war in Iraq, but also an end to the war on workers, both here and abroad. The march along the waterfront will highlight local labor struggles, shining light on some local employers who fail to respect workers' rights.

Please call Backbone Campaign if you can help carry puppets 206-408-8058. Or email info@backbonecampaign.org

Wondering what to do in the interval between the inspiring ILWU "No Peace, No Work" march along the Seattle waterfront at Noon and 1:30 rally at Pier 66, and the Annual May 1st. Immigrant Rights March from Judkins Park to a rally at the Seattle Center? Well we'd like to offer you a place to rest your feet and replenish your spirits.

Come enjoy snacks and drinks provided by America in Solidarity and music by Hot Cargo at the Seattle Labor Temple, 2800 First Ave. (Only a few blocks from Pier 66). Then join a sidewalk feeder procession of Backbone Campaign puppets and drums to meet the el Comitý march from Judkins park on its way to the Seattle Center at approximately 5PM.

Please call Backbone Campaign if you can help host or set-up 206-408-8058. Or email info@backbonecampaign.org

Later in the day join Backbone Campaign at the
Jobs with Justice and El Comite for the 9th Annual
May Day Immigrant Rights March and Rally

"We are not undocumented, we are not illegal, we are workers!"
Please note the corrected time and location:

Meet at 4pm at Judkins Park, 2150 South Norman Street (near St. Mary's Church) for a brief rally. March leaves at 4:30pm and ends at the Seattle Center's Mural Amphitheater.

Both our nation and our labor movement have been built and enriched by immigrants. For most of the country's history, being a "legal" immigrant simply meant being processed upon arrival. As the nature of the nation's economy changed, so too did rules affecting immigration.

Today our immigration policies are designed to provide a steady stream of vulnerable workers to the nation's factories, fields, service providers and construction companies. More and more of our jobs are shipped overseas. For the jobs that remain, multinational corporations exploit immigrant labor in an effort to drive down wages and benefits, and to pit us against one another. At the same time, global "free trade" agreements undermine the economies of third world nations, forcing more and more of the working poor to seek employment in developed countries like the U.S.

The solution to this is not to build fences along our borders, whether literal or figurative. The solution is to protect the rights of all workers, regardless of immigration status, and to demand global economic justice based on people's needs, not corporate greed. On May Day we will march for immigration reform, to demand an end to a system which encourages exploitation of vulnerable immigrant labor. This system places immigrants in near-bondage, while driving down wages for non-immigrant workers. We must reject the global "race to the bottom" in which nations and communities to compete to see who can gain jobs by providing the cheapest labor. We must demand international labor standards that ensure livable wages, labor rights and dignity for all who work. We must demand an end to cruel policies that divide families, and create an international pool of desperate labor.

May Day - International Workers Day - is a truly appropriate opportunity to show our determination that "an injury to one is an injury to all." Join us to demand immigration reform based on justice and the need for labor unity.

Please call Backbone Campaign if you can help carry puppets 206-408-8058. Or email info@backbonecampaign.org

EN ESPAýOL ABAJO
Seattle CISPES and Washington State Jobs with Justice present...

A MAY DAY CELEBRATION!
Live Caribbean music by the Georgetown Orbits!
FOOD & DANCING!

Thursday, May 1st, 7:00-10:00pm, after the May Day march
Seattle Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave.
$5-15 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds

A benefit for SETA, the union representing the workers of El Salvador's public water system, and Jobs with Justice. SETA is currently leading the national movement to stop water privatization in El Salvador.

This event is also the send-off for CISPES' Seattle-to-Olympia Solidarity Cycle bike trip.
For more information, contact Seattle CISPES: seacispes@igc.org, 206.325.5494 or Jobs with Justice at Debbie@wsjwj.org, 206.441.4969

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Seattle CISPES y Trabajos con Justicia del estado de Washington presentan:

ýUNA CELEBRACIýN DEL 1o. DE MAYO!
ýmýsica en vivo al estilo caribeýo,
por los Georgetown Orbits!
ýBAILE y COMIDA!

jueves 1o. de mayo, 7-10pm, despuýs de la marcha del 1o. de mayo
Seattle Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave.
donaciýn sugerida de $5 a $15, a nadie le serý negada la entrada por falta de fondos

Evento a beneficio de SETA, el sindicato de los trabajadores del sistema de agua pýblica en El Salvador. SETA actualmente es el lider del movimiento nacional contra la privatizaciýn del agua en El Salvador. El evento servirý tambiýn como despedida para las y los ciclistas de CISPES que saldrýn en un viaje de solidaridad de Seattle a Olympia.

Para mýs informaciýn, favor de comunicarse con CISPES de Seattle: seacispes@igc.org, 206.325.5494