May 1st - Defend the Rights of Immigrant Workers

Thought this was interesting...

Whereas: the working class knows no borders or races,
but exists wherever workers are exploited for the benefit
of capital...

Whereas: the working class knows no borders or races,
but exists wherever workers are exploited for the benefit
of capital; and

Whereas: all human beings are entitled to the means of
obtaining the necessities of life for themselves and their
families, regardless of any artificial barriers created by
government; and

Whereas: the nature of capitalist economies is to draw
workers from all over to the centers of capitalist investment,
while at the same time drawing wealth out of less-developed
economies, thereby eliminating opportunities to earn a living
within such economies; and

Whereas: the recent rise in immigration to the United States
of America is directly attributable to this process, as exemplified
by the destructive free-trade treaties forced upon Latin America
by the United States government, as well as the insatiable lust
of North American employers for a dependent, immigrant
work-force that can be compelled to labor under sub-minimum
wages and deplorable working conditions and used to undermine
the working conditions of all workers; and

Whereas: all workers, wherever economic necessity may force
them to seek work, are entitled to organize and take concerted,
economic action for the defense and aid of their class, for which
purpose the Industrial Workers of the World has sought to unite
the workers of the world in One Big Union, regardless of
nationality or place of origin; and

Whereas: the struggle of immigrant workers is connected and
integral to the struggle of all workers for industrial freedom
and economic security, which demands the solidarity of all workers,
in every industry throughout the world;

Now, therefore, be it RESOLVED,

That the General Executive Board of the Industrial Workers
of the World declares its opposition to efforts to prohibit or
criminalize the crossing of national borders by workers, and
opposes efforts to prohibit the giving of aid and comfort to
immigrant workers; and be it further RESOLVED,

That, in order to advance the solidarity of all workers, and to
demonstrate to the employing class that an injury to one
worker is an injury to all, the General Executive Board of the
Industrial Workers of the World hereby endorses the popular
call for a general strike and protest in defense of immigrant
workers in the United States, and calls upon all Branches and
members of the Organization to participate in such a strike and
protest, as local circumstances shall permit, on the first day of
May 2006, the International Workers' Holiday.

GENERAL EXECUTIVE BOARD
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD