Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras Speaker

Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras

Jaime Ernesto Lizcano Ortiz

Thursday October 8th at 7:30pm

Olin-Rice Hall Room 350

Macalester College

St Paul, MN

  Jaime Ernesto Lizcano Ortiz was born in Poza Rica Veracruz. In 1999, when he was 20 years old, he immigrated to Reynosa, Tamaulipas on the northern Mexican border, and started working in TRW Del Norte Industrial Park in Reynosa. He is touring the country to share his story of struggle, and raise support for his fellow workers, who have been suffering the effects of NAFTA for years. Although he was fired, Jaime Ernesto continues to be active in the Workers Coalition's fight for justice. He is traveling across the US and Canada calling for international solidarity to gain support for making TRW accountable to the workers.