Name: Mass Labor Action in Defense of Immigrant Workers: Why We Need It and How We Can Get there
Start: 2026-09-06T17:00:00-0500
End: 2026-09-06T18:30:00-0500

Mass Labor Action in Defense of Immigrant Workers: Why We Need It and How We Can Get there

Sunday September 6, 2026 5:00pm - 6:30pm CDT

TBA

This panel brings together immigrant activists from San Jose and Los Angeles, a labor militant from Minneapolis, and a historian of the complex working class history in which radicals fought to create a powerful synergy between the unions and workers who have crossed borders.

Speakers

Justin Akers Chacón

Justin Akers Chacón is an educator, activist, and writer in the San Diego-Tijuana border region, and is a member of Socialist Horizon. His works include No One is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the US-Mexico Border (with Mike Davis), Radicals in the Barrio: Magonistas... Read More →

Lucia Flores

Lucia Flores is an organizer at Cal State University. She is a Mexican American daughter of immigrants who has been involved in community and student organizing for over a decade.

Victor Rodríguez

Victor Rodríguez has been active in the socialist movement for four decades. Since moving to the U.S. from his native South America more than 20 years ago, he has worked in factories in California and has been involved in union organizing and the fight for immigrants’ rights. Victor... Read More →