| ertry03vc08 |
|
|
| |
| Joined: 20 May 2013 |
| Posts: 2073 |
Read: 0 topics
Warns: 0/5
|
| Location: England |
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
Mexican Unions Take to Streets in Day Without Gringos
companies here an action timed to coincide with a call for immigrants to boycott work, school and shopping in the United States.
But measuring the impact of the actions was likely to prove difficult: Business already is normally reduced to a fraction of normal volume on Mexico's May Day holiday,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
Marina Serna,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], deputy manager for Burger King in downtown Mexico City, said she thought it had an effect: The restaurant had only one client in its first 90 minutes open on Monday, even though it is owned by Mexican franchise holders.
"I'd say that this is bad because even if we work in a company with an international brand, the owners are not from the United States, they are Mexicans," she said. goods here.
"You have to buy what is least expensive here and I have to buy things for my family,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," he said.
Celestino Garcia,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a 32yearold sandwich seller outside the Walmart, said he was seeing the same number of shoppers entering and leaving the store Monday as on any other day. work stoppages.
One supporter wore the group's traditional black mask and a Tshirt bearing a likeness of Cuban revolutionary icon Che Guevara, as well as Nike Air Jordan pants and Converse sneakers. and Mexican protests, and President Vicente Fox on Sunday urged Mexicans who plan to participate in the protests to be prudent.
"They shouldn't be an element of provocation or one that promotes xenophobia or opposition" to immigration reform, Fox said. lawmakers are likely to pass legislation benefiting the millions of undocumented Mexican migrants living and working north of the border.
"They know the importance and value of immigration for the United States and they also know that it's a topic that can benefit both countries," Fox said. "It's a topic that brings us closer together and that allows us to understand each other better."
Fox has called repeatedly since taking office in 2000 for a migration accord,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
The president also said his government must "generate opportunities here in Mexico."
"And then, if someone wants to leave,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], to conquer new horizons, they should go ahead and do it," Fox said, "but only after there are opportunities in Mexico."
相关的主题文章:
[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
[link widoczny dla zalogowanych] |
|
