Spanish Language Labor History for Immigrant Workers

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

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From: "Seth Wigderson, University of Maine-Augusta"

              <SETHW at MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Subject:      Spanish Language Labor History for Immigrant Workers

Michael Everett sends this important request.  Can anyone
help either with actual material or with a suggested contact? SW
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I work with a local of mostly immigrant hotel and restaurant workers.
Most of these workers have limited education and english language
skills.  Many's the time I wished I'd had some spanish language
material to give them about labor history and their important role in
it.

We need illustrated materials written in simple language  that can be
cheaply reproduced.  My dream would be a spanish-language labor
history comic book targeted at workers and families.  If it was done
well, I assure you, it would be pass through the hands of many
readers.

If anyone knows of labor history materials like this, I'd be grateful
for details.  Otherwise, perhaps someone on this list would consider
the intriguing idea of distilling all of American labor history into
one lurid, riveting comic book.

Michael Everett
Santa Monica, CA
ia728 at primenet.com