By Kim Redigan & Frank Hammer
The MCHR has stood in solidarity with ASOTRECOL, the Association of Injured Workers and Ex-Workers of General Motors Colmotores in Bogota, Colombia, for several years. In the wake of an in-depth discussion about the role of the MCHR – especially internationally, the Board of Directors at its February meeting agreed to sponsor an MCHR delegation to bear witness to the nonviolent action for justice by the GM workers…
Keynote Speaker Saru JAYARAMAN
4 p.m./Sunday, March 18, 2018
Marygrove College/Detroit, Michigan
Keynote Speaker: Saru Jayaraman
The Michigan Coalition for Human Rights (MCHR) supports the courageous efforts of young students throughout the country who are mobilizing and plan to march. MCHR supports them as they engage in non-violent protests in Washington and other major cities — insisting that lawmakers pass stronger gun control laws and take other measures to protect them […]
Michigan Coalition For Human Rights and Southeast Michigan Jobs with Justice present a training based on the best selling book “Runaway Inequality” by Les Leopold, co-founder of NYC’s Labor Institute.
Saru Jayaraman
Saru Jayaraman, co-director of the Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC United) at UC Berkeley, will give the keynote address at MCHR’s annual dinner on March 18 at Marygrove College in Detroit. Jayaraman started ROC United in the wake of 9/11 to help restaurant workers displaced as a result of the World Trade Center Tragedy.
