FLOC: Labor Should Move As Freely As Capital Across Borders - 05/31/06

By Doug Cunningham

As the House and Senate try to reconcile their versions of undocumented immigrant worker reform, Beatriz Maya of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee says labor should enjoy the same freedom of movement across international borders as capital.

[Beatriz Maya]: “We have worked for amnesty or legalization – the name that is used now – for a number of years. And what we have advocated over the years is really for the freedom to move across borders as capital is free to move. The right of mobility should be a right of every human being. That’s what we think. That’s our goal.”