MILWAUKEE – Esperanza Unida, Inc., a non-profit workforce development organization located on Milwaukee’s south side, recently transitioned all staff to the 611 West National Avenue International Building afteridentifying water damage at the 1329 West National Building. Esperanza Unida is utilizing this as an opportunity to accelerate its efforts to restructure the training operations on that site. “Last week, after detecting increasing dampness in the building, I instructed all staff to prepare their belongings to be moved to the 611 International Building,” said Manny Perez, Esperanza Unida’s General Manager and Advisor. “The move was made proactively to protect employee and trainee...

Por Miguel Ignacio A. Racine – Autoridades de la Fundación “Isidro Fabela”, con sede en México, fundaron el pasado 11 de mayo una subsede que funcionará en Milwaukee, la cual se denominará Fundación “Isidro Fabela” Capítulo Wisconsin. En acto oficial presidido por el secretario general de la Fundación Cultural, Roberto Galván Peña, que se efectuó en una instalación deportiva en Racine, tomaron posesión bajo juramento los primeros integrantes de la mesa directiva de la nueva oficina en Milwaukee. La Fundación “Isidro Fabela” Capítulo Wisconsin será presidida por Carmen Solís y los demás miembros de la junta directiva son: Lorena Lezama,...

Hispanic Caucus Chairman Rubén Hinojosa (D-Texas) attacked the Heritage Foundation’s immigration study on Wednesday, calling it “ugly racism and xenophobia dressed up in economic hyperbole.” The statement came in response to reports that one of the study’s authors wrote a dissertation warning of the lower intellectual capacity of immigrants and arguing for “IQ selection” in U.S. policy. “[Study co-author] Jason Richwine’s comments and general world view are a mark against the conservative community and against all fruitful discussions that would lead to comprehensive, bipartisan immigration reform,” Hinojosa said in a statement. “The Heritage Foundation has always been a stalwart of...

Por todo el país, los estados están buscando nuevos beneficiarios de los cupones para alimentos (ahora conocidos como el Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria o SNAP). El Departamento de Agricultura de Estados Unidos (USDA) incluso tiene una página web dedicada a ayudar a los estados a crear “Planes de Establecimiento del SNAP”. El argumento del Departamento de Agricultura es que: “Los cupones para alimentos hacen a Estados Unidos más fuerte” al estimular las economías de los estados. Y los estados están respondiendo a la llamada. Según el Washington Post, “Rhode Island celebra bingos temáticos sobre el SNAP, Alabama reparte folletos en los...

The Washington office of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) upheld a regional NLRB decision, announced in November of last year, that Palermo Villa Inc. did not violate labor laws when it fired 75 undocumented workers. The firing of the undocumented workers came as a result of an immigration audit initiated by ICE. The national NLRB agreed that Palermo’s Villa Inc. did not use the audit as retaliation for efforts by the workers to unionize the plant. In June 2012, more than 90 workers, mostly undocumented, walked out of work and went on strike, after claiming that Palermo’s Villa Inc....

Milwaukee – Gallery Night and Day, the premier art event in Milwaukee presented by the Historic Third Ward Association, was held this past week. The event is held quarterly and was held at over 60 venues exhibiting a variety of fascinating art throughout the downtown Milwaukee area. This year Esperanza Unida participated and introduced National Gallery, featuring paintings from local Latino and African-American artists in addition to cultural music and dance by the dance group, Ballet Folklórico de México. ...

Milwaukee – Palermo Villa Inc. was cleared by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency of any wrong doing before announcing it had concluded its investigation of Palermo’s pizza, and determined that the company is in compliance with employment law, according to an April 2 letter to the company. The announcement by ICE goes completely against claims by Voces de la Frontera that ICE had placed its investigation against Palermo’s pizza on hold; while labor issues Voces de la Frontera filed with the National Labor Relations Board continue. ICE agents investigated Palermo’s pizza and audited the copany’s federal I-9...

Washington— El Presidente Obama calificó como un acto terrorista la explosiones registradas ayer en Boston, que dejaron 3 muertos y 176 heridos, aunque señaló que aún no determinan al autor del ataque. “Cada vez que se usan bombas contra civiles inocentes se trata de un acto de terrorismo. Este fue un acto atroz y cobarde”, dijo Obama en una rueda de prensa. “Esto es un acto de terror, pero todavía no sabemos el por qué (del ataque), esto fue planeado y ejecutado por alguna organización terrorista ya sea doméstica, local o extranjera, lo que todavía no sabemos es eso y...

Madison – Mike Pyne, President, Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans, blasted president Obama for moving forward with a proposed budget to cut Social Security and Medicare. Pyne said that president Obama’s budget proposal was troublesome because it included cuts to Social Security cost of living adjustments (COLAs) and Medicare. “Switching to a chained CPI to calculate Social Security’s cost of living adjustments is simply not fair. It is not an insignificant tweak; it constitutes a significant benefit cut that would affect over 1 million Wisconsin citizens. Worse, it cuts benefits more with every passing year. It will do real damage...