Resources for Taking Action May 1, 2007

North Carolina Resources (see also National Resources below)

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LEGAL HOTLINE

For legal questions, referrals, or to report incidents or problems in

North Carolina related to actions for immigrant justice, please call the following:

919-843-0444 (4-8pm, May 1, 2007 only)

Problems after May 1:
919-856-2150 or 1-866-415-1389

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Bilingual: Know Your Rights When Taking Action! and May 1 Legal Hotline
Bilingue: ¡Conoces Tus Derechos Para el 1ro de mayo! y Linea Informativa Legal

Spanish and English Information about "Paros"/Work Stoppages

Information about Student Walk-outs in North Carolina, including Know Your Rights as a Student.

Student Walk-Outs Info in Spanish, Huelgas Estudiantiles y ¡SABE Sus Derechos como Un Estudiante!

Day of Action Toolkit from El Pueblo in English and Spanish - Dia de Accion Informacion Basica en Espanol y Ingles.


-----------National Resources:

• National Website with Student Walkout Information
• AILA's Know Your Rights during Immigrants' Mobilizations (English)
• English “Know Your Rights” (Nat'l Lawyers' Guild)
• Spanish Know Your Rights – ¡SABE Sus Derechos! (Nat'l Lawyers' Guild)
• Sample petition to employers, Chicago Workers' Collaborative and Interfaith Worker Justice, in English and Spanish
• Sample Letter to Employer, Letter to Tandum Staffing from the Chicago Workers' Collaborative
• Immigration Protests: What Every Worker Should Know, National Immigration Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union Immigrant Rights Project, and the National Employment Law Project (NELP): In English and Spanish.
  
• Know Your Rights Alerts, National Immigration Law Center. Click here.
• Know Your Rights - Can an Employer Fire an Employee Because the Employee Participated in an Immigration Rally? American Immigration Lawyers Association and the law firm of Dorsey and Whitney, LLP. Click here.
• Know Your Rights Pamphlets, National Lawyers Guild and American Civil Liberties Union Immigrant Rights Project. Click here.
• Know Your Rights if You Have Been Arrested or Detained by the U.S. Government, CASA of Maryland: in English and Spanish
• Interfaith Worker Justice Toolkit for Workers who are fired: 6-page PDF in English