Sindicalismo Sin Fronteras

Unions Without Borders

Mexico City, 1997

By Mike Alewitz

This mural, approximately 9′ x 35′, was painted at the auditorium of the Frente Auténtico Trabajadores (FAT) in Mexico City. It was part of a cross-border organizing project of the FAT and the United Electrical (UE) union.

This mural is a part of a Cross-border Mural Project. Please see Teamster Power, the American part of the project.

CROSSBORDER MURAL PROJECT (Mexico-Chicago)/ 1998

The film documents the creation of two labor murals, linked by the collaborative efforts of unions from both sides of the border. In 1997 Mike Alewitz painted a mural in the headquarters of the Frente Autentico del Trabajo (FAT) in Mexico City. Later in the year, Mexican muralist Daniel Manrique Arias and assistants painted a mural on an wall of the United Electrical Workers (UE) in Chicago.

TEAMSTER VICTORY MURAL/1997
A Video by Labor Beat about the Teamster Power mural at Teamster City in Chicago.

SINDICALISMO SIN FRONTERAS – UNIONS WITHOUT BORDERS

Mural detail: The labor movement is a subterranean fire.

Mural detail: Albert Parsons: Hanged on November 11, 1887 – framed up as one of the Haymarket martyrs.

Mural detail: Lucy Parsons: Organizer/Agitator

Frente Autentico Trabajadores (FAT) Presente! Banner by Mike Alewitz & Daniel Manrique for Mexico City May Day Parade. 1997.

MURAL DEDICATION SPEECH By Mike Alewitz (Mexico City, April, 1997)