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.

SINDICALISMO SIN FRONTERAS – UNIONS WITHOUT BORDERS

By Mike Alewitz
Mexico City, April, 1997
An edited version of the mural dedication speech.

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