MTU sends warm greetings to AGITATE! and our other comrades in Ottawa. We express our sincere thanks for your support of our struggle to win the labour and human rights of migrant workers in South Korea.

MTU was founded in 2005 as a union for and by migrant workers of all nationalities in South Korea. Since then, we have been struggling to improve migrant workers' labor conditions, stop immigration raids and deportation, win legalization for undocumented migrant workers, abolish the Employer Permit System which regulates documented migrant labor and win establishment of a more just system. We are also engaged in a struggle for recognition the right migrant workers, regardless of visa status, to freedom of association.

MTU's members come from Bangladesh, Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and other countries. They are documented and undocumented, female and male, straight and LGBTQ. Thus, it is especially meaningful that AGITATE! and other organizations are holding a fundraising event in support of MTU's work during Ottawa queer pride celebrations and that the performers in this even are people of color.

Basic labor rights, including the right to form and participate in trade unions, are the property of all workers, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation and social status. This is a principle enshrined in international human rights law as well as the Constitutions of South Korea, Canada and other countries. Nonetheless, these rights are routinely trampled upon by employers and governments around the world. Moreover, women workers, migrant/immigrant and other workers of color and LGBTQ workers face intersecting oppressions based on class and social status. As such our work to achieve labor rights must also include increasing awareness of patriarchy, sexism, hetrosexism, homophobia, transphobia and other systems of oppression and strengthening our ability to fight against them. These are issues MTU is beginning to address in our work.

We are very honored that comrades in Canada are aware of MTU's work and we thank you sincerely for your support. We hope to continue to build a relationship of solidarity in the future.

Good luck with you event and the rest of your activities.

In struggle,

Your comrades at MTU.