{"id":19662,"date":"2015-03-18T15:18:18","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T19:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?p=19662"},"modified":"2020-09-08T17:27:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T17:27:52","slug":"ufcw-immigration-workshop-helps-local-75-member-achieve-dream-of-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/ufcw-immigration-workshop-helps-local-75-member-achieve-dream-of-citizenship\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Immigration Workshop Helps Local 75 Member Achieve Dream of Citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"image\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ernestina.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ernestina.jpg\" alt=\"ernestina\" class=\"wp-image-19663\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ernestina Aldana has been a UFCW Local 75 member since she started working at the John Morrell meat processing plant in Cincinnati in 1996. She moved to the U.S. from Guatemala with her husband and son in 1990. The family left Guatemala in search of opportunity and a better life. Ernestina and her husband, who also works at John Morrell, now have three children, the oldest of whom is in college.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI wanted to become a United States citizen so that I could live and work with freedom and without fear. I wanted my children to have opportunities,\u201d says Ernestina. \u201cBut it was the union that motivated me to finally do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ernestina attended Local 75\u2019s first citizenship clinic on November 8, 2014. With the help of union and community volunteers, she completed her application that same day. On Friday, March 13, Ernestina took her oath of citizenship, along with two other UFCW members, at the federal courthouse in Cincinnati, Ohio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 19-year member of UFCW Local 75, Ernestina says union membership has meant more to her than higher wages and job security: \u201cBeing a union member gave me hope for the future. Having hope got me here today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ernestina Aldana has been a UFCW Local 75 member since she started working at the John Morrell meat processing plant in Cincinnati in 1996. She moved to the U.S. from Guatemala with her husband and son in 1990. The family left Guatemala in search of opportunity and a better life. 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