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Press Release
Contact: Cristina Garcia 213-215-2621
Immediate Distribution
4-26-2006
Latino Immigrants in Favor of May First Economic
Boycott
The large majority of Latino immigrants will support the May
first economic boycott. More than 70% of the respondents stated
that they will support the “Great Latino Stop” by
not attending work, buying anything, or sending their children
to school, according to a study conducted by Garcia Research
made public today.
“The study indicates that even with the differences in
opinion that exist amongst leaders and organizations about the
best manner in which to make the boycott effective, and the
possible negative repercussions like sanctions and unemployment,
the immigrant population has received with great enthusiasm
the idea of the boycott”, said Cristina Garcia, director
of El Pulso Latino, the division of Public Polling of Garcia
Research.
Only 11% of the respondents said that they did not support
the economic boycott, while 71% said that they were in favor
of the boycott and were willing to show their support with concrete
action.
The main action, which is the call by organizers for Latino
immigrants not to attend work, is supported by 72% of the respondents.
90% of the respondents said that they would not buy anything
and 74% said that they would not send their children to school.
The study was done via phone in the regions of the United States
where there is the largest concentration of Latinos, like Los
Angeles, Chicago, New York, Houston, and Miami. 761 Latino immigrants
of both genders were interviewed in Spanish, with employment
in diverse economic activities.
In terms of the different regions, the study did not show significant
differences concerning support of the boycott. For example,
in the Los Angeles area, 79% of respondents said that they would
not attend work; while in the Chicago area 71% said that they
would not go to work. In the latter region, 95% said that they
would not buy anything, while in the Los Angeles area, 94% will
abstain from buying anything.
The differences in age, time in the US, and income reveal differences
in support for the boycott. The younger respondents with less
time in the US show the most enthusiasm about not working. Among
respondents ages 18 to 24, 74% said that they would not attend
work. Of the respondents over 50 years of age, 60% said that
they would not attend work.
72% of immigrants who have been in the US for a maximum of
four years said that they would not attend work. Among people
who have been here for more than 20 years, only 63% said that
they would support the boycott by not going to work.
Lower income immigrants (less than $20,000), are more willing
to boycott work than those who earn over $50,000 (78% and 60%
respectively).
“Very few times in the recent history of the immigration
movement has there been an issue in which Latinos far and wide
in this country showed such unity,” said Carlos Rajo,
political analyst and affiliated consultant with Garcia Research.
“Beyond the effectiveness of the boycott, the study confirms
what has been said about wakening up that ‘giant’
that represents the immigrants in the United States.”
Carlos Rajo (323)687-4109
Garcia Research in a Latino owned company based in Burbank,
California specializing in Hispanic marketing research in the
United States.
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