This page was created as an English supplement to the "Fundacion La Alameda" and "La Alameda News" Facebook Groups, in order to provide periodical updates, raise international awareness of and support for the inspiring work which La Alameda continues to do. Here, longer posts and translated articles will be periodically posted. Below is a brief account of La Alameda and their history:


La Fundacion Alameda is a non-profit organization based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which for years has been fighting for just labor laws and equality for Bolivian immigrant workers in Argentina. In recent years they have done a tremendous job in combating and exposing the intertwined problems of corruption, human trafficking, slave labor and urban sweatshops. More recently the organization has increased its focus on the exploitation of women and children.

A more thorough description of the history of La Alameda is listed below, as well as their ongoing list of denounced clothing brands (including Puma, Adidas and Fila) which have been found to use slave labor:

http://laalameda.wordpress.com/

The Cooperative 20th of December, commonly known as La Alameda, emerged from a Popular Assembly in the Parque Avellaneda neighborhood of Buenos Aires in 2002. The organization was formed as a response to the community's most pressing social issues at the time: hunger and unemployment. The Assembly's first concrete action was the creation of a community dining hall and picnic area, which serve 140 members of the community (mainly workers from the textile industry). La Alameda is part of the Program of Community Groups of the Secretary of Development of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, under the inscription #460. Since 2002, La Alameda has continued to grow as an organization, in large part due to the tireless efforts of those who partake in its self sufficient community style of operation. The cooking, cleaning and other chores associated with the running of the dining hall are delegated on a weekly basis to those who eat there. In addressing the other main social issue which La Alameda was founded upon alleviating, the organization has created genuine jobs for the community, as a way to revive the culture of work and dignity in the community.