on 17 may 2007 union leaders sent out an urgent plea for help to its internationalist allies, including angelina godoy, professor at the university of washington. dr. godoy has led a human rights seminar to guatemala each summer since 2005, and will lead another one in 2007. each year, she and her students meet with the women of sitracima, and discuss the nature of their struggle. the students, inspired by the clarity of the plea for help from people with whom they have a personal relationship, are currently organizing to pressure the guatemalan government to enforce its labor law, to pressure the brands to defend their workers' rights, and to pressure the us government to intervene on the workers' behalf. they are regularly updating a blog with information directly from the workers, and about their actions on the workers' behalf, at http://maquilaemergency.blogspot.com/.