La Mujer Obrera

08/29/2026

Café Mayapan

07/20/2026

La Mujer Obrera youth in the “Sembrando el Futuro” summer camp worked on plastering our adobe stove and bringing new life to it 🧱

Through Sembrando el Futuro we’re focusing on expanding LMO youth’s opportunities to learn from and be part of the collective decision making process we’re building in barrio Chamizal. This summer we’re exploring the importance of water in our region, learning our role in the ecosystem and cooking delicious, nutritious food together in our outdoor kitchen 😋

07/11/2026

Today’s recuerdo de resistencia reminds us of the legacy women garment workers

In cities like El Paso we often lack opportunities to learn our own history, we have to go out searching for it and piece it together ourselves. An often forgotten part of this history is the factory garment workers who formed a foundational piece of El Paso’s economy, paving the way for worker’s rights and a generation of economic stability. This video reminds us of a living history not limited to words in a book, these are the stories of our mothers, grandmothers, and neighbors. The vision for a dignified life rooted in our basic needs outlined by the workers that have made up La Mujer Obrera since its founding continue to shape our organization to this day as we work to keep their stories and lessons alive in barrio Chamizal.

07/09/2026

The water’s here! The water’s here!
Some shots of our community farm, Tierra es Vida, getting water from the Rio Grande this week!

Throughout history, life in this valley has been deeply intertwined with the river. For thousands of years the water of the Rio Grande/ Rio Bravo ran freely through the land we now call El Paso, TX, USA/ Ciudad Juarez, Chih. Mexico supporting a vibrant and unique riparian ecosystem. Today, that same river is almost unrecognizable after it was locked away behind a dam and cement channel then drained and polluted through the industrialization of the border. We’re deeply grateful to still be able to receive and care for this water every year. This is more than just a way to irrigate our plants, it’s our connection to what’s left of the river.

06/09/2026

We organize not only for a dignified life for ourselves, but for the right to stay on and care for the land that we call home, and grow the community we imagine which includes the land and all its inhabitants. This is why one of La Mujer Obera’s main priorities is to re-learn our place in the ecosystem, viewing ourselves as part of instead of separate or above the land and those we share the land with. Families of the Barrio Chamizal gather, celebrate, plant and harvest throughout the neighborhood in parks, homes and La Mujer Obrera’s communal spaces to care for and share our knowledge of our urban desert ecosystem.

06/05/2026

This documentary, produced in 2006 for the 25th anniversary of La Mujer Obreras founding gives a snapshot of the context in which LMO began; garment workers organizing to defend their rights as the devastating effects of NAFTA loomed over workers throughout the U.S. Well be back next Friday with another glimpse into LMO and garment worker history in El Paso!

05/29/2026

La Mujer Obrera was founded in 1981 as an organization of women workers in Barrio Chamizal, once known as El Paso’s garment district, to imagine and enact a vision for a dignified life for workers and their families. Four decades later, a lot has changed but we continue to carry forward this vision of a dignified life for the families of the Chamizal.

05/29/2026

Limited time offer Dine-In Special still available! Present coupon to your waitress for a free Mini Tostadas appetizer with the purchase of two entrees!

05/21/2026

Dine In Special! Free Mini Tostadas appetizer with the purchase of two entrées! Present coupon to waitress for your mini oven baked tostadas topped with beans, queso fresco, and pickled red onion!

04/23/2026

We stand in solidarity with the home care workers, home care workers deserve time to take care of themselves and their family. Please share this post, and send support.

Come support home care workers who will mark 7 full days on hunger strike to end the brutal 24-hour workday in New York City. Thursday April 23, 12pm and City Hall (Broadway & Murray St)!

Join to call on Speaker Julie Menin to put the No More 24 Act to a vote NOW! Don’t bow down to ’s shameful opposition!