Mini-conference co-sponsored by Cornell Labor Studies and NY Jobs with Justice
Saturday, September 13, 2003
9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Cornell ILR Extension Center
16 East 34th Street, 6th floor (between 5th and Madison)
New York, NY 10016
Lunch will be included (catered by ROC NY)
Session I
The Challenge of Corporate Globalization
9:30 - 11:45 a.m.
This session will lay out labor's basic concerns around the WTO, the FTAA and address the significance of initiatives such as the Immigrant Freedom Ride.
Keynote: Bruce Raynor, President UNITE!
Discussants:
Cathy Feingold* (FTAA Card Campaign National Coordinator AFL-CIO)
Christy Bailey* (IBT Government Affairs)
Carrie Biggs-Adams* (CWA International Affairs)
Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride
(* invited)
Following the morning session there will be a short lunch (11:45 12:30 p.m.) catered by the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York.
Session II
Dialogue on Dialogue: Options and Strategies for Labor and the Global Justice Movement
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
This panel will address some of the difficult tactical/strategic questions, particularly the question of how/whether to constructively engage the existing structures of global governance. Is "In the Suites and in the Streets" working? What should the balance be? Is it draining our energy and/or raising false hopes?
Lance Compa Moderator
Sandra Polaski - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Elizabeth Drake - AFL-CIO Public Policy Dept.
Karen Hansen-Kuhn Development GAP
Location:
Cornell ILR Extension Center 16 East 34th st. and 6th Ave. New York 10016
Contact:
Rachel
rachel
jwj.org
(646) 452 - 5640
Sponsored By:
Cornell Labor Studies Program NY Jobs with Justicenot available yet