UCSC Center for Labor Studies Public Conference

"Imagining International Solidarity: Models for U.S. Labor Solidarity with Workers in Latin America and China"

When: Saturday, February 2, 2008, 9:00-5:00
Where: UCSC Oakes College Room 105

How can those of us in the U.S. best support the labor struggles of working people in Latin America and China?   Which models are most effective?  How can we ensure the empowerment of working people and their activism at the grassroots? How do we begin with respect for workers' own organizations and requests for support?  This conference brings together a stellar list of experienced activists and scholars from seven countries to share their ideas about new models for building effective and democratic labor solidarity across national borders.

Keynote Speakers:
José LaLuz, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
Kent Wong, UCLA Center for Labor Studies

Participants Include:
Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval, Chicano/a Studies, UC Santa Barbara
Teresa Casertano, AFL-CIO International Center for Labor Solidarity
Anita Chen, Australian National University
Jenny Chan, Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior, Hong Kong
Stephen Coats, U.S. Labor Education in the Americas Project
Jonathan Fox, Latin American and Latino Studies, UCSC
Dana Frank, History, UCSC
Homero Fuentes, COVERCO Guatemala
Paul Garver, International Union of Foodworkers
Emily Honig, Feminist Studies, UCSC
Josie Mooney, Service Employees International Union Local 790
Jesper Nielsen, United Federation of Danish Workers
Katie Quan, UC Berkeley Center for Labor Studies

Free and open to the public. For more information contact UCSC Labor Studies:  Sara Smith, sarars2 at gmail dot com, or Dana Frank, (831) 459-2542.

In Solidarity,
CUE Local 10