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Mural
detail: "Pan-American Unity" at the City College of San
Francisco, Diego Rivera
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With
the Fall 2002 series "Development, Labor Standards, and Economic
Integration in the Americas," CLAS aimed to generate dialogue
around the role of labor standards in the context of development
and economic integration throughout the Americas and further
the ongoing debate over trade and the global economy. Participants
examined global forces, local contexts, and political realities.
Funding provided by the Ford Foundation.
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Sarah Cleveland and Terry Collingsworth
"International
Labor Standards: From Definition to Enforcement"
Professor
Sarah Cleveland, Marrs McClean Professor of Law at the
University of Texas at Austin, and Terry Collingsworth,
Executive Director of the International Labor Rights Fund,
will be speaking about international labor standards at
Boalt Hall School of Law. Professor Cleveland will discuss
her research on international labor standards and give
an overview of the field. Mr. Collingsworth will discuss
his work with the ILRF and the use of the Alien Tort Claims
Act address labor rights abuses. A question and answer
period will follow.
(co-sponsored with the Berkeley Journal of
Employment and Labor Law)
Friday,
September 13, 2002 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 140, Boalt
Hall School of Law (map)
Photos
of the event
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Carmen Valadez
"CITTAC: Organizing and Advocating for Workers' Rights Under Mexican Law"
Carmen
Valadez has worked extensively in Tijuana with the workers'
information center, CITTAC (Centro de Información para
Trabajadores y Trabajadoras, A.C.). CITTAC is a grassroots
organization that has worked principally with maquiladora
and other low-wage workers since its founding in 1991.
Its comprehensive and innovative approach to labor rights
advocacy includes community education and outreach, as
well as training workers to enforce their rights on the
job and to represent themselves before government agencies.
Carmen Valadez is a co-founder of Casa de la Mujer/Grupo
Factor X, a Tijuana organization dedicated to organizing
for the human rights of women workers.
Biography
of Ms. Valadez
Co-sponsored
with the Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law
(BJELL)
Thursday,
September 24, 12 noon
CLAS Conference Room
Photos
of the event
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Stephen Herzenberg
"The NAFTA Labor Agreement"
Stephen Herzenberg,
one of the U.S. negotiators of the labor side agreement
to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), will
describe the dynamics that shaped the labor agreement.
He will discuss both the tensions within the United States'
negotiating team and the trilateral interaction among the
United States, Mexico, and Canada. Following this, Dr.
Herzenberg and Professor Harley Shaiken will lead an open
discussion of what, if any, value the labor side agreement
might have in future efforts to strengthen labor and environmental
protections in trade agreements.
Friday, September
27, 12 noon
CLAS Conference Room
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Blanca
Velasquez Diaz, “The Economic Consequences of NAFTA:
A Labor Organizer’s Point of View”
Blanca
Velazquez Diaz is a representative and co-founder of CAT,
the Support Center for Workers located in Atlixco, Puebla
in central Mexico. In addition to supporting the organizing
efforts of workers in maquiladoras (assembly-line
factories producing for export), the CAT also does education
and outreach to workers through workshops, trainings, and
street theater.
Co-sponsored
by the Center for Labor Research and Education
Wednesday,
October 16, 4:00-6:00 pm
CLAS Conference Room
Photo
and summary of the event
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