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8743: Haitian Organizer in NY (fwd)
From: radman <resist@best.com>
From: "Siobhan McGrath" <siobhanmcgrath@hotmail.com>
>Batay Ouvriye organizer in NYC, 7/27
>
>The Global Sweatshop Coalition &
>The Batay Ouvriye Solidarity Network invite you to a forum:
>
>From the Free-Trade Sweatshops to the Orange Plantations to the Sugar
>Cane
>Fields: The Struggle Against Globalization in Haiti
>
>With a representative from Haitian surging
>independent labor movement, Batay Ouvriye
>Friday, July 27, 2001 at 6:00 p.m.
>
>1199/SEIU Training and Upgrading Fund
>330 W. 42nd Street, 4th Floor
>
>In the Fall of 2000, supported by pressure from workers and activists
>around
>the world, the Grand Marnier plantation workers in Haiti forced the
>multinational liquor company to reach a ground-breaking agreement. Many
>key
>demands were met. A similar struggle is being waged on Cointreau's
>orange
>plantations, another liquor multinational exploiting Haitian laborers.
>
>From these crucial plantations struggles, in concert with organizing in
>Haiti's sweatshops, a vibrant independent labor movement is emerging. On
>May
>1, 2001, a new federation of independent labor unions and peasant
>associations was formed in Haiti and its membership is rapidly growing.
>As activists, organizers and progressives in labor, environmental and
>social
>justice campaigns join forces to build a strong anti-globalization
>movement
>here in the US, a key to this process is understanding how to build
>effective
>international solidarity.
>
>Haiti, the first Black republic in the New World
>After 2 US occupations, the struggle continues!
>
>An injury to one is an injury to all:
>One Struggle!
>Co-sponsored by the US Healthcare Trade Union Committee
>Refreshments will be served
>
>--
>Wesley Aten
>Organizer
>National Labor Committee
>waten@nlcnet.org
>
>Tel: (212) 242-3002
>Fax: (212) 242-3821
>www.nlcnet.org