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Mural
detail: "Pan-American Unity" at the City College of San
Francisco, Diego Rivera
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With
the Spring 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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Jeffrey
Hermanson
"Challenges for the Contemporary Mexican Labor Movement"
Jeffrey
Hermanson has been a union organizer for 25 years with
the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and its
successor UNITE. He formerly was the director of organizing
for the carpenters' union, and is currently Field Representative
with the American Center for International Labor Solidarity
in Mexico City.
Monday,
April 8, 9:00 a.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
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Daniel
Kovalik
"Colombia, Human Rights, and U.S. Courts"
Daniel
Kovalik is Assistant General Counsel of the United Steelworkers
of America and one of the chief counsels for the plaintiffs
in the Alien Tort Claims Act ("ATCA") cases against
Coca-Cola and Drummond Coal. He will be speaking about
these cases and the attempt to confront human rights abuses
in Colombia through litigation in the U.S. courts.
Thursday,
April 25, 12:00 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
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