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Congressman Neri Colmenares |
Rex Fernandez Legal counsel of Karapatan: Alliance for the Advancement of Peoples' Rights Counsel to Melissa Roxas, the first US citizen during the Obama administration to have been abducted, illegally detained, and tortured in the Philippines |
Sponsored by:
Katarungan: Center for Peace, Justice
and Human Rights in the Philippines
International Labor
Rights Forum
Amnesty International
Policy Forum: Strengthening Core Labor Standards through Public Procurement Reform
Friday, November 6, 1:00-4:00 pm
Cannon House Office
Building, Room 340, Washington D.C.
Map: http://www.aoc.gov/cc/cc_map.cfm
Sponsored
by Rep. Mike Michaud, Rep. Phil Hare, and Rep. Diane Watson
RSVP to summit@sweatfree.org appreciated. FREE!
The forum is dedicated to ending the use of taxpayer dollars in global sweatshops and in domestic workplaces with substandard working conditions. It will provide multiple perspectives on the role of high-road public procurement in advancing core labor standards and decent working conditions, including testimony from workers, businesses, government, and labor rights advocates. The forum will highlight the experiences of state and local governments in setting labor standards for government suppliers and holding them accountable through supply chain transparency and independent factory monitoring. Based in part on those experiences, the forum will outline policy solutions for reforming federal procurement from both domestic and international sources. Come support this important effort to make sure our tax dollars fund decent working conditions and real economic recovery!
Highlights of Current Garment Worker Organizing Around the World Panel
Saturday, November 7, 2:30-4:00 pm
Georgetown University
Law Center, Hotung Hall, Room 1000
Map: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/directions/
RSVP to summit@sweatfree.org appreciated. FREE!
We live in a race-to-the bottom economy characterized by globalization, outsourcing, and increased use of temporary and contract workers. The people who make our clothes, just like other low-income workers, face tough times both in the U.S. and abroad. And yet, despite threats of firings and factory closure, empowered workers join together to stand up for their rights and organize to form unions. Come hear about the struggles of workers who make U.S. military apparel in Puerto Rico; organizing strategies of Chinese workers who are prohibited from forming independent unions; the campaign of Asian workers to raise their wages, across the continent, to living wages; and more inspiring examples of worker power and international solidarity!
Sweatfree Organizing and Strategy Workshops (SweatFree Communities Conference)
Saturday, November 7, and Sunday, November 8
Georgetown
University Law Center
Interested to get involved in organizing in your community to stop tax dollar support for sweatshops? Register online for a weekend of workshops and strategy conversations at the National SweatFree Summit.
