August 2003 Index
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. CLR NEWS
1.1 Calendar of Progressive Events
1.2 New resource forthcoming: Primer on the FTAA and Workers’
Rights
2. CLR CAMPAIGNS
2.1 Coalition of Immokalee Workers
2.2 Gina Workers in Thailand Have Won but Need Your
Help One More Time
2.3 SWEATFREE COMMNUTIES: Kucinich Becomes First Presidential
Candidate to Support Anti-Sweatshop Guidelines
2.4 Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride
2.5 House Overwhelmingly Passes Burmese Freedom and
Democracy Act
2.6 Results of Colombia Aid Vote: Follow Up Needed!
2.7 FTAA and CAFTA CAMPAIGN UPDATES, RELATED STRUGGLES
a. Call to Action: Come to Miami This November!
b. Race to the Bottom Fun Run, Seattle 11/22
c. NO MORE NAFTA!
BALLOTS
d. Worksite Flyer on the FTAA for Union Members
e. Poor People's March to highlight FTAA, August
2-30th
f. A
Call to Action: Central America is not for Sale! (And neither is Louisiana!)
g. WTO Ministerial in Cancun, September 1-14, 2003
h. New Action Pack: How to STOP the FTAA and WTO!
i. The Rigged Trade Game
j. House Passes Chile and Singapore Free Trade Agreements
k. Rep. Brown: Congress Trades Away the Trust of
America’s Working Families
l. Congressman Michaud Introduces Legislation to
Repeal Trade
m. Critics Say Agreement Tramples the Rights of Local
Citizens
3. INTERNATIONAL STRUGGLES
3.1 Kahatex, Indonesia: Reinstate Workers Now!
3.2 Update on Lands’ End Workers at Primo Factory,
El Salvador
3.3 Strikers and Goons Clash in Nestle Plant in the
Philippines
3.4 Workers at Women's Institute Organize, Set Strike
Date, Seek Solidarity
3.5 China's Legal Changes Create Army of Self-Taught
Lawyers
3.6 Update on Former Bed & Bath Workers in Thailand
3.7 Nike Drafts an All Star
3.8 LCHR Urges UN to Adopt Corporate Human Rights Guidelines
4. DOMESTIC STRUGGLES
4.1 Taiwan Labor Forum to Support LA CDN Workers
4.2 An Urgent Appeal from the Black Telephone Workers for Justice
4.3 Labor's Weight Beyond Its Numbers
5. OTHER NEWS
5.1 After the War: Outrageous Bush Executive Order
on Iraq Oil Must Be Investigated
5.2 Camp Teaches Teens about Labor Unions
5.3 I.B.M. Explores Shift of White-Collar Jobs Overseas
5.4 Walter Mosley: Ignorance is Not Bliss
6. ANNOUNCEMENTS
6.1 Strategic Bargaining and Organizing Campaigns:
Oct. 5-10
7. RESOURCES
7.1 UE International News and Information
7.2 New Book by Edward Said
8. JOBS
8.1 Fundraising Coordinator: Coalition for Justice
in the Maquiladoras
8.2 Co-Director: Texas Fair Trade Coalition
8.3 Food Server Organizing Position: HERE
8.4 Various Positions: Coordinating Council of Palm
Beach County, Inc.
8.5 Director of Communications: Ms. Foundation
8.6 Ohio and Pennsylvania Filed Organizer: Global
AIDS Alliance
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