So they created their own conference and invited all the people NAFTA
will impact the most! An agenda follows. One panel specifically
focuses on a North American agribusiness -- IBP -- as a case study of
how free trade impacts agriculture, food, labor and the environment.
Bill Heffernan, Mike Callicrate, and Jerry Helmick will be featured on
the panel. Thought some of you might be interested in coming out.
Mary
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Who Pays the Bill?
A Citizens Summit on Free Fair Trade
September 24-25
Also, teach-ins and other activities Sept. 23-24
While corporations run away with the profits of free trade, citizens are
left to pay the bills in:
Lost jobs Lower wages Bankrupt family farmers
Peasants forced off the land to become immigrants
Environmental devastation Loss of democracy
Help us formulate a Citizens' Agenda for Fair Trade which puts people
first.
UMKC -Royal Hall,
Rm. 111
800 E. 52nd Street
Kansas City, MO
AGENDA
FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24
Who is making trade policy in the U.S. and Mexico?
7:00 Congress's responsibility to the citizens of a global economy,
and
how can citizens move Congress? Member of Congress
8:15 Narcotrafficking and political change on the Mexican border
Ninfa Deander, Publisher of El Mañana newspaper, Nuevo Laredo
9:00 Reception
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
9:00 NAFTA's impact on workers in U.S. Canada and Mexico:
George Becker, President, United Steelworkers (invited)
Martha Ojeda, Director, Coalition for Justice in the
Maquiladoras
Former worker from Steelworkers Local 4706, Goldblatt Tool (just moved
to Mexico)
David Locke, Communications Workers of America
10:40 Organizing Alternatives to the I-35 Corridor Development
Phil Young, Vice President, Teamsters International
Craig Volland, Kansas Sierra Club
Tim McDermott, Save Richard Gebaur Committee
Valli Sharpe-Geisler, Reform Party
11:50 Lunch and small group discussions
1:00 What's our Beef? How IBP uses free trade to destroy farmers and
food safety and exploit immigrant workers
William Heffernan, rural sociologist, UMC
Mike Callicrate, farmer and rancher who filed suit against IBP
An Immigrant worker
Jerry Helmick, United Food and Commercial Workers
2:15 Organizing for a People's Fair Trade Agenda and the Road to the
WTO
Meeting in Seattle, Nov. '99.
Ruth Caplan, Alliance for Democracy
3:00 Citizen's Agenda for Fair Trade
Open discussion and adoption of a Citizen's Agenda to be
presented
to
governmental bodies.
4:00 Adjourn
Cosponsors:
Ø Boilermakers International
Ø Catholics for Justice
Ø Cross Border Network for Justice & Solidarity
Ø Firefighters Local 42
Ø Food Circles Networking Project
Ø Greater Kansas City AFL-CIO
Ø Greater KC Fair Trade Coalition
Ø Greater KC Greens
Ø Holy Family Catholic Worker Center
Ø Institute for Labor Studies
Ø Kansas AFL-CIO
Ø Kansas City Area Labor Party
Ø Kansas City Kansas Community College - Campus Forum
Ø KU Amnesty International
Ø Missouri AFL-CIO
Ø Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Ø MO-KAN Alliance for Democracy
Ø Reform Party of Kansas
Ø Reform Party of Missouri
Ø Reform Party of Jackson City, MO
Ø Sierra Club -Kansas & Southern Plains Regional Conservation Committee
Ø Teamsters Local 41
Ø Tri-County Labor Council-AFL-CIO
Ø United Autoworkers (UAW) Local 249
Ø UAW Local 31 & Local 31 Retirees
Ø UAW CAP-Kansas City Missouri & Kansas
Ø United Steelworkers Advisory Council
Ø United Steelworkers Local 13
Ø United We Stand, MO & KS
Ø Village Presbyterian Peace & Justice Advocates
To Register:
Name_____________________________________________________________________
Organization (if
any)_________________________________________________________
Address
___________________________________________________________________
City _____________________________ State____ Zip________________
Phone __________Fax____________
Email__________________________
Enclosed is my check for:
$35 Fri/Sat____(Reduced rates for students and low income)
$15 (Fri eve)___ $25 (Sat only)_____
(Price includes: Continental breakfast and lunch)
I will need housing_____
I will need hotel accommodations ____
(We will send recommendations)
Make checks out to Longview Community College.
You may call in, fax or email registration and mail in check or pay by
credit card (Visa or Master Card) to:
The Institute for Labor Studies
UMKC-360AC
5100 Rockhill Rd.
Kansas City, MO 64110
Phone:(816) 235-1470
Fax: (816) 235-5529
Email: ancelj@umkc.edu
Contact Person: Judy Ancel
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