[Vision2020] Unions, Coca-Cola, and Colombia

[bill london]

>Unions, Coca-Cola and Colombia
>Pacific Northwest Global Justice Tour
>Thursday, April 22, 1pm
>Silver Room of the SUB, UI
>Luis Adolfo Cardona, a Colombian Trade Unionist at Coca-Cola, who narrowly
>escaped being murdered by an anti-union death squad in his home country, is
>accompanying USWA Associate Member representatives on a two-month,
>seven-state tour to raise awareness of the local and international effects
>of free trade. The Global Justice Tour will visit the University of Idaho
>Thursday, April 22 at 1pm in the Silver Room of the SUB. The tour will also
>visit WSU and LCSC (see below for more information).
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>Luis will be the featured speaker at the planned events. Tara Widner, USWA
>Staff Representative and the lead organizer of the March to Miami, will lead
>a discussion through the maze of free trade deals and show a documentary on
>the latest trade protest in Miami at the Free Trade Area of the Amer! icas
>meeting last fall. In addition, Gary McKinney, USWA Associate Member
>Coordinator, will speak about a new opportunity for individuals to join the
>Steelworkers and revolutionize the labor movement. 
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>The Steelworkers' Associate Member program allows students, activists,
>unemployed workers and those without a collective bargaining agreement with
>their employer to become members of a Labor Organization that has been
>fighting for economic and social justice for over 60 years. 
>Apr 22-University of Idaho, 1:00PM, Silver Room of the SUB
>April 22- Lewis Clark State College, Lewiston, 6:00PM, Administration Bld.
>Rm. 203
>April 23- Washington State University, 3:00PM, Compton Union Bld. Rm. 212
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