[CIMC-work] FW: Labor and Environmental Conference CHICAGO IL APRIL 16-18

[Carey, William]

ASJE, the people who organized the March to Miami are sponsoring a two and
a half day conference on labor and environmental issues April 16-18 in
Chicago. I think this will be an excellent event. Please encourage your
organization to consider sending delegates at the $150 conference rate to
help support the Blue Green Movement.  (A lower individual rate and some
scholarships are available, see form below). Attached are leaflets for the
events and a link to the article about the conference in the latest issue
of the District 7 NEWS AGITATOR.
 https://www.uswa.org/uswa/program/adminlinks/docs//Issue_9_Winter_2004-pg8.pdf

Call or email if you have questions or need more information.
Thanks
Bill Carey
219-881-6212

<<symposium and conference flyer.pdf>> 

What are the next steps for the US Global Justice/Fair Trade Movement? 
Friday,  April 16, 2004   10:30 am to 5:00 pm 
The Rodeway Inn, Halsted and Madison, Chicago, IL

$ 10 donation requested
First Panel: 11:00 to 1:00 pm
  From Seattle in 1999 to Cancun and Miami in 2003, global resistance to
  the corporate trade agenda has brought the "free trade" momentum to a
  temporary halt. But where do we go from here?  What lessons can we draw
  from our colleagues in developing countries? What are the goals of an
  alternative national and global economy? What economic policies are
  needed? What concrete proposals can move toward those goals?  
Panel Participants:
  Barbara Dudley, Moderator, Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment
  Dave Foster, Director, District 11, USWA, Minneapolis MN
  Thea Lee, Policy Department, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C
  Denise O'Brien, Women, Food and Agriculture Network, Atlantic, Iowa 
  Mark Ritchie, President, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy,
    Minneapolis	

Second Panel: 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm
  The resistance to the trade agreements has been both inside the trade
  summits and  outside in the streets. Efforts are being made to divide this
  opposition into "respectable" NGOs types inside and "violence prone
  anarchists" outside. How do we advance our direct action strategies beyond
  the increasingly choreographed dance with the police and a fence, and how
  do we maintain strategic and tactical unity as we build our new global
  system?
Panel Participants:
  Jeanne Passarelli, Moderator, Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the
    Environment
  Stuart Acuff, Director of Field Organizing, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C. 
  Nancy Haque, Jobs with Justice, Washington, D.C. (invited).
  John Sellers, Director, The Ruckus Society, Oakland, CA
  Greg Asbed and Lucas Ramirez, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Immokalee,FL

More information:  Dan Leahy at the Alliance: (360) 709-9324   
email: leahyd at evergreen.edu

Why Labor and Environmentalists Need Each Other to Defeat Bush's Wal-Mart
Economy

April 17-18  Chicago 
Rodeway Inn -Halsted and Madison

  Labor and environmentalists will not always agree, but the Alliance for
  Sustainable Jobs and the Environment (ASJE) believes that both our
  movements are stronger when we can work together.  This conference will
  allow regional labor and environmental leaders to interact and plan
  common strategies. With a hostile political climate in Washington
  D.C. and mixed control of State Houses in the region, 2004 is a critical
  time for labor and environmentalists to collaborate more effectively.

Conference Topics (still being developed)
  The Fight Against Free Trade: What's working
  Corporations Make Me Sick 
  Is there a Good Job/Clean Energy plan out there?
  Direct Action Imagery  
  Lake Michigan: National Treasure or Undermined Resource? Will it still be
  Great if it's owned by Bechtel?

REGISTRATION -PLEASE PRINT: Mail with Fee to:
 ASJE. Box 602. Olympia, WA. 98507 

NAME________________________________ 
ORG.________________________________________ 
STREET _____________________________ 
CITY ______________ STATE ___ ZIP________
E-mail __________________________________  
PHONE____________________________
 - Union Delegates and Environmental Organization Registration Fee $150
    (included lunch both days)
 - Low income registration before April 2nd. $80  (A limited number of
    scholarships are available) 

Checks should be sent to: ASJE, PO Box 602. Olympia, Washington 98507
before March 29th. 

Hotel Rooms at $79/night for a single or double. Call the Rodeway
Inn. (312) 829-5000 before April 2nd.  The hotel is located just west of
the Kennedy Exp. in Chicago's Greektown. The Blue line from O'Hare stops
four blocks away at UIC/ Halsted and the Orange Line from Midway stops at
Wells and Washington 10 blocks away. Its also close to the AMTRAK and
Greyhound stations.

For more conference information, call Jeanne Passarelli at (360) 709-9324
or send an email to: admin at asje.org.  Please call to discuss being an
organizational co-sponsor of the conference.