NYC: November 30 International Solidarity in the Age of Outsourcing

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From the site http://www.jwj.org/updates/media/11-28-04NTUI.htm :

Seeking dialog with U.S. workers about mutual interests in fight to defend good jobs and ensure fair labor standards

Washington, dc -- Less than a month after a U.S. presidential election where candidates traded accusations about the increase in the number of jobs shifting from the U.S. to other countries, a delegation of labor leaders from India is embarking on a tour of nine major U.S. cities to open a dialog about ensuring that the interests of working people everywhere are respected and promoted.


"The jobs that multinational companies destroy in the U.S. outnumber the jobs they create in India, as workers are working harder and longer," said Ashim Roy, the President of several unions representing General Electric workers in Gujarat state. "The companies create insecure jobs at near-poverty level wages with inhuman working conditions. We want to work with our sisters and brothers in the U.S. and elsewhere to prevent exploitation and guarantee jobs with fair wages and human dignity for all."


"We will resist the corporations' efforts to pit us against each other," said V. Chandra, a woman who has worked in the coal industry for 25 years and is the Organizing Secretary of a union representing 50,000 miners. "We know that the companies see no borders in their efforts to make money, so we too must look past them," she added. "Workers are talking across the continents about their mutual interests; together we can defend jobs with fair labor standards."


The NTUI leaders' tour kicks off in New York City on Tuesday, November 30, with a public event, “A New Path For Indian Labor? International Solidarity in the Age of Outsourcing,” at the Cornell University Conference Center, 16 E. 34th St, from 6:00 – 8:30 PM.


Their full schedule appears below. Please contact Anannya Bhattacharjee at 202 679-0180 to arrange interviews in person in the cities the tour will be visiting, or by telephone for reporters in other locations.

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[Pooka Fey]

1. Right on!

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2. The media has to cover this event

I'm not affiliated with any of the participants of this event but it's something I want to see, hear and read about. I've contacted media outlets and would appreciate if you could do the same - if we could all ask that it be covered. In particular, I'd love to see this on C-Span so if anyone knows anyone who can get C-Span to air it, please pass this along to them.

[Pooka Fey]

3. I don't know. It's not an official Repug Talking Point.

Just kidding. There's a media hit list with thousands of emails and phone numbers floating around on one of these threads - I think I saw it in Election 04 results - it's one of the cleaned up threads that Eloriel has been working on; I think.
I agree it should be covered, and I'll pitch in just as soon as I finish writing my thesis which was supposed to be done last Weds. What am I doing on DU? I dunno.

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4. BACK TO WORK POOKA FEY!

:)

[Pooka Fey]

5. Aaaack!