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UNITED STUDENTS AGAINST SWEATSHOPS CONFERENCE
posted June 14, 1999

[The following alert was provided by United Students Against Sweatshops
(USAS).]

United Students Against Sweatshops
national organizing conference
Friday, July 9th, 1 pm - Sunday, July 11th, 3 pm
Washington, D.C.

Learn skills - gain knowledge - spread the struggle - meet your fellow
organizers - share tactics - discuss challenges with similar schools -
develop an economic analysis - hear a keynote speaker (TBA) - and more!

Contact: Peter Romer-Friedman, <pete...@umich.edu>, 212-265-7000 x526

To preregister, to see the conference agenda or to join the USAS list serve,
go to <www.umich.edu/~sole>
Housing guaranteed for those who preregister by June 30
Conference fee: $5

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Plus, a special pre-conference: anti-sweatshop groups, unions,
academics and
more - discussing monitoring and the state of the anti-sweatshop movement:
Wednesday, July 7th - Thursday, July 8th
Washington, D.C.

Contact: Thomas Wheatley, <twhe...@ssc.wisc.edu>, 608-265-4276

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And protest at the Department of Labor!

Speak out about the DOL, universities and corporations using the Fair Labor
Association (FLA) to whitewash labor abuses instead of ending them.
Friday, July 9, 1 pm
200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC

Contact: Jess Champagne, <jessica....@yale.edu>, 202-872-5333


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