Garment Workers Solidarity Center, Solidarity Summer Eduational Workshop

Michael Pugliese debsian at pacbell.net
Thu Jul 12 07:40:50 PDT 2001


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reforwarded to you by redscares at yahoo.com?subject=PleaseStopSending [espan~ol sigue al ingles] from Reclaim the Streets NYC - http://www.rtsnyc.org <alias at surfree.com> posts: Jeannette Gabriel wrote:

Solidarity Summer

In New York City

It's a Hot Summer in NYC and

Workers are Getting Fired Up!

Every Tuesday Night at 7 pm

Free Educational Workshops

Presentations & Organizing Discussions

At the third session of the Immigrant Workers History Project classes at

Garment Workers Solidarity Center the students decided they wanted to

continue the classes throughout the summer. We held a two-hour long

planning session and developed the course list together. The workers

have expressed interest in continuing the classes in the fall with

topics like NAFTA and the effects of globalization.

Schedule for summer workshops:

Week 1 - July 10th

Workers Rights & the Law

What Are Our Rights?

Week 2 - July 17th

Discrimination against Immigrants and other Workers

Immigration Services & the Department of Labor

Week 3 - July 24th

The History & Effects of Taft-Hartley Law

How Labor Law is Used by the Government & Unions

to Destroy Solidarity

Week 4 - July 31st

The Struggle for Amnesty

Week 5 - August 7th

How Do We Change Society?

Tactics Such as:

Changing Laws, Workplace & Community Struggle, General Strikes

Political/Philosophical Perspectives

Week 6 - August 14th

How Can Workers Organize?

History and Comparison of Organizational Structures

Workers Centers, Unions, City-Wide Organizations

Week 7 - August 21st

Workers' Rights to Education, Healthcare & Housing

How can we win these Rights Now?

Week 8 - August 31st

Showing of La Ciudad

Film made by Immigrant Workers about their Lives in NYC

Workshops will be held at Garment Workers Solidarity Center,

406 W. 40th Street, between 9th & 10th Ave

Take the A/C/E Train to 42nd

For more information (212) 967-3802/

jgabriel55 at hotmail.com

solidariowc at aol.com

http://angelfire.com/ny3/solidcenter

Sponsored by Garment Workers Solidarity Center and Workers Democracy

Network

Verano de Solidaridad

en Nueva York

Esta caliente este Verano en NYC y

los Trabajadores nos estamos quemando!

Talleres educacionales gratuitos

Discusiones y presentaciones sobre organizacion

1 Semana -- 10 de Julio

Derechos y leyes Laborales

Cuales son nuestros derechos?

2 Semana -- 17 de Julio

Discriminacion contra los inmigrantes y otros trabajadores.

Servicio de Inmigracion (Migra) y el Departamento de Trabajo

3 Semana -- 24 de Julio

La historia y los efectos de la ley Taft-Hartley

Como la ley laboral es usada por el gobierno y los sindicatos

4 Semana -- 31 de Julio

La Lucha por la Amnistia

5 Semana -- 7 de Agosto

Como cambia la sociedad?

Tacticas como son:

Cambiando las leyes, luchas en los lugares de trabajo y en la Comunidad,

Huelgas generales, perspectivas politicas y filosoficas

6 Semana -- 14 de Agosto

Como pueden los trabajadores organizarse?

Historia y comparacion de las estructuras organizativas de los

Centros de Trabajadores, Sindicatos, Organizaciones de la ciudad

7 Semana -- 21 de Agosto

Derechos de los Trabajadores a la Educacio, Salud y Vivienda

Como podemos ganar estos derechos ahora?

8 Semana -- 31 de Agosto

Presentacion de la pelicula La Ciudad

Hecha con la participacion de los trabajadores inmigrantes

sobre sus vidas en New York City

Los Talleres se llevaran acabo en el Centro de Solidaridad de

Trabajadores

de Costura, 406 W. 40th Street, between 9th & 10th Ave

Take the A/C/E Train to 42nd For more information: (212) 967-3802

/jgabriel55 at hotmail.com

solidariowc at aol.com

http://angelfire.com/ny3/solidcenter

Sponsored by Garment Workers Solidarity Center and Workers Democracy

Network



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