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9/18 SF Forum On US Labor And The War On Lebanon, Palestine & Iraq

by Labor Video Project
Trade unionists will discuss the role of US labor and the wars in the Middle East as well as the
conditions of Arab-American workers in the US at a forum in San Francisco on Sep 18,2006

A Forum and Video Screening
US Labor And
The War On Lebanon, Palestine & Iraq

&
Video of Mass Anti-war March in CapeTown S.A. And Speakers From S.A Trade
Unions Including COSATU

Monday September 18, 2006 7:00 PM
522 Valencia St. 3rd Floor/16th St. SF
Donation Requested $3.00

Join trade unionists and worker as they discuss the wars in the Middle East
and the role of organized labor in the United States. Why are US unions
virtually silent about the war on Lebanon, the Palestinians and Iraqis and
what are unions doing around the world on these issues. Why has the South
African Congress of Trade Union President Willie Madisha said that apartheid
in Israel is worse than South Africa’s apartheid?
Finally what are the conditions of Arab-American workers in the United States?

Speakers:
Monadel Herzallah Arab American Union Members Council AAUMC
Alan Fisher, AFT 2121 Executive Board, SFCC Professor
Mary Ann Ring, President UCSF-CUE
Jack Heyman, ILWU Local 10 member & Transport Workers Solidarity Committee
Chair
Spike Kahn, Retired Trade Unionist And Recent Visitor To War Zone
Sponsored by Break The Siege Coalition, Labor Video Project, Labor For
Palestine

For information contact (415)282-1908 or lvpsf [at] labornet.org

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