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Labofest: Labor Report On Asian Labor Struggles

Date:
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Time:
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Event Type:
Teach-In
Organizer/Author:
Location Details:
ILWU 34 Hall, 801 Second St., San Francisco. Next to baseball stadium. Walk the one mile from Market on Second or on the Embarcadero to 801 Second Street or take public transportation:
T or N train from Embarcadero Station to Second and King Station;
30 or 45 bus from Market and Fourth Streets (Powell Station) to end of line at Townsend between Fourth and Third, then walk one block to Second Street;
47 bus which travels on Van Ness ends at Cal Train Station at 4th and Townsend, then walk on Townsend to Second Street;
10 bus which runs from North Point and Columbus on Battery to Third and Townsend, so get off at Second Street.

With KCTU Seoul Region Union, Japanese Doro Chiba Railway Workers Delegation, Turkish DISK Healthcare Workers Union, and Philippine Airline Workers Union.

Global labor is under attack, and this forum will have reports on the attack on Korean, Japanese, Philippine and Turkish workers. The economic crisis in Asia, like the US, has been used by the corporations and governments to attack the labor movement with attacks on the right to strike and organize. At the same time, the drive toward militarization and national chauvinism has been used as a pretext to repress the unions. These unionists will report on the economic conditions and what unions are doing to organize and fight back.

Hosted by LaborFest and Transport Workers Solidarity Committee
See also:
http://www.laborfest.net/2009schedule.htm
Added to the calendar on Sat, Jun 13, 2009 7:46PM

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by Chun Tae Il
ssangyong_factory_map.jpg
This was a great talk. Most importantly the Korean comrades talked about the Ssangyong Motors factory occupation, that it still going on.

A map is attached to show the layout of the factory that Korean Federation of Trade Unions activists were describing.
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