conference031025

2003 Northeast Regional High School Anti-Sweatshop Conference

CUNY Graduate Center -- New York, NY -- 25-26 October 2003

Teachers and students participated with experienced activists at this second annual regional conference on child labor issues, outgrowths of three previous CLEA statewide Vermont conferences.

Co-sponsored by the National Labor Committee, CAUSE, SCALE, CLEA, USAS, and Broad Meadows

Conference Schedule
25 - 26 October 2003

Saturday, 25 October

10:00 - 10:30    Registration

10:30 - 12:00   Plenaryl
                        · Speakers from Central American Worker tour on their lives and the truth about the                           FTAA
                        · Each group present will present for 1 minute on theri work
                        · National Labor Committee DirectorCharles Kernaghan

12:00 - 12:40   Lunch

12:40 - 1:30

1:30 - 2:20       Panel on Procurement/Sweat-Free Schools - Brian O'Shaughnassee, NY                         State Labor Religion Coalition; Bjorn Claesen, Sweat Free Communities                         Coalition; TBA from WNYSAP?
                        Sweatshops 101 - Barbara Beiggs, NLC
                        FTAA - Maureen Casey, NY-State Labor Religion Coalition, WNYSAP?

2:20 - 3:10       Panel on Procurement/Sweat-Free Schools
                        New York City Caucus - A Sweat-Free NYC?
                        Monitoring - Colin O'Malley, WNYSAP

3:10 - 4:00       Organizing Training - Facilitators from NYPIRG, USAS, WNYSAP, NLC

4:00 - 4:50       Organizing Training - Facilitators from NYPIRG, USAS, WNYSAP, NLC

4:50 - 6:00       Student-Led Skill Shares
                        Students from CLEA, WNYSAP, the Detroit Interfaith Committee on Worker                         Issues, NYC-Museum School, and others will present at and facilitate student-to-                         student discussions on the diverse body of their work and the challenges they face                         as activists.

6:00 - 7:00       Action Component - TBA

7:00 - 9:00       Pizza Dinner
                        Informal Discussion with Central American Sweatshop Workers
                        Open Mic - Bring your instruments!

Sunday, 26 October

10:00 - 12:00   Facilitated Discussions
                        Where do we go from here?
                        How to effectively organize and build the high school anti-sweatshop movement

12:00 - 12:40   Lunch

12:40 - 2:00     Closing Plenary
                        Panel Discussion: One student from each of the above breakout sessions will join to                         present on their conclulsions and discuss larger strategy.

Did you know?

250 million people worldwide toil under oppressive conditions of child and sweatshop labor - (UN).

Tens of thousands of workers in the Unites States are victims of child and sweatshop labor - (U.S. Department of Labor).

A majority of apparel imported to the United States is made under conditions of oppressive child and sweatshop labor.

There is a growing national movement to educate and organize citizens to improve
working conditions for children.

Because of citizen action, some corporations and universities are requiring labor codes
of conduct and independent monitoring of factories.

Federal legislation has outlawed importation of products made with bonded (slave)
labor.

Gains have been made but much remains to be done. This conference aims to educate students and to stimulate positive action to reduce abuse to children worldwide.

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