From sweatfreenw at gmail.com Sat Jan 8 13:31:33 2011 From: sweatfreenw at gmail.com (Sweatfree NW Campaign) Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 13:31:33 -0800 Subject: [Sweatfree_activist] Solidarity Against the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement - West Coast Speaker Tour! Message-ID: Please forward... *West Coast Speaker's Tour: * *Solidarity Against the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement* *Featuring the Korea Confederation of Trade Union's Kim Kyung-Ran* The Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement is poised to be introduced in the U.S. Congress early this year. The largest agreement of its kind since NAFTA, the Korea FTA threatens jobs and the economy; the environment and public health; and democracy itself both in the United States and South Korea. Hear from Kim Kyung-Ran, director of external relations for the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, as she tears apart myths about this deal being good for working people in either country and inspires us to action with some of South Korea's largest and most dramatic mobilizations to date against the proposed FTA. Local activists will also share stories why they oppose the Korea FTA and how you can join local efforts to defeat it. *CALIFORNIA* For more details, please email: tim at citizenstrade.org *Presentation:* *Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement: Corporate Rights vs. People's Rights* Monday, January 10 ? 7:00 pm KIWA Cultural Education Center 3471 W. 8th St ? Los Angeles, CA *Action*: *Cross-Border Rally to Oppose the Korea-U.S. FTA* Friday, January 14 ? 12:00 noon Outside Rep. Pelosi's Office ? Federal Building Annex 90 7th St (7th & Mission) ? San Francisco, CA *OREGON* For more details, please email: arthur at oregonfairtrade.org *Presentation:* *Cross-Border Unity Against the Korea-U.S. FTA* Tuesday, January 11 ? 6:30 pm Machinists Union Hall 3645 SE 32nd Ave ? Portland, OR *Action*: *Portland Rally Against the Korea-U.S. FTA* Wednesday, January 12 ? 12:00 noon Outside Senator Wyden's Office 911 NE 11th Ave ? Portland, OR *Presentation: Cross-Border Unity Against the Korea-U.S. FTA* Wednesday, January 12 ? 5:30 pm University of Oregon Erb Memorial Union's Ben Linder Room University & 13th ? Eugene, OR *WASHINGTON* For more details, please email: kristen at washingtonfairtrade.org *Briefing:* *Journalists & Communications Directors Roundtable* (please RSVP at 206-227-3079) Thursday, January 13 ? 12:00 noon Seattle Municipal Tower, Rm 2240/2246 700 Fifth Avenue ? Seattle, WA *Reception & Presentation:* *Traditional Korean Dwipuri for Trade Activists * Thursday, January 13 ? 6:30 pm IMO Asian Bistro in Pioneer Square 704 1st Ave ? Seattle, WA This tour is sponsored by the California Fair Trade Coalition, Oregon Fair Trade Campaign and Washington Fair Trade Coalition, with generous support from the MRG Foundation. Individual tour stops are cosponsored by the Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance, Machinists Local 63, Machinists Local 1005, Portland Jobs with Justice, the Lane County Fair Trade Campaign, Sahngnoksoo, Reclaim the Media and the Community Alliance for Global Justice. On Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=160641477315951&num_event_invites=0 *********************************** Hope to see you there! Elizabeth Swager Sweatfree Northwest 503-784-1951 c sweatfreenw at gmail.com Sweatfree Northwest is a coalition of local campaigns to end sweatshop abuse by working collectively to build a movement that will support worker rights. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.enabled.com/pipermail/sweatfree_activist/attachments/20110108/80922adb/attachment.htm