Starting Date: 04-15-2005
Starting Time: 6:00pm
Ending Date: 04-17-2005
Little Five Points Community Center
1083 Austin Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia 30307
United States
828-507-5276What: United Students Against Sweatshops South East Regional Conference
When: April 15-17 (the 15th is just to come and hang out and get some sleep before the main agenda begins Saturday morning).
Where: Atlanta-- Little Five Points Community Center
Why? Because it is going to be fun�
Accommodations and Meals will be provided in the 20 dollar (sliding scale) registration fee.
There will be Workshops and strategy sessions around the following issues:
-- Campus/Community Solidarity Campaigns- Learn about how to run a living wage campaign, what unions are and why they're important, the service worker solidarity campaign (Aramark, Compass and Sodexho) and trends in outsourcing!
-- Worker Rights Consortium Affiliation- What is the WRC and how can affiliating help your school to becoming sweat-free?
-- Multi-Fiber Arrangement Phase-Out Solidarity- With the phase-out of garment and textile quotas in January of 2005 we are seeing more and more cutting and running...Strategize about wage disclosure, sweatfree clothing and code strengthening!
-- Ethical Contracting Code of Conduct- Use this new code that covers purchasing and contracting as a tool in your campaign!
-- Coke Boycott�Come find out about the boycott about Coca-Cola Corporation and how you can join the campaign.
***Also build your skills around media, organizing, fundraising, labor history, anti-oppression training, networking and more!!***
Registration form for the SE USAS Regional Conference
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