6/29BA Conf On "War On Terrorism" Labor&Democratic Rights

A Northern California Labor Conference
The "War On Terrorism", Labor And Democratic Rights

Saturday June 29, 2002 9:30-4:00PM
Valley Life Science Building Room 2040 UC Berkeley

Labor Needs To Defend Our Democratic Rights!

On June 29, 2002, a Northern California one day conference is being organized to focus on the growing attack on our democratic rights and how to fight back. Bush's "War On Terrorism" has been used to justify major attacks on our labor and democratic rights. From longshoremen who are threatened under the "Maritime Security Act" with losing their jobs if they have been convicted of felonies to trade unionists under the "Patriot Act" who could lose their right to legal protection if they are immigrants, all workers are under threat. Teachers such as Palestinian American Sami Al Arian in Florida have been removed from their jobs while many Muslim and Palestinian American workers have been fired or harassed on the job. This includes Alia Atawneh and Hiam Yassine who were clerks at Macy's Valley Fair in the South Bay. It also includes the airport baggage screeners who have been threatened with losing their jobs if they are not US citizens.
At the same time, Mumia Abu-Jamal and nearly 2,000,000 others who are mostly Black and Brown are trapped in a prison system that is one of the fastest growing industries in the country. Mumia Abu-Jamal like others has been fighting against a system that is stacked against poor people and the minorities. The labor movement must begin to educate and organize working people to defend our rights and discuss a strategy to do this.

Registration 9:30-10:00 AM
Plenum 10:00 AM -12:30
Lunch 12:30-1:30 PM
Workshops 1:30 -2:450PM
Plenum & Proposals For Action 2:45-4:00PM

Initial endorsers of the one day conference include:
ILWU Local 10 Executive Board & Strike Committee
The Charleston Longshore Defense Committee
Labor Video Project
American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Bay Area Workers Democracy Network
Bay Area Chapter-National Lawyers Guild
Jack Heyman, BA ILWU Local 10*
South Bay Coalition To Rehire Alia & Hiam
Labor Action Committee To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal

The conference fee is $10-$25.00 Sliding Scale
Please send Registration and Endorsements to
War On Terrorism, Labor & Democratic Rights
P.O.Box 425584 San Francisco, CA 94142
Checks should be made out to LVPSF.
*For Information Only

Conference Information
(415)282-1908 or email lvpsf [at] labornet.org