12/6SF Conf On Working People, War & Repression

Labor Conference

Working People, The War and Repression
&
What We Can Do About It

Saturday December 6, 2003 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

ILWU Local 10 Henry Schmidt Rm. 2nd Fl.
400 North Point St./Mason St.
San Francisco, California







The growing attacks on our democratic rights are a danger to all working people and every trade union in the country. The police state tactics in Miami against anti-FTAA protesters who included thousands of trade unionists is a continuation of the government's assault on our right to freedom of speech. It follows the violent attack on April 7, 2003 in Oakland at the Port against anti-war protesters and ILWU Local 10 longshoremen. who were standing by. These attacks are also taking place internationally. At a protest in Rotterdam, thousands of police attacked longshoremen from throughout Europe and a delegation of ILWU supporters. These longshoremen were marching against deregulation and the introduction of temporary workers. The threat last year by Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge against the ILWU during the contract negotiations and the use of the union busting Taft-Hartley is a also a clear sign that labor is under the gun.
It is clear that the attacks on organized labor are also directly connected to the US war on Iraq. From Japan and Korea to Spain and the UK, the war against terrorism and the war on Iraq is being used to weaken and eliminate all our democratic rights.
It is critical that labor begin to discuss and debate how it can defend itself under the present circumstances. Please join us at this important conference.


9:00 AM Registration
9:30 AM Introductions & Greetings,
Lyman Hollis, Secretary Of Committee To Defend ILWU BA Jack Heyman
Walter Johnson, Secretary Treasurer, SF Labor Council
Steve Zeltzer, Campaign Against Taft-Hartley, Repression & Privatization
Member IUOE Local 39

10:00 Repression And Democratic Rights & Video Of Miami Police State Attacks
Robert Irminger, IBU BA ILWU Report On Police State Attacks On FTAA
Protesters
Kevin Gibbons, ILWU Local 10 and part Of ILWU Delegation to Rotterdam
protest against deregulation and self-handling ships.
Henry Norr, Member of CWA N. California Media Workers Guild who was fired for participating in anti-
war protest
Bob Mandel, Executive Board Member OEA & Labor Action Committee For Mumia
SF Labor Council Committee Speaker on the Patriot 2
12:30 Lunch

1:30 PM Wars, International Policy and the Labor Movement With Video

David Bacon, Photo Journalist & Labor Radio Host On Iraq War,
Privatization & The Unions
Fred Hirsch, Vice President UA Local 393 on the international role of the AFL-CIO
Jack Heyman, ILWU Local 10 BA on Lessons in the fight against the war
Bishara Constandi, Palestinian Labor/Community Activist on Links Between War On Iraq & Palestine
4:00 PM Discussion and Resolutions For Action
5:00 PM Adjourn

Donation Requested

This conference was initiated by the Committee to Defend ILWU BA Jack Heyman, Rank & File ILWU Anti-War Action Committee & The Campaign Against Taft-Hartley, Repression and Privatization. It has also been endorsed by the San Francisco Labor Council Labor Committee For Peace and Justice, Labor Video Project, Open World Conferece in Defense of TU Independence & Democratic Rights, Peace & Freedom Party Labor Committee, Labor Action Coalition.










National Labor Conference
The War and Repression and What To Do About It
Saturday December 6, 2003 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
San Francisco, California
http://www.defendilwuba.com
Committee to Defend BA Jack Heyman
c/o ILWU Local 10
400 North Point St.
San Francisco, CA

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