Cornell Global Labor Institute (GLI) Brown Bag Lunch
September 14 2007
Bolivia and the Resurgence of Labor in Latin America
Join GLI for a presentation and brown bag lunch with Oscar Olivera, the Executive Director of the Federation of Factory Workers based in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
In 1999-2000 Olivera helped establish and lead a social movement to fight the privatization of water in Bolivia, an effort that has sparked numerous struggles across the continent for social and economic justice and democracy.
Olivera will provide an update on the present situation in Bolivia and offer an analysis of the recent union actions in Chile, Peru and other countries in the region.
He will be joined by Pablo Mamani, Aymara sociologist from El Alto, author of works on recent social mobilization including El rugir de las multitudes: La fuerza de los levantamientos indígenas en Bolivia/Qullasuyu (2004).
Date: Friday, September 14
Time: Noon - 2:00 pm
Location: 16 East 34th Street, between 5th & Madison, 6th Floor
RSVP: Space is limited. Please RSVP to Sean Sweeney at ss266@cornell.edu.
Co-sponsored by the New York chapter of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LACLA).
