Challenges to Global Unionism
September 23-24, 2004
In this conference, Zwelinzima Vavi, Secretary General of the Congress of South African Trade Unions joined US labor leaders Richard Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO; Bruce Raynor, General President, UNITE HERE!; Tom Woodruff, Vice-President, SEIU; and James P. Hoffa, President, Teamsters for a two day conference discussing workers rights, outsourcing and cross border organizing. “We need to confront multinationals through cross border struggles. However, we also need to project a broader vision of development,” said Vavi. For more information, please read the transcript of Zwelinzima Vavi's speech and the Conference on Global Unionism program agenda. 
