ILR Hosts Event to Discuss Key Issues Affecting Latino Workers
January 14 2006
"Debating Key Issues Affecting Latino Workers: Immigration, Union Organizing, and Politics" was the topic of discussion at an event held at ILR's New York City Office on 16 East 34th Street on December 9. The event is part of an on-going series of public policy forums that bring together area union officials and staff for a thoughtful and provocative discussion around key issues affecting today's organized labor. The December 9th event was jointly sponsored by ILR's Labor Programs in New York City and the New York City Labor Council for Latin American Advancement.
Presenters included Juan Gonzalez, Columnist, New York Daily News, and Member, The Newspaper Guild/CWA; Yanira Merino, National Immigration Coordinator, Laborers International Union of North America / Washington, D.C..; Luz I. Santiago, Field Services Director, District Council 1707 – AFSCME / NYC; Minerva Solla, Vice President, New Organizing Division, 1199 SEIU United Health Care Workers-East / NY.
The next event is January 27 on the topic of "Wealth, Labor and Democracy in the Age of Globalization" featuring a presentation by scholar and social commentator Michael Parenti.
For more information, please contact Gene Carroll, Director, Union Leadership Workshop Series, at 212-340-2827 or gc32@cornell.edu.
