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2015 Conference: Hasta La Victoria! Farm Worker Justice in Global Supply Chains

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 9:00am to Saturday, November 30, 2024 - 4:46pm
 
The world is fed through the hard work of farm workers and their families. Yet in many countries around the world, including the United States, farm workers are excluded from fundamental labor protections and denied their rights at work. The global agricultural sector is plagued by a litany of problems, including denial of the right to collectively bargain, low wages, reliance on an exploited migrant workforce, threats to worker health and safety, child labor and debt bondage. 
 

Better Wages and Corporate Accountability to Workers in the Global Supply Chain

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Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 8:30am to 10:15am

Two years after the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh, sweatshop abuses continue. Workplace sexual violence is widespread; poor wages and wage theft are common; and survivors of fires and factory collapses, many of them children, have few options.  What alternatives are there to divestment and boycotts, which threaten workers’ jobs? What progress has been made in getting accountability from employers and governments on both ends of the supply chain? 

Global Day of Action: Remembering Rana Plaza

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Friday, April 24, 2015 - 12:00am to Saturday, November 30, 2024 - 4:46pm

On April 24, 2013, the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh, housing five garment factories, came crashing down. At least 1,138 people lost their lives. Many were killed instantly.  Many more were buried alive under eight stories of concrete and machinery, among the remains of the garments that they were producing for global corporations.  Thousands were injured and severely traumatized. Some people were forced to amputate their own limbs in order to escape this concrete grave.

Bangladeshi Worker Speak-Out & Fundraiser

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Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Join International Labor Rights Forum and United Students Against Sweatshops and for an evening with Aleya Akter, the president of the Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation, and Reba Sikder, a survivor of the Rana Plaza building collapse. As Aleya and Reba finish up a series of college campus speaking events, they're in DC to share their experiences working in the garment industry in Bangladesh and to talk about their ongoing fight for workplace safety. Come meet Aleya and Reba the evening before they head back to Bangladesh! 

Slavery, Law & International Supply Chains Current Issues and Perspectives

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 - 12:00pm to 5:30pm

Lowenstein Sandler LLP and Free the Slaves are co-sponsoring a unique luncheon conference to examine the quickly-evolving field of slavery and the law. Regulations that require companies to investigate forced labor slavery in their products have been emerging at the state, federal and international levels. Socially-responsible investment funds are screening companies for their human rights standards and practices. 

Gender Equality, Women's Rights and Globalization: From Goal to Governance

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Friday, March 13, 2015 - 8:30am to Saturday, November 30, 2024 - 4:46pm

This conference, which is co-sponsored by Columbia University and UN Women, will focus on the challenges posed by globalization and the growing importance of transnational social, economic and cultural processes, to the realization of the post-2015 agenda on gender equality and women's empowerment.

Program:

8:30-9:00         Breakfast served

9:00- 9:20        Welcome and Opening Remarks

9: 20 -10:40     Panel I: Forward Looking Economic and Social Strategies

10:50 – 12:10  Panel II: Globalizing Production