Labour Peace Forum Program (Last updated: 24 JUNE 2006 | 7:30 pm)

9:00–noon

Registration
[Walter Gage Residence, 5961 Student Union Boulevard]

*** Everyone must register ***

1:00 pm

Opening Plenary Introductory Remarks
Ken Georgetti President Canadian Labour Congress
Jim Sinclair President BC Federation of Labour

PART 1

The Economics of War versus the Economics of Peace

Moderator Carol Phillips – Canadian Auto Workers

1:30–4:30

A    Globalization, Trade Agreements and "Deep Integration"
     —Should Workers Be Concerned?
Presenter Steve Staples Polaris Institute [Bio Info]
Responder Seth Klein Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, BC

B    The Military Industrial Complex:
     Military Spending and its impact on Social priorities
       —evaluating the U.S. experience
Presenter Kent Wong UCLA Labor Centre [Bio Info]
Responder Judy Darcy Hospital Employees’ Union

C    Alternatives to Militarism—Building a Peaceful,
     Sustainable Economy and Military Conversion
Presenter  Antonia Juhasz Visiting Scholar
                    Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, DC [Bio Info]
Responder Fred Wilson
                   Communications, Energy and Paperworkers’ Union

5:00–6:00

Reception at the Student Union Building (SUB)
Sponsored by the BC Federation of Labour

6:00–10:00

Labour/Peace Cabaret—Pit Pub, Student Union Building, 6138 Student Union Blvd
MC: Bill Saunders President Vancouver & District Labour Council
Anne Feene
Bob Rosen and the Gram Partisans
Dunc Shields and Friends—Story tellers
Tommy Hawkin
Ameena Mayer—Performance Poet

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Monday, June 26  |  Student Union Building Ballroom—6138 Student Union Blvd

PART 2

Organizing within the Labour Movement for World Peace

9:00–10:30

Developing the issue of peace in the trade union movement

Moderator Patty Ducharme National Executive VP
 Public Service Alliance of Canada

Panel: Jinny Sims President BC Teachers’ Federation [Bio Info]
  Ingo Schmidt The European Experience [Bio Info]
  Terry Engler President ILWU 400

10:30–11:00

BREAK

11:00–12:30

The Experience of U.S. Labour Against the War
Showing of Working for Peace in the U.S. Labor Movement (DVD)

Moderator Dileep Athaide Secretary-Treasurer
Federation of Post Secondary Educators

Presenters Andy Griggs
         Nancy Romer [Bio Info]
         Michael Zwieg
              All National Steering Commitee Members US Labor Against the War

12:30 - 2:00

Working Lunch—Organizing undocumented workers in the US
Kent Wong UCLA Labor Centre

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PART 3

International Perspectives

2:00–3:30

Trade union's struggle for peace in a war environment

Moderator George Heyman President
            BC Government & Service Employees’ Union

Panel Patricia Buritica Commissioner representing Civil Society [Bio Info]
            Reparations and Reconciliation Commission in Colombia (CNRR)
Abdullah Muhsin International Representative [Bio Info]
            Iraqi Federation of Workers’ Trade Unions
Thulas Nxesi President Education International &
                    General Secretary South African Democratic Teachers' Union

3:30 - 4:00

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4:00 - 5:30

Roundtable—Building an International Peace Movement

Moderator Mehdi Kouhestaninejad

Panel Deborah Bourque President Canadian Union of Postal Workers [Bio Info]
   Barb Byers Vice President Canadian Labour Congress [Bio Info]
   Manuel Montero Dir. of the Americas, Dept. of Foreign Relations [Bio Info]
      CTC (Cuba)

Closing Remarks Bill Saunders President
Vancouver & District Labour Council

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