Global Solidarity Forum
27 August 2010 - 28 August 2010
CONGRESS' GLOBAL SOLIDARITY FORUM
60 trade unionists already registered. Unfortunately ther are no more places available.
Friday 27 August
10.00
Opening of the Forum.
Sally Anne Kinahan, Assistant General Secretary of Congress.
10.15
Justice For Colombia.
Speakers:
Jack O'Connor, President of ICTU, back from his visit in Colombia will tell us about his experience and the situation in Colombia today.
Liam Craig Best JFC in the UK, on the lobby work against the EU/Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
Film about the situation for trade unionists in Colombia
Discussions:
How we can develop our lobby work against the Free Trade Agreement and our solidarity work with the Colombian trade unions?
12.15
Lunch
13.30
Clean Clothes Campaign.
Film on the exploitation of garment workers in the global south.
Speakers:
Milan Bogecevic of the Swedish Clean Clothes Campaign will speak on their lobby work, campaigning and close cooperation with the trade union movement. Milan is a member of IF Metall/LO-Sweden
Representatives of Comhlamh (Alison Leahy), Trocaire (Kim Wallis), Redress (Kate Nolan), Mandate (Brian Forbes) and Congress Global Solidarity (Stellan Hermansson) on the establishment of an Irish branch of CCC.
Discussions:
How to promote and develop the CCC work in Ireland?
15.00
Coffee
15.15
Solidarity with the trade unions in Palestine and Congress' BDS campaign.
Speakers:
Mags O'Brien, Chairperson of Trade Union Friends of Palestine.
Dave Moxham, Deputy General Secretary, Scotland TUC (tbc)
Owen Tudor, Head of European Union and International Relations, TUC-UK.
Discussions:
How to develop Congress' BDS Campaign and the concrete BDS work in our unions?
17.00
End
19.15
Dinner and cultural programme.
Saturday 28 August
10.00
Arrival/Coffee
10.15
ITUC's World Congress report
Speaker:
Owen Tudor, Head of European Union and International Relations, TUC-UK.
Delegate at the ITUC Congress in Vancouver 21-25 June 2010.
10.45
Climate Change and the Trade Union movement.
Speakers:
Georgios Altintzis, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).
Colin Roche, "Stop Climate Chaos" Ireland and Oxfam.
Discussions;
How to develop our work on this issue? What should Congress' working group on Climate Change focus on?
12.45
Evaluation of the Forum.
13.00
End.
Venue
ASTI Head Office, Wine Tavern Street, Dublin 8