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US Labor Education in the Americas Project

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Fighting for worker justice in the global economy

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  • US LEap

  • 22 / Female
  • CHICAGO, Illinois, US
  • Last Login: 9/22/2009

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Interests

  • General

    USLEAP currently has the following primary campaigns and initiatives

    Colombia, where more trade unionists are murdered each year than the rest of the world combined

    Globalization and Trade, where new rules are needed to stop the race to the bottom for workers

    Economic Justice for Flower and Banana Workers who produce for the U.S. market

    Ending Sweatshops in Central America, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic

    A Starbucks Initiative to benefit Coffee Workers

  • Movies

    Romero, Carla's Song, Maria Full of Grace, Bread and Roses, Men With Guns

  • Television

  • Books

    Bananeras

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About me:

The US Labor Education in the Americas Project (USLEAP) works to support the basic rights of workers in Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico, especially those who are employed directly or indirectly by U.S. companies. Check out our website at www.USLEAP.org (En Español)

Our mission is:

1. To support worker justice in the global economy, specifically to support workers in Central America, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico who are fighting for dignity, respect and and justice.

2. To secure global rules for the global economy that ensure respect for the basic rights of workers.

3. To hold U.S. corporations responsible for worker rights' violations in the factories and on the plantations from which they buy in Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico.

4. To support trade policies and programs that condition participation on respect for the basic rights of workers.

5. To support the development of stronger cross-border relationships between Latin American workers and U.S. trade unions and community activists so that Latin America workers can more effectively use U.S. support campaigns to ensure their own rights.

USLEAP believes that in a global economy, it is in the best interests of U.S. workers that workers in other countries have the freedom to fight to improve their wages and working conditions.



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Contact us
US Labor Education in the Americas Project
P.O. Box 268-290
Chicago, IL 60626 USA
Telephone: 773.262.6502
Fax: 773.262.6602
info@usleap.org ..

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