2/8 SF Conference-Join The Fight Against Veolia Stop Privatization, Defend Labor, Human Rights and The Environment

2/8 SF Conference-Join The Fight Against Veolia
Stop Privatization, Defend Labor, Human Rights and The Environment

Educational/action conf
Stop Privatization, Defend Labor, Human Rights & the Environment

Sat 12:30 Pm - 6 Pm PST •Feb 8, 2014

7:30-10 Pm Film & Entertainment

Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts

2868 Mission St. • San Francisco $10 Sliding scale (No one turned away)

The Veolia Group is a French multinational, which plays a growing role in the world economy, pushing privatization of water resources, transportation and other public services. in the bay area, Veolia has pushed for the privat- ization of water treatment in Richmond, which has led to union busting and environmental degradation.

Thomas p. Hoch, Vice president of Veolia Transportation Services was hired to represent baRt management in recent negotiations and he attacked the atU 1555, SEiU 1021 and AFSCME 3993 union locals. Veolia is also involved in privatizing

transportation services and attacking unions such as the boston School bus Drivers USW 8751, where they have blatantly violated their union contract and fired four of the union leaders. they are still fighting for their jobs back.

Globally, the Veolia/ Transdev group is the largest water privatization com- pany and various environmental groups have tracked its record of destruc- tion and corruption. in the occupied West bank, subsidiaries of the group op- erated segregated buses to illegal israeli settlements; they operate an illegal settler dump and run a light rail system that sustains the israeli settlements around Jerusalem. Communities all around the world have organized against Veolia and managed to get their cities and unions to pass anti privatization resolution declaring their cities “Veolia Free”.

in light of the importance of their role in the United States and internationally, we will be having an interna- tional education conference. topics will include Veolia’s labor, environmental and human rights record and what poor and working people can do about their activities.

We invite you and your union or organization
to attend and endorse this conference.
For registration, endorsements & contact: call 415-282-1908

Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 p.m.

Opening panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15p.m. George Figueroa BART ATU 1555*

CharlesSmithAFSCME444,* delegateAlameda Labor Council
Steve Gillis VP USW 8751*, Boston School Bus 5

InteRnational panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:15p.m. Omar Barghouti Co-founder
of the Boycott National Committee, Palestine

Hugh Lanning Fmr. General Secretary Public & Commercial Services Union, UK, Chair, Palestine Solidarity Committee

Dalit Baum Middle East Program, AFSC
Regional panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:45p.m.
Erin Diaz Director, Public Water Works! campaign, Corporate Accountability International (Boston),
The St. Louis Coalition to Dump Veolia
Lois Pearlman Sonoma Campaign
N. Coast Coalition For Palestine;
Mikos Fabersunne
Chair, Davis Committee for Palestinian Rights Clarence Thomas
ILWU Local 10 Executive Board*
Nancy Murray
The Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights.

Workshops: education & action . . . . . . . . 5:15 p.m. Labor and Privatization
Organizing in Local Communities

Report Back: proposals & action . . . . . . . 6:30 p.m.
Film Screening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30p.m

‘Even the Rain’ and poetry,
music by Dave Welsh, Poet Jack Hirschman and others.
Streamed live at www.kpfa.org
International Labor Media Network
www.ilmnetwork.org

missionculturalcenter.org/events.html
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Endorsers: • UTU 1741 • San Francisco Labor Council • American Friends Service Committee • Food and Water Watch • United Public Workers For Action • Inter Union Organizing Committee at CDPH • Labor Video Project • Workers World Party • Global Exchange • Marcha Patriotica of Colombia • International Action Center • US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation • Jewish Voice for Peace • Code Pink • Transport Workers Solidarity Committee • Davis Committee for Palestinian Rights • North Coast Coalition for Palestine