5/14: Cornell Immigration Breakfast Forum & Workshop

Dear Trade Unionist / Friend of Labor,

You are invited to a Cornell ILR School labor breakfast forum in New York City on May 14, 2008 to discuss with a panel of influential experts and advocates labor’s critical role in framing the debate over immigration policy in the 2008 election.  This forum is co sponsored with the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) and the NYC Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA).

Immediately following the conclusion of the May 14 breakfast forum, a special workshop will be held that day, from 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM, on ADDRESSING IMMIGRANT ISSUES: Tools for Union and Worker Center Officers, Staff & Stewards.  See further below for more information on the workshop.

Labor’s Stake in the 2008 Election Immigration Debate: Preventing Immigration from Becoming a Wedge Issue to Divide Workers

Panelists:
*Peter Cervantes-Gautschi, Co-Director, ENLACE
*May Chen, International Vice President, UNITE HERE
*Rick Johnson, Vice President, Lake Research Partners
*Esther Lopez, Director, Civil Rights & Community Action, UFCW
*Sonia Ivany, President, New York City LCLAA - Moderator

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 / 8:30 – 10:15 AM

Cornell ILR School, 16 East 34th Street, 6th floor, Manhattan
Fee: $20 Make check payable to “Cornell University.” Some sliding-scale scholarships available.
Continental breakfast provided.

Please contact us in advance if you require language interpretation service.

Please RSVP to or call 212-340-2827

A Cornell University Labor Leadership Series Workshop, in collaboration with ENLACE, a strategic alliance of low-wage worker centers and unions in the U.S. & Mexico

ADDRESSING IMMIGRANT ISSUES
Tools for Union & Worker Center Officers, Staff & Stewards

May 14, 2008 (Wednesday) /// 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Cornell Conference Center, 16 East 34th Street, 6th floor, Manhattan
Workshop Fee: $ 200 (includes lunch, all workshop materials—and *breakfast)

*The $200 fee will also cover your participation in a Cornell Labor Breakfast Forum that will immediately precede the workshop.  You can choose to attend the breakfast forum separately from the workshop for a fee of $20.

Objective: Learn tools to build support among your members for immigrant workers’ rights.

Key Topics:
• Mutual interests of U.S-born and immigrant workers.
• Economic and political context of current debate.
• Strategies that will unite workers to prevent immigration from becoming a divisive wedge issue.

Who will benefit?  Who should attend? For union leaders and staff who want useful tools to educate the membership on immigration.

Instructors:
*Peter Cervantes-Gautschi, Co-Executive Director, ENLACE
*Joann Lo, Co-Executive Director, ENLACE
*Katie Quan, Associate Chair, UC Berkeley Labor Center and visiting scholar at the Cornell ILR School/NYC this year.

You can register by filling out the information below and emailing it to or you can register by phone by calling 212-340-2827.

ADDRESSING IMMIGRANT ISSUES May 14, 2008

Name: ________________________________________________________________________

Organization & position: _________________________________________________________

Your best address: ______________________________________________________________

Phone number(s) & e-mail:  Fax: _______________

We will need to do a short interview with you to help us tailor the training to your needs.  Please list dates and times that you would be available (now until 5/5/08):

Please make check payable to “Cornell University” and mail to Jennie Pramualphol, Registrar, Union Leadership Workshop Series, Cornell University, 16 East 34th Street, 4th floor, New York, NY 10016.