Sustainable World Conf May 8 NYC

A Sustainable World is Possible

The second annual North American meeting on labor, the environment, and sustainability

Cornell University Industrial and Labor Relations School Cornell Global Labor Insbreastute

Monday, May 8, 2006 Cornell ILR Conference Center 16 East 34th St., 6th Floor, NYC

Co-sponsored by: The Apollo Alliance Friedrich Ebert Stiftung NYCOSH UNITE HERE United Steelworkers

BRAZIL, KENYA, MALAYSIA, NEW ZEALAND, NIGERIA, NORWAY, PHILIPPINES, SOUTH AFRICA, AS WELL AS EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA

8:30 - 9:00 REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST

9:00 - 9:30 Welcome - Goals of the Meeting Sean Sweeney - Cornell Global Labor Insbreastute J=FCrgen Stetten - Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung - FES Laura Martin Murillo - International Labour Foundation for Sustainable Development -Sustainlabour Ed Ott - New York Central Labor Council - AFL-CIO

9:30 - 10:15 Global Milestones for Labor and the Environment Hilary French - United Nations Environment Program Lucien Royer - Trade Unions Advisory Committee Joel Decaillon - European Trade Union Confederation

10:15 - 10:30 BREAK

10:30 - 12:00 The Coming Transition: Sustainability and the Resurgence of International Labor Joaquin Nieto - Sainz Confederacion Sindical de Comisiones Obreras - Spain David Foster - United Steelworkers Bheki Nthsalintshali - Congress of South African Trade Unions - COSATU Angela Lomosi - ICFTU-African Regional Organization

12:00 - 12:45 LUNCH

12:45 - 2:30 WORKING SESSIONS: Job Creation and Energy Alternatives Jerome Ringo - Apollo Alliance Laura Martin Murillo - SustainLabour

Chemicals and Community Diane Heminway - United Steelworkers Nick de Carlo - Canadian Auto Workers

Holding Corporations Accountable David Boys - Public Services International Eric Frumin - UNITE HERE

2:30 - 3:30 Next Steps: Making the Environment a Core Issue for Unions Everywhere Bernard Saincy - Confederation Generale du Travail-CGT - France Silvana Cappuccio - International Textile, Garment & Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF) Monica Onyia - Nigeria Labor Congress Eric Frumin - UNITE HERE Ken Margolies - Cornell Global Labor Insbreastute

3:30 - 5:00 WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTION

$25

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