Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Alleviating Poverty
From the e-mail:
Please join the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity for a panel discussion Nov. 22, 4:30-6 p.m.
Strategies for Improving the Wages and Working Conditions of Low-Waged Workers
TODAY- Tuesday, November 22, 2005, 4:30-6 p.m.
Law School Rotunda - UNC Campus
Please join the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity for a panel discussion exploring strategies for improving the economic situations and standards of living of low-waged workers, including issues of collective organizing.
Introduced by Sen. John Edwards and moderated by Professor Arne Kalleberg, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Senior Associate Dean for Social Science, the panel includes:
John Sweeney, President, AFL-CIO
Annette Bernhardt, Deputy Director, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
Eduardo Peña, United Food and Commercial Workers
Melanie Stratton, Student Action with Workers
This event is free and open to the public - no registration required. For questions, please call 919-843-8796.
This event will be audio taped and available on the Center's website soon after the event.
