Free Trade Lessons from Nicaragua

Submitted by David e. Delk on April 10, 2005 - 7:44pm

Speaker Ivonne Gaitan

Topic / Issue Human Rights

First Unitarian Church, SW 12th and Main

Sponsor Alliance for Democracy - Portland Chapter

Come hear Ivonne Gaitan's presentation about the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) and learn what you can do to stop it!

Ivonne Gaitan has been working in "maquilas" for over 12 years and she is currently a supervisor in a Free Trade Zone factory near Managua, Nicaragua. Ivonne works with the Network of Maquila Workers and the Textile Factory Union Roundtable organizing unions and giving workshops on subjects such as human and labor rights, self esteem, and gender and reproductive rights. She is currently the Secretary General of her union.

This Witness for Peace Northwest sponsored tour is sponsored joinly in Portland by the Alliance for Democracy - Portland Chapter.

Presentation will be in the Chapel at the First Unitarian Church. Doors open at 6:30PM.

Contact (503) 232-5495 David Delk
daviddelk-afd@peoplepc.com
http://www.afd-pdx.org