NAFTA side agreements seminar in Syracuse, September 29, 1993

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New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Ithaca, New York 14853-3901

MEMO

TO: All co-sponsors of the September 29, 1993 NAFTA Side
Agreements Conference at OE Hall, Syracuse, New York
meeplember 29, 1993, beginning 7:00 p.m.
FROM:Y Lee H. Adler (607-255-7992)

Please note that we have moved the Press Conference to
4:00 p.m. to accommodate hoped for TV coverage. Also, please urge
your members to attend our evening event as we will have as our
honored guest the Vice President of the Canadian Labour Congress,
Ms. Nancy Riche.

It is important to show Central New York that the Labor
Movement is united about NAFTA. Thank you for sending yourself or
a representative to the Press Conference. We have 21 co-sponsors.
Thank you all very much!

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et The School stated that a high ranking Canadian Trade Union
official, Ms. Nancy Riche, Vice President of the Canadian Labour
Congress, will present the Canadian Labor Movement's view of
NAFTA and the Side Agreements. Lee Adler, a faculty member of
NYSSILR, will speak about the U.S. Labor Movement's response to the
Side Agreements and NAFTA.

A PRESS CONFERENCE expressing Ms. Riche and organized
labor's position on NAFTA and the Side Agreements shall be held at
4:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 29, 1993, at the same Operating
Engineer's Hall, 4325 South Salina Street, Syracuse, New York, (one
block from Valley Plaza).

According to Adler, "This meeting will discuss whether the
Labor Side Accords to NAFTA keep the promise that candidate Bill
Clinton made to the working people of this country -- that as
president he would only back NAFTA if it was fair".

Finally, Adler announced the co-sponsorship of this event by
the trade union movement in Central New York, including:

1. Greater Syracuse Central Labor Council (AFL-CIO)

2. Central New York Labor Council (Utica-Rome) (AFL-CIO)

3. The Labor Coalition (Schuyler, Tompkins, Cortland
counties) (AFL-CIO)

4. Finger Lakes District Central Labor Council (Auburn, NY)
(AFL-CIO)

5. United Steelworkers of America (District 14) (Syracuse
sub-district office)

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10. Teamster Local 317 Nae PEEL
(Syracuse, NY)

11. Teamster Local 182 (Utica, NY)

12. Teamster Local 506 (Auburn, NY)

13. National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 134
(Syracuse, NY)

14. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 545

15. Communication Workers of America, Local 1123
(Syracuse, NY)

16. Communication Workers of America, Local 1152
(Syracuse, NY)

17. United Food & Commercial Workers, District Union Local
One (Utica, NY)

18. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace
Workers, District Lodge 157 (Utica, NY)

19. Service Employees International Union, Local 200A
(Syracuse, NY)

20. Service Employees International Union, Local 200B
(Syracuse, NY)

21. Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association, Local 527

nsters Joint Council 18 (Utica, NY)
nited Auto Workers Cap Council

For further information about the seminar or press
conference, please call Lee Adler, 607-255-7992.

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CORNELL UNIVERSITY

New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Extension Division

Presents:

WILL THE SIDE AGREEMENTS MAKE
NAFTA FAIR TO WORKING PEOPLE?

Trade unions, environmental groups, and citizen organizations have
organized against the proposed North American Free Trade Agree-
ment (NAFTA). These groups are concerned that passage of NAFTA
will result in the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs and drive down
workers’ living standards. Numerous commentators have described
as "deplorable," the environmental mess created by North American
corporations in the "maquiladora zone," mostly located in Northern
Mexico.

The present Administration has negotiated "side agreements" to the
NAFTA with Mexico and Canada which it believes solves these
problems. This meeting will take a look at the "side agreements.”
We will discuss whether this "new NAFTA" should be supported by
trade unionists and working people.

Date/Time:

Wednesday, September 29, 1993,

from 7:00 pm until 8:30 pm

Place: Operating Engineers Benefit Fund
Building, 4325 S. Salina Street,
Syracuse NY (1 block from Valley

Plaza)

Presentors: Cornell University NYSSILR Staff
and Associates

Cost: Free

The costs for this event are being absorbed by trade unions in Central New York and
their friends. A list of contributors will be provided at the meeting hall.

For further information, please call Lee Adler, (607) 255-7992, or Jim Rundle,
607-255-1505.

I plan to attend "NAFTA Side Agreements" on September 29, 1993 from 7:00 to
8:30 pm in Syracuse, NY.

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