[Imc-newsroom] Sweatshop Talks at UIUC

[Peter Miller]

I stumbled across this in the DI...

The UIUC "Campus License Advisory Committee (LAC)" is holding a few 
noontime talks this semester.  One happened last week, and the other two are:

"Globalization and Women's Employment:  Preventing Sweatshop Conditions"
Tuesday, March 26
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Room 210 Illini Union
Speakers include Prof. Stephanie Barrientos, U. of Sussex, UK; and Prof. 
Kathleen Cloud, Gender & Agribusiness Project, UIUC.

"Sweatshop Labor in the Garment Industry:  A Workers' View"
Thursday, April 4
Noon - 1:30
Room 210 Illini Union
Panelists: Chie Abad, former sweatshop worker (Global Exchange); Prof. 
Winifred Poster, UIUC Dept. of Sociology; and Prof. Rajmohan Gandhi, Vis. 
Prof., S. Asian & Middle Eastern Studies.

Contact Lawrence Mann, LAC Chair at l-mann2 at uiuc.edu for more info.

If anyone knows anything about the UIUC panelists (what to expect from 
them, e.g.), please let me know.

-Peter