From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (Harel Barzilai)
Subject: NORTH AMERICAN WORKER-TO-WORKER NETWORK (Intro)
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Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
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Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 04:54:21 GMT

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Topic 200       FREE TRADE LABOR EVENTS/NEWS/RESOU 
labornotes      apc.labour       9:13 am  Aug 28, 1992 
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                    NORTH AMERICAN WORKER-TO-WORKER NETWORK 
                              FREE TRADE MAILING 
                              7435 Michigan Ave. 
                               Detroit, MI 48210 
                                (313) 842-6262 

INDEX 

INFORMATION NEEDED 
page 2 JOB OPENING 
page 2 UPCOMING EVENTS 
page 2 NEWS FROM THE U.S. 
page 5 NEW RESOURCES 
page 11 NEW ORGANIZATIONS 
page 14 NEWS FROM MEXICO 
page 14 

Dear Friends: 
August 31, 1992 

After more than a year as a network that produced quarterly 
mailings on actions around NAFTA, we are now an organization! On 
the weekend of August 1-2, representatives of 10 of the 
organizations most active in the network met in Chicago and formed 
the North American Worker-To-Worker Network (NAWWN). 

The decisions made over the weekend were boosted by the presence 
of John Riojas, a new International Vice President of the 
Teamsters; David Johnson, representing the UE, and Julio Cesar 
Guerrero of ACTWU's Midwest Region. Representation from the 
Southwest was strengthened by representatives of La Mujer Obrera 
and Fuerza Unida and from the Southeast by activists from the 
Tennessee Industrial Retention and Renewal Network and Southerners 
for Economic Justice.  Also present were UAW Local 879 from St. 
Paul, Minnesota, Labor Notes, and the Federation for Industrial 
Retention and Renewal. 

NAWWN will continue the mailings (like this one!) but do a lot 
more. We are now searching for a part-time coordinator. The 
coordinator and the steering committee selected at the Chicago 
meeting will guide the network through two initial campaigns that 
we are very excited about. 

NAWWN will help organize a delegation led by the displaced Green 
Giant workers of Teamster Local 912 in Watsonville, California, to 
Irapuato, Mexico, and follow-up local events across the country. 
The second campaign is support for the UE-FAT Strategic Organizing 
Alliance, a unique plan for cross-border organizing in the U.S. 
and Mexico that makes international solidarity real. Among other 
things, NAWWN will take on the "adopt-an-organizer" campaign to 
support FAT's maquiladora organizing drive. Of course, NAWWN will 
also be working on tours and exchanges of workers from Mexico and 
Canada as well as other direct solidarity work. 

NAWWN recently sent out a mailing describing the Chicago meeting 
with the proposed campaigns. If you would like more information, 
or for some reason, did not get the mailing, please call or 
write: 

NAWWN c/o 7435 Michigan Ave.  Detroit, MI  48210 Tel: 313-842-6262 
Fax: 313-842-0227 This is only a temporary address until we hira a 
coordinator and get office space 

NOTE! 
Please, if you have not already done so, send $10 (payable to 
Labor Notes) to help cover the costs of these quarterly mailings 
to the above address. Thanks!  Include your phone and 
union/organization along with your address! 

INFORMATION NEEDED 
Joe Fahey, President, Teamsters Local 912, is seeking information 
on appropriate technology for water treatment. Joe has worked with 
the Displaced Workers of Green Giant that moved to Irapuato, 
Mexico. The company has now tentatively agree to build a water 
treatment facility in Irapuato. Please send info to: Joe Fahey, 
IBT 912, 163 west Lake Avenue, Watsonville, CA  95076. Tel: (408) 
724- 0683. 

JOB OPENING 
U.S.-Guatemala Labor Education Project is seeking a person to work 
in Guatemala as a liaison. Work includes providing timely 
information on Guatemala labor issues. Spanish and one-year 
commitment required. Women and people of color are encouraged to 
apply. Send cover letter, resume, reasons for applying, and 3 
references no later than September 10 to: Stephen Coats, USGLEP 
c/o ACTWU-Chicago Joint Board, 333 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL 
60607 or call: (312) 262-6502. 

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