table that tequila!
maybe just miss that margarita entirely (i know; i'm hilarious - straightedge for life!) and come out for a benefit event:
Friday, May 5th, 2006 7:00pm
Berkeley Fellowship Unitarian Universalists Hall
1924 Cedar St. @ Bonita Ave. in Berkeley (map)
Join Global Exchange and the Sweatfree Berkeley Coalition to make Berkeley Sweatfree, so that no goods purchased by the city government are made in sweatshops. Plus! Support the only worker owned, unionized factory in El Salvador, Just Garments.
$10-$25 sliding scale. No one turned away for lack of funds.
All ages welcome. Wheelchair accessible.
**Speakers!
Elizabeth (Betita) Martinez, Chicana civil rights activist, author, and educator
Claudia Huiza, Just Garments affiliate
Berkeley City Council Members
**Food, Local Brew (<-- i don't condone this) and Live Music!
By The Genie, Sensory Motor, and Valerie Orth
**Sneak Preview of Documentary, "Producing Just Garments"
**Silent Art AuctionArt by Local Artists
Why is it so important to attend this event?
Just Garments has demonstrated that maquila factories can be unionized, dignified, and controlled by workers in the global economy. Currently Just Garments' biggest challenge is their reliance on subcontracts which do not provide them enough capital to purchase their own raw materials for independent production. They are working hard to make this transition but are now in debt and need our help to pay their workers and maintain electricity in their factory. In order to support the workers, we can help with a financial contribution and by pressuring our local cities to not purchase goods made in sweatshops! Sweatfree Berkeley is underway. On April 18, the City Council unanimously approved to have the Commissions on Labor, Peace and Justice, and Public Works develop a Sweatfree Ordinance. Now we need to ensure the language of the proposed law is not watered down and that the City Council allocates funding for an independent, non-profit monitor. So, come join us in support our work to make Berkeley Sweatfree and Just Garments survive! Visit just garments and global exchange's sweatfree bay area for more info.
Event Sponsored by: Committee in Solidarity With the People of El Salvador and Global Exchange
Directions
By BART: get off at Downtown Berkeley BART, head N. on Shattuck, cross Univeristy Ave., walk 6 more blocks until you hit Cedar, take a left and walk 3 more blocks to Cedar St. and Bonita Ave. The hall is on your left at the corner of Bonita.
By Car, take Interstate 80, get of at University Ave. Exit. Take University east towards campus up to Martin Luther King Way. Left on MLK, drive 6 blocks until you reach Cedar. Take a right on Cedar and Park. The hall is one block up from MLK Way and Bonita Ave.
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