Memo
To: Concerned Colleagues
From: Robert J.S. Ross, Prof and Chair of Sociology
Subject: Sweatshop Conference
Date: September 18, 1996
On October 3rd and 4th we will hold a conference on
sweatshops and the apparel industry here at Clark University. The main
audience will be students in our International Studies Stream, but I
expect heavy press attendance and other students as well. I am also
making the
event known to the Jobs with Justice group in the labor movement. The
public is invited, as are all recipients of this message.
As of my last conversation, with David Angel of our Geography School who
heads the International Program and is funding the conference, there
will be three panels on Friday the 4th, after Charles Kerneghan's
opening speech
which is scheduled for Thursday evening. The precise time will be
available from
Clark's switchboard at 793 7711.
FRIDAY OCT. 4
PANEL I: Sweatshops in the U.S.
(First time slot Friday morning)
Conditions in US sweatshops:
Ginny Coughlin, head of the Sweatshop Project of UNITE, the union of
needletrades,
industrial and textile employees.
Causes of sweatshops in the United States:
Robert J.S. Ross, Professor and Chair of Sociology Clark University
Strategies for Change:
Richard Rothstein, Economic Policy Institute
PANEL II: Perspectives from Abroad
(Second time slot, Friday morning)
Speakers from or about the maquiladora and China.
The international apparel trade:
Ellen Rosen, Professor of Sociology, Nichols College
PANEL III: The Politics of Consumerism
facilitated by Prof. Cynthia Enloe, Government Department, Clark
University
-- Robert J. S. Ross 508 793 7243 Professor and Chair of Sociology fax: 508 793 8816 Clark University Rross@vax.clarku.edu 950 Main Street Worcester, Massachusetts 01610