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Cheri Honkala, the founder of the KWRU and National Coordinator and Spokesperson of the Poor People' Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC), will speak this weekend at the Tri-national Colloquium: NAFTA After Ten Years: Social Impact and Future Perspectives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Cheri will speak alongside leaders of unions and organizations and networks fighting for human rights and fair trade from Canada, the United States and Mexico. She will speak about the attacks on public services and related human rights violations against poor and working people in the United States under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the proposed CAFTA (Central American Free Trade Agreement) and FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas).

Saturday September 18, 2004
9;00 AM - 1:00 PM
Public Services Panel of Thematic Conference B

Location:
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Montréal, Québec, Canada
320 rue Sainte-Catherine Est
Pavillon J-A De Sève
Amphitheatre DS-R520

Public Services Panel

*José Antonio Almazán González (MEX),
Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas -SME-

*Cheri Honkala (USA),
Poor People’s Economic Human Rights’ Campaign

*Edgar Godoy,
Canadian Union of Public Employees -CUPE-

*Name to be confirmed
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