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DESCRIPTION:A Model of Labor Transnationalism: The UE-FAT Cross-Border Alli
 ance Panelists: Robin Alexander Director of International Affairs at Unite
 d Electrical Workers (UE) Benedicto Martinez Orozco Co-President of Frente
  Autentico del Trabajo (FAT) The UE-FAT Strategic Organizing Alliance is q
 uite unique in the history of transnational labor organizing and is often 
 referred to as a model for international solidarity. Both unions have been
  able to sustain themselves as independent worker organizations in the fac
 e of large\, centralized and bureaucratized national labor federations tha
 t have developed a sometimes insurmountable distance from the labor grassr
 oots. The UE is a historical rarity in the U.S. and is deserving of study 
 for this as well as for the political principles which led it to chart its
  own path despite tremendous pressures to fall in line with a historically
  establishment-friendly national federation. It is one of the original CIO
  Unions and maintains as its watchword a commitment to democratic and inde
 pendent rank-and-file unionism. The UE’s most significant cross-border all
 iance has been with the Frente Auténtico del Trabajo (FAT)\, one of the on
 ly independent labor federations in Mexico. It is composed of labor unions
 \, worker owned cooperatives\, and farm worker and community organizations
 . In addition\, a national women’s network which coordinates work on gende
 r and equity is represented within the FAT’s leadership body and operates 
 within all of its sectors and zones. A reception will follow the presentat
 ion. Co-sponsored by Latino-Latin American Studies (LLAS)\, Department of 
 Sociology\, Department of Geography\, and Women's and Gender Studies Depar
 tment.&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:PLACA presents: A Model of Labor Transnationalism: The UE-FAT Cross
 -Border Alliance
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:A Model of Labor Transnationalism: The UE-FAT 
 Cross-Border Alliance Panelists: Robin Alexander Director of International
  Affairs at United Electrical Workers (UE) Benedicto Martinez Orozco Co-Pr
 esident of Frente Autentico del Trabajo (FAT) The UE-FAT Strategic Organiz
 ing Alliance is quite unique in the history of transnational labor organiz
 ing and is often referred to as a model for international solidarity. Both
  unions have been able to sustain themselves as independent worker organiz
 ations in the face of large\, centralized and bureaucratized national labo
 r federations that have developed a sometimes insurmountable distance from
  the labor grassroots. The UE is a historical rarity in the U.S. and is de
 serving of study for this as well as for the political principles which le
 d it to chart its own path despite tremendous pressures to fall in line wi
 th a historically establishment-friendly national federation. It is one of
  the original CIO Unions and maintains as its watchword a commitment to de
 mocratic and independent rank-and-file unionism. The UE’s most significant
  cross-border alliance has been with the Frente Auténtico del Trabajo (FAT
 )\, one of the only independent labor federations in Mexico. It is compose
 d of labor unions\, worker owned cooperatives\, and farm worker and commun
 ity organizations. In addition\, a national women’s network which coordina
 tes work on gender and equity is represented within the FAT’s leadership b
 ody and operates within all of its sectors and zones. A reception will fol
 low the presentation. Co-sponsored by Latino-Latin American Studies (LLAS)
 \, Department of Sociology\, Department of Geography\, and Women's and Gen
 der Studies Department.&nbsp\;
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