Guest experts on labor and human rights who came to Austin October 17-18, 2005 to participate in the Workers Rights are Human Rights Tour co-sponsored by the Equal Justice Center and American Rights at Work:

·        David Bonior, former Congressional leader, Board Chair of American Rights at Work, one of the nation’s leading labor and social justice advocates;

·        Mariclaire Acosta, former Vice-Minister for Human Rights and Democracy  (2001-2003) in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Mexico, international human rights expert and activist;

·        Harley Shaiken, Professor and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, distinguished labor and human rights scholar.

·        Maria Adela Mejia Perez, Union organizer from the Guatemalan apparel industry and leading figure in the Central American workers’ rights movement.

·        Veronique Marleau, international labor rights expert, consultant to the International Labor Organization, and former member of the Canadian Labor Relations Board.

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