[APWSLMembers 293] Re: proposal for APWSL to co-sponsor a regional conference to be held in the Phils

[parat nanakorn]

Dear Tess and friends there,
Thank you very much for you email kidnly to try many ways for APWSL meeting,
this is great. I am cannot say yes or no to you now ,let me consult to all
APWSL members first. As you know? APWSL secretariat have no fund i just got
for membership fee solidarity fund from 3 countries last month totally 830
USD. as Korea,Janpan, and Thailand
i am still looking for funding agentcies for APWSL Secretariat now i was
trying to contact logo funding agentcy here, but they have to refused for
us. Anyway APWSL Phlippines's proposes is a good way for APWSL to meeting
and talk about this. Subregional meeting in Korea also very good
Rev.JnagChan Woen has does. Seem to be many APWSL members agreed with
that.  i hope
all APWSL members will  send email to me and to you.
Give my regards to all people there. Hopefully the situation be better soon
for stop Killing trade unoin leaders, In Thaland not a real kill by weapons
but they were kill by jobless to who are good leaders to workers.


Hope i can meet you in Korea,

Big Solidarity,
Parat Na nakorn
APWSL Co ordinator



On 7/20/06, Kilusang Mayo Uno <kmuid at tri-isys.com> wrote:
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> 20 July 2006
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> Dear Parat, Rev. Jang and all coordinators,
>
> Warmest greetings from APWSL-Philippines!
>
> I am writing to inform you that a Research Conference on Neoliberal
> Labor Market Restructuring and Capital Flexibility will be held on
> Dec. 8-9, 2006 in the Philippines.
>
> The conference aims to bring together workers organizations, trade
> unions, civil society organizations and researchers from the South
> and North to:
>    * share their research on the trends and impact of neoliberal
> labor market reforms on workers and other social sectors in their
> respective countries or regions
>    * identify issues and areas for further research and cooperation
> among the participating organizations
>    * map out a common platform for policy advocacy with the aim of
> strengthening workers rights and promoting workers organizing
> The conference is being sponsored by the Ecumenical Institute for
> Labor Education and Research (EILER), Asia Pacific Research Network
> (APRN) and ARENA-New Zealand.  It will come prior to the Dec 14-16
> ASEAN Leaders Summit Meeting in the Philippines.
>
> The APWSL Philippines proposes that the APWSL co-sponsor the said
> conference as this is one of the major issues of trade unions in the
> region.  We can also use this activity as an opportunity to introduce
> the APWSL to other regional networks and establish additional
> contacts and expand our membership.
>
> As co-sponsor, we are being asked to help in the fundraising for the
> said conference and to mobilize people to attend the event.  We will
> also be part of the Conference Secretariat.
>
> We had initial  with the involved organizations about
> this possibility and so far, they expressed no problem with the
> idea.  Do you think this idea is good and that we must go ahead with
> this?  I will send you the concept paper immediately.  I just can't
> find it in my files right now.
>
> As it is only about few months to go, our decision is immediately
> needed.  The public announcement and invitation to the conference
> will be released early next week.
>
> If we co-sponsor this event, perhaps we can use this opportunity to
> have another APWSL meeting.  I have earlier sent you an email about
> our proposal to hold the sub-regional coordinators meeting in the
> Philippines on December.  This idea is one of the several proposals
> that came up during the consultation of several APWSL representatives
> who attended the KMU International Solidarity Affairs (ISA) last
> May.  As I've told you, we were thinking it is a good opportunity
> since the ASEAN Leaders Summit will be held in the country around the
> same dates.  However, Rev. Jang also came up with an invitation to
> host the sub-regional conference and we fully respect this.  So
> perhaps, if APWSL can co-sponsor the Labor Conference, we can still
> do a separate meeting here.  What do you think?
>
> Your quick reply would be very much appreciated.  Thank you and hope
> everything's well with you.
>
>
> On behalf of APWSL-Philippines,
> Tess Dioquino
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