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The Financial Crisis and the Changing Role of Workers in China

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China present a roundtable discussion on the financial crisis and worker's roles in China.

When:
June 19, 2009 10:00am to 11:30am
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At this CECC Roundtable, a panel of experts will discuss the impact of the current financial crisis on the lives and rights of workers in China. Panelists will also examine the changing role that workers, including migrant workers, are playing in shaping the future of economic, legal, and political reform in China.

Panelists:

Leslie T. Chang, Author of Factory Girls (Spiegel & Grau, 2008); former China correspondent, The Wall Street Journal

Robin Munro, Research Director, China Labour Bulletin

Erin Ennis, Vice President, US-China Business Council

Earl Brown, Labor and Employment Law Counsel and China Program Director, Solidarity Center, AFL-CIO

Click here <http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_house_hearings&docid=f:45233.pdf>  to download a copy of the Commission's full 2008 Annual Report.

CECC Roundtables are open to the public. No RSVP is necessary.