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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.
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.
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