UTSA to host Dec. 2 panel discussion on workers' rights
(Nov. 25, 2003)--The UTSA Department of Political Science and Geography and the Institute for Law and Public Affairs will host a panel discussion about workers' rights from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 2 in Buena Vista Street Building Room 1.338 at the UTSA Downtown Campus. The event is free and open to all.
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RSS FeedsPanelists are Bob Salvatore, San Antonio Labor Council; Lesley Ramsey, Texas Fair Trade Coalition; Julius Getman, Earl Sheffield Regents Chair at the UT Law School; Peter Monod, director of social services for the Catholic archdiocese; and Stephen Amberg, UTSA Department of Political Science and Geography.
According to Human Rights Watch and others, the United States falls far short of international standards with regard to ratifying international human rights treaties.
Fifty-five years ago on December 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a significant achievement and a testament to its chief proponents, former President Harry Truman and former first lady and human rights activist Eleanor Roosevelt.
For more information, contact Stephen Amberg at 210-458-5618.