Re: Morelia Conference, take 2

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Mimi ez McKay

Migrant Health Research Manager

Director of Library and Information Resources

National Center for Farmworker Health

FIRST CONFERENCE on OCCUPATIONAL and ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH under the

FRAMEWORK of

INTEGRATION of the AMERICAS

The 1st conference will focus on identifying problems and sharing of

views and strategies, intending to

build an " OBSERVATORY OF THE AMERICAS " that will support future

international cooperative action and

research! The objective of this First Conference is to bring together

representatives from academia, NGOs,

labor unions and public policy makers from South, Central and North

America to exchange information about

worker and community health in the region of the Americas. In this

First Conference we want to start

developing a network of professionals and activists in occupational and

environmental health as a tool for

international cooperation and solidarity among the different

institutions and efforts taking place in the

Americas to improve worker and community health.

The program will emphasize a dialogue among professionals and activists

from different North and Latin

American countries to provide a starting point for discussing future

political strategies based on examples

of coalition-building, political action, community and labor organizing

around occupational and

environmental issues, and for joint international research between and

among universities and

non-governmental community groups.

The Planning Committee intends to make this conference an opportunity

for exchange of experiences,

strategies, and stories between and among participants. Therefore, the

conference program will include a

mix of panels, small group discussions, case studies and formal

presentations, focusing on the following

topics:

? The Maquiladora industry in the North of Mexico

? The Petrochemical Industry in the Americas

? The Political Economy of the Work Environment

? Environmental Justice

? The Sugar Industry in Mexico and the Impact of Privatization on

Workplace Health and Safety Conditions

? Labor and Environment Coalitions within and across countries in the

Americas

? Cleaner Production and Occupational Health:

The Sustainable Hospitals Project and The University of Sonora Pollution

Prevention Project

? Social Medicine and Critical Epidemiology

? The impact of trade agreements such as Mercosur, NAFTA and the Free

Trade Agreement of the Americas

(FTAA) on the workplace and the environment in the Americas

? Sustainable Agriculture in the Americas

? The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Latin American Program on

Occupational Health

Location

The conference will be held at Morelia, capital of the state of

Michoacan, Mexico.

Date: August 13-16, 2000.

The conference will start Sunday, August 13, 2000 with a dinner

reception and end on Wednesday night ,

August 16, 2000 with a farewell dinner. Participants will visit a couple

of workplaces in the area to observe

workplace conditions in Mexico and build common ground about

local/national Latin American realities.

Languages

English/Spanish

Registration

The registration fees are as follows:

? $ 200 USD for US and Canadian participants.

? $ 100 USD for full-time registered students.

? $ 100 USD for Latin American participants.

The Conference participants will be responsible for their own airfare

and

travel arrangements. Tickets from the East Coast (New York or Boston) to

Mexico City may range between $

400 and $ 500 dollars. Fares in the high $ 300 can also be at times

found.

The itinerary recommended from the US:

Fly into Mexico City and from the airport take a 4 hour bus trip from

Mexico City to Morelia. From the airport

take a cab to the Observatorio Bus Station (also called Central de

Autobuses del Poniente) in Mexico City.

The best bus lines are ETN and Pegasso.

Make sure to pay for the cab fare while still in the airport customs

area.

Once in Morelia you can either take a taxi to the Hotel de la Soledad,

or walk. Is only about four or five

blocks away from the bus station.

Lodging and Costs

Participants will stay at the Hotel de La Soledad, a beautiful colonial

building, more than 400 years old, which

costs about US$ 40/ night. The estimated food expenses should add to

about $25/ day and the round trip bus

fare is $ 40. Cab from the Mexico City airport to thte bus station is

about $10 to $15 dollars, and in Morelia

around $1.50. The total estimated costs should be $ 300 to 350 dollars

+ airfare + registration.

The Conference will be organized/co-sponsored by:

Department of Work Environment

World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Occupational Safety

and Health

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Lowell, Massachusetts

Department of Regional, Economic and Social Development

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Lowell, Massachusetts

Great Lakes Center for Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health

World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Occupational and

Environmental Health

University of Illinois at Chicago

Departamento de Ingenieria Industrial

Division de Ingenieria

Universidad de Sonora

Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

Departamento de Ingenieria Quimica

Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo

Morelia, Michoacán,

International Labor Organization (ILO/OIT)

Geneva, Switzerland

New Solutions, A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The FIRST CONFERENCE on OCCUPATIONAL and ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH under the

FRAMEWORK of

INTEGRATION of the AMERICAS intends to start building an " Observatory of

the Americas " that will support

future international cooperative action and research. We invite

abstracts from representatives of academia,

non-governmental organizations, labor unions, and public policy makers

from North, Central and South

America preferably addressing the following issues:

? The Political Economy of the Work Environment

? Environmental Justice

? The Maquiladora industry in the North of Mexico

? The Petrochemical and the Sugar Industry in the Americas

? Labor and Environment Coalitions within and across countries in the

Americas

? Cleaner Production and Occupational Health

? The impact of trade agreements such as Mercosur, NAFTA and the Free

Trade Agreement of the Americas

(FTAA) on the workplace and the environment in the Americas

? Sustainable Agriculture in the Americas

? Social Medicine and Critical Epidemiology

Other topics not listed may be acceptable to the Conference Planning

Committee. The program will

emphasize a discussion of the occupational and environmental problems

faced by the peoples of the

Americas as well as potential or tested solutions to them. Conference

sessions will include panels,

roundtables, and small group discussions around the themes listed

above. A one-two doubled space page

abstract (no more than 500 words) should be submitted by May 1, 2000 to

the Conference Planning

Committee. Comments will be sent by June 1, 2000 to the individual/group

that submitted the proposal.

Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the Journal New

Solutions.

Submit abstracts to Siqueira, Chair of the Planning

Committee, at the address below by mail,

fax, or e-mail (MS Word file preferred).

Siqueira

Department of Work Environment

University of Massachusetts Lowell

1 University Avenue

Lowell, MA 01854

Ph: (978) 934-3147

Fax: (978) 452-5711

E-mail: _Siqueira@...

Send this registration form to:

Dr. Siqueira, Department of Work Environment, University

of Massachusetts, Lowell, 1

University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854, USA. Americans, Canadians and

Europeans should enclose check or

money order payable to University of Massachusetts Lowell. Participants

from Mexico, South, and Central

American can do the same, if convenient, or pay cash in dollars or pesos

in Morelia.

REGISTRATION FORM

FIRST CONFERENCE on OCCUPATIONAL and ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH under the

FRAMEWORK of

INTEGRATION of the AMERICAS

Last Name_____________________________________________________

First Name____________________________________________________

Position/Title

_______________________________________________________________

Organization/Affiliation

_________________________________________________________

Street Address (or Post Office Box Number)

_______________________________________________________________________

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City __________________ State _______________ Postal Code _________

Country____________

Telephone ______________________ Fax

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E-mail __________________________________

Do you need financial assistance? Yes_____ No ______

If yes, indicate the estimated amount and for what purposes (travel,

accommodations, registration). Financial

assistance will be provided depending on availability of resources.