11th Annual Cesar E. Chavez Blak Eagle Awards Dinner to be held TODAY!!

Reminder to all ticket holders to the 11th Annual Cesar E. Cahvez Black Eagle Awards Dinner to be held tonight at the Ontario Federation of Labour building starting at 5:30 pm. 

The UFCW Canada, the AWA and the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation would like to thank the following sponsors:

Canadian Labour Congress

Public Services Alliance of Canada

Ontario Public Services Employees Union

Services Employees International Union - Canadian Council

Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association

Workers Health and Safety Centre

Canadian Auto Workers - Social Justice Fund

United Food and Commercial Workers - Local 401

National Union of Public General Employees

Canadian Auto Workers - Local 414

Communications, Energy and Paper Workers of Canada - Ontario Region

Thistle Printing

Peace of Knowledge Inc.

United Food and Commercial Workers - Local 175 and 633

Cavalluzzo, Hayes, Shilton, McIntyre and Cornish Barristers and Solicitors

International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers

United Food and Commercial Workers - Local 1997

Canadian Union of Publick Employees - Local 4400

United Food and Commercial Workers - Local 1993

United Steelworkers - National Office

Canadian Union of Public Employees - National Office

United Steelworkers - Toronto Area Council

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers - Local 353

Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario

Canadian Union of Postal Workers - Nationa Office / Ontario Local

The Cesar E. Chavez Black Eagle Award was established 11 years ago to recognize exceptional activists who make outstanding contributions to the fight for justice in Canada’s agriculture industry.

Every year, Black Eagle Award recipients are named in several different fields of activism that include Labour, Legal, Political, Cultural, International, and Academic categories.

On the 2010 Cesar E. Chavez Black Eagle Award Dinner we will be honouring the following recipients:

Leoney Godoy, Governor of the State of Michoacan, Mexico

Olivia Chow, National Democratic Party MP

Gil McGowan, Alberta Federation of Labour

Kerry Preibisch, Academic

Paul Cavalluzzo, Legal

Vincenzo Pietropaolo, Artist

AWA and Headlines Theatre to stage dramatic night at Langley Church, Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m.

Migrant farm workers to tell their own story in Langley, B.C. audience participation event

LANGLEY, B.C. - On Friday, October 29,  the first-person accounts of migrant farm workers will be part of  “Us and Them” — a participatory theatre production by the acclaimed B.C. Lower Mainland
community-based theatre company Headlines Theatre.

The Agricultural Workers Alliance (AWA) is a partner in this interactive, evening of theatre at the Langley United Church. The AWA operates three agriculture workers support centres in British Columbia which are part of the largest national organization for agriculture workers in Canada.

The Langley event is one of twenty-one “Us and Them” public events exploring all points of view regarding important community issues through audience participation in an open theatrical dialogue.

The October 29^th event is the only one focused on migrant workers and BC agriculture. More than 6,000 migrant agricultural workers are employed each season at BC agricultural operations.

More than 30 migrant workers are expected to participate in the Langley theatre without a play. There will be no script: just the stories told by the migrant workers participants — as well as participation from farm employers, suppliers, and community leaders.

This evening of dramatic dialogue will be facilitated by David Diamond, the artistic director of Headlines Theatre. “The goal is create bridges and raise awareness about what goes on between farm owners and agriculture workers in BC’s fields,” says Diamond.

“The idea is for all members of the audience to get involved around the issue. Everyone has a story to tell, and “Us and Them” is a chance to tell it.”

The Langley show starts at 7:30 p.m. Admission is by donation. The Langley United Church is located at 5673  200 Street, in Langley.

Also see:

http://www.langleyadvance.com/entertainment/Show+explores+divisions/3727587/story.html

For more information contact:

Raul Gatica,
AWA Surrey office
Surrey, BC
778 -578-9411
surrey@awa-ata.ca

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Health & Safety and WCB Conference

The Ontario Federation of Labour will be hosting a Health & Safety  and WCB Conference from November 25 to 27 at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto. 

Stan Raper, the National Coordinator of the Agriculture Workers Alliance along with Janet McLaughling from the department of International Migration Centre of Wilfred Laurier University, will be part of a panel discussing Health & Safety and WCB issues around migrant farm workers. 

To participate on this conference or their panel discussion follow this link for more information:

http://ofl.ca/index.php/html/index_in/joint_ofl_and_ontario_network_of_injured_workers

Headlines Theatre presents: Us and Them (the inquiry)

“The well-being of our grandchildren is directly linked to the well-being of our enemy’s grandchildren.” John Paul Lederach.

What makes it possible for us to compromise the well-being of humanity and the planet? What compels society to create, over and over again, the ‘other’: the creation of the ‘them’ in us and them?

Come and help imagine ways to challenge and transcend the false notion of us versus them as played out in BC’s fields between farm owners and agriculture workers.

Participate in this collective, engaging theatre experiment to build bridges between all of us.

October 29, 2010 at 7.30pm
Langley United Church, 5673 200th St , Langley
Reservations recommended: 604-871-0508
Admission by donation

Organized by the Langley United Church and the Agriculture Workers Alliance

For more information on venue and date listings, please visit:
http://headlinestheatre.com/ (Click “What’s New”)

Headlines gratefully acknowledges:: Operating Support: Canada Council for the Arts + Catherine Donnelly Foundation + City of Vancouver + We acknowledge the financial assistance of the Province of British Columbia + BC Arts Council + Melusine Foundation + Hamber Foundation :: Thank you to our Media Sponsor: WestEnder

Read more news about this event: 

http://www.langleyadvance.com/entertainment/Show+explores+divisions/3727587/story.html