The Secretary General of the Global Progressive Forum, Javier Moreno Sanchez, participated in a conference titled “Beyond free trade: alternatives for decent work”, organized by War on Want, UK, Weed, Germany and WIDE, Belgium in cooperation with several trade unions and organizations.

The first plenary session, which took place on October 5th in Brussels, witnessed the presence of international guests including trade union representatives, NGO members and numerous activists from civil society.

"Labor Rights Can Be Good Trade Policy. An Analysis of U.S. Trade with Less Industrialized Economies with Weak or Strong Labor Rights" by Christian E. Weller (Center for American Progress)

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The GPF Coordinator, Yonnec Polet, participated in the conference “Decent Work and the MDG’s: Keeping the Promise”, organized by the Decent Work Decent Life Campaign, the Global Network and the ITUC.