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Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labor Organization, at the WTO Conference, Seattle, November 28, 1999
Order an ImageThe Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as the WTO's favoring of corporate interests over social and environmental concerns.
Juan Somavia, representing the International Labor Organization, traveled from Chile to the WTO meeting to promote labor rights. Among the ILO’s issues were forced labor, child labor, and discrimination. Countries with low wages opposed the adoption of such labor rights by the WTO.
Caption information source: “No power to sanction, but ILO hopes to be taken seriously in trade talks”, by Bruce Ramsay, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 29, 1999, p. A6.
Juan Somavia, representing the International Labor Organization, traveled from Chile to the WTO meeting to promote labor rights. Among the ILO’s issues were forced labor, child labor, and discrimination. Countries with low wages opposed the adoption of such labor rights by the WTO.
Caption information source: “No power to sanction, but ILO hopes to be taken seriously in trade talks”, by Bruce Ramsay, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 29, 1999, p. A6.
ID Number: 2000.107.19991128.2.25
Date: 1999
Creator(s):
Arias, Gilbert W., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 negative : color ; 35 mm.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.19991129.2.25, photo by Gilbert W. Arias
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