Events
23 Apr 2015
Organising the unorganisable? Voices from the bottom up
Researchers and Activists Forum on Precarious Work
Sponsored by University’s Research Challenge Communication, Culture and Citizenship and Centre for Professional Work and Society
Loughborough University 23-24 April 2015
Thursday, 23 April 1-6pm
Global South: practices of organisation and resistance |
Friday, 24 April 9am-5pm
Global North: practices of organisation and resistance |
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An insight view of workers struggles in China Ralf Gongchao Collective |
Migrant organising in the UK Gabriella Alberti, University of Leeds and Independent workers |
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The organisation of work in Chilean Ports and dockworkers organisation Lucas Cifuentes, Advisor of the dockworkers Union/Universidad de Chile |
Workers in retail distribution centres in the UK and in Italy Workers’ Initiative Poland (Inicjatywa Pracownicza), Angry Workers of the World, Devi Sacchetto Univ. of Padua/Connessioni Precarie and Giorgio Grappi, Università di Bologna/Coordinamento migranti di Bologna e di Connessioni precarie |
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Addressing forced labour in supply chains Fabiola Mieres, Durham University |
Trade Unions activism and precarious work, experiences of organisation Alumni MA Trade Unions Studies Ruskin College |
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Workers’ organisation in textiles sweatshops in Argentina Jeronimo Montero, Ministry of Labour and CONICET Argentina |
Pedagogical insights of producing knowledge for and with activists and union organisers Ian Manborde, Ruskin College, Oxford |
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Organising informal transport workers in developing countries The Global Labour Institute and the International Transport Federation |
Focusing on the rank and file: the experience of Labor Notes and Trade Unions News Sheila Cohen and Kim Moody |
This is a free event, but spaces are limited so please book your seat by emailing Ruth Cufflin (or telephone: 01509 228839)