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  • Critical Labour Studies: 9th Symposium, 2-3 March 2013 UK

    Critical Labour Studies is holding its 9th Symposium, at Ruskin College, Oxford – Date: 2-3 March 2013

    Call for papers and sessions

    In 2013 CLS celebrates its 10-year anniversary. This coincides with the major historic move for Ruskin College from its historical base in central Oxford to a single-site at its Headington campus. So, CLS 2013 will be held at Ruskin to celebrate the achievements of two organisations pivotal to stimulating debate and discussion amongst peers across labour movements in the UK and globally. In further recognition of the location of CLS next year we seek to encourage contributions/participants who can bring a labour education dimension.

    Details on

    http://criticallabourstudies.org.uk/site/index.php/cls-2012-call-for-papers

    http://criticallabourstudies.org.uk/site/images/CLS_documents/cls_cfp_2013.pdf

     

    Dave

    August 13, 2012
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  • ILO Study Visit for UK trade unionists to be relaunched in 2013

    GLI is reviving the annual study visit by young British trade unionists to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva.  The study visit is scheduled to occur in May 2013.  The ILO Study Visit was run by the WEA from the 1930s to the mid-2000s.  GLI is responding to the belief of many past participants that the ILO Study Visit was a positive formative experience in their trade union and political education.

    The Study Visit will offer an opportunity for a mixed trade union delegation to visit the ILO and explore and understand the work to develop and secure workers’ rights around the world.  There will also be opportunities to see at first hand the work of the Global Union Federations and discuss the fight for workers’ rights from their perspective.  The programme for Study Visit will be broadly similar to the original but will have a strong ‘Organising Globally’ element as well as sessions based around developing practical strategies for defending and extending workers’ rights.   For further details of what is involved and how to participate, please contact Joe Holly at joe.holly@31.172.241.170.

    Dave

    August 10, 2012
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    ILO study visit
  • New WIEGO Handbook on Organising in the Informal Economy

    Just published online by WIEGO:

     The Only School We Have: Learning from Organizing Experiences Across the Informal Economy

    Compiled and edited by Christine Bonner and Dave Spooner.

    group of women learningThis handbook is a resource for those organizing informal workers in any sector, though it is based on the organizing experiences in (mainly) four groups: domestic workers, home-based workers, street/market vendors and waste pickers. It draws on the themes, ideas and information generated at a WIEGO Organizing Workshop, together with additional background materials, case studies and analysis.

    http://www.inclusivecities.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Bonner-Spooner_The_Only_School_We_Have.pdf

    Dave

    August 9, 2012
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