The event to debate and question what are, and what should be, the politics of the international trade union movement.

This year’s hugely successful GLI International Summer School took place from Monday 7th – Friday 11th July. The School saw over 80 labour movement delegates from 28 countries descend upon Northern College in Barnsley, UK for an inspiring week of debate, discussion and education on the situation of the international labour movement and its politics in the 21st century.

In partnership with Union Solidarity International, we have created a permanent archive of videos, articles, presentations and photos from the Summer School. This archived content is aimed at providing an educational resource for trade union activists across the world. We hope it will provide a platform for the inspiring and challenging debates and discussions of #ISS14 to continue.

We would like to thank the participants and speakers of #ISS14, as well as the brilliant staff at Northern College, for making this year’s Summer School the best to date. We would also like to thank our funders, in particular the Berger Marks Foundation, for making the Summer School possible.

Click here to download the 2014 Programme & Guide: ISS 2014 Programme Pack

ISS 2014 Archive & Links

Introduction

The International Trade Union Movement

Speaker – Dave Spooner

Session 1: The Big Picture

Capitalism, Anti-Capitalism and the Trade Union Movement

Speakers – Asbjørn Wahl & Bill Fletcher

Session 2: The Politics of Organising

The Rise & Fall of Labour?

Speakers – Sanjiv Pandita, Kirill Buketov and Rosa Pavanelli

Speakers – Zhang Lingji

Politics, Organisation & Education

Speakers – Dave Spooner and Manuel Cortes

Organising Informal and Precarious Workers

Speakers – Jin Sook Lee, Yoana Georgieva and Kendall Fells

The Slow Death of the Socialist International

Speaker – Dan Gillan

Session 3: Global Union – Global Politics

Union-Party Relationships: Stay together for the sake of the children or get a divorce?

Speakers – Sujata Gothoskar, Lee Changgeun and Karin Pape

Speakers – Sean Sweeney, Lara Skinner and Gary Smith

The Political Vision and Strategy of the International Trade Union Movement

Speakers – Sam Gindin, Peter Rossman and Costas Lapavistas

Question Time – Live Discussion with Sharan Burrow, ITUC

Speaker – Sharan Burrow