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VIDEO: “Unleash the hope!” Jeremy Corbyn & Naomi Klein address trade unionists & allies at COP21
Video by Reel News. (this is an edited video of the event – we hope to make the full length recording available in the near future) On Monday 7th December, over 700 trade unionists and other social movement activists packed out an auditorium in Paris to hear the writer and…
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GLI International Summer School 2016 – dates confirmed!
We’re very pleased to announce that the fifth GLI International Summer School will take place from the 4th – 8th July 2016 at Northern College, Yorkshire, UK. Summer School participants are generally nominated by their unions or global union federations so if you’re interested in participating, please contact your union.…
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GLI Network at COP21: Naomi Klein & Jeremy Corbyn discuss solutions to the Climate Crisis & the Role of Trade Unions
Now is Not the Time for Small Steps Solutions to the Climate Crisis and the Role of Trade Unions A Conversation with Naomi Klein & UK Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED) is co-hosting a public meeting with Naomi Klein and Jeremy Corbyn for trade…
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Registration open for 2016 Labor Notes Conference (US)
“Get in touch with the labor movement’s fighting spirit—meet us in Chicago!” Labor Notes will be holding its next conference in Chicago, US, in April 2016. The conference will bring together thousands of trade union activists, mostly from the US but including international participants, for a series of workshops and…
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The global trade union movement: Stepping up to the plate?
Celia Mather’s article, The global trade union movement: Stepping up to the plate?, has been published on the Red Pepper online blog. You can read it by clicking the link above. Celia’s brilliant article provides a snapshot of 2015 GLI International Summer School, drawing attention to how the School is…
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Global Labour University (GLU) invites trade unionists and labour activists to apply to its Masters degrees
The Global Labour University (GLU) invites trade unionists and labour activists to apply to its Masters in “Labour and Development ” at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa and “Social Economy and Labour ” at the University of Campinas, Brazil. The programmes focus on global governance including…
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#ISS15 online archive now available
Click video above to watch the ISS15 short film! After an exhausting but thoroughly inspiring week of plenary sessions, group discussions, workshops, film screenings, an anarchist castle tour and a book launch, this year’s GLI International Summer School 2015 has come to an end. You can catch up with videos,…
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#ISS15 begins!
The fourth GLI International Summer School has begun! Held at Northern College in Barnsley, UK, the School brings together over 100 trade union activists from over 30 countries “to debate and question what are, and what should be, the politics of the international trade union movement”. If you are unable…
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Power to the People: Toward Democratic Control of Electricity Generation
Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED) has published a new working paper, “Power to the People: Toward Democratic Control of Electricity Generation“, which aims to show how “another energy is possible, and absolutely necessary”. The paper, published by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung–New York Office, examines the actual and potential content…
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Dave Spooner appointed Director of USi
GLI is pleased to announce that Dave Spooner has been appointed as Director of Union Solidarity International (USi) in a part-time capacity. He will continue to be a co-Director of GLI. Dave will take over from Andrew Brady, who has been instrumental in steering USi to become a leading news…