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Dave Spooner at #ISS14: ‘A Starter Kit for International Trade Unionists’
Dave Spooner has kicked off the GLI’s International Summer School 2014 with a ‘Starter Kit for International Trade Unionists’ – a guided tour around the political and organisational landscape of the global labour movement. The summary below is taken from the 2013 summer school proceedings. You can watch the full…
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International Summer School 2014 Begins – Welcome!
Today marks the start of the third Global Labour Institute International Summer School at Northern College in Barnsley. Over 80 labour movement delegates from 28 countries have descended on Barnsley for an inspiring week of debate, discussion and education on the situation of the international labour movement and its politics…
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New IUF publication: Trade Deals That Threaten Democracy
Proponents, opponents and trade negotiators involved in the elaboration of two vast investment treaties currently under construction, the EU-US trade deal now known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the twelve-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore,…
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New Informal Workers Blog
Working in partnership with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), the Global Labour Institute is very pleased to announce the launch of the “Informal Workers Blog“. The Informal Workers Blog is intended to form a central online space for the sharing of news, updates, resources, links and other information associated…
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ITF Launches New Guide: “Organising Precarious Transport Workers”
The Global Labour Institute is very pleased to announce the launch of a new ITF guide – “Organising Precarious Transport Workers” – which is aimed at helping unions reach out to informal transport workers. The guide was written by GLI Manchester as part of our ongoing work with the ITF…
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Ruskin College, Oxford: Masters Programme Applications
Ruskin College, Oxford is now taking applications for 2014 entry onto its MA programme in International Labour and Trade Union Studies (ILTUS). The course is open to both UK and international applicants. A scholarship is available for a South African woman trade unionist and a further scholarship is available to…
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Global Labour University (GLU): Masters Programme Applications
The Global Labour University (GLU) invites trade unionists and labour activists to apply to its Masters programmes in ‘Labour Policies and Globalisation’ at the University of Kassel and the Berlin School of Economics and Law (Germany) and the newly launched Masters in ‘Labor and Global Workers’ Right’s’ at Penn State…
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Zhanaozen: The Unknown Tragedy
“Zhanaozen: the Unknown Tragedy” First and exclusive UK documentary showing Wednesday 4th December, 6-8pm Where Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Charles Clore House 17 Russell Square LONDON WC1B 5DR Overview In 2012 a SIHRG team conducted a trial observation and published a report of the trial and conviction of Vladimir…
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The New Trade Unions & the Democratic Left: Kiev, 2-3 Nov. 2013
THE NEW TRADE UNIONS AND THE DEMOCRATIC LEFT: HISTORICAL ROOTS AND IDEOLOGICAL LANDMARKS November 2-3, 2013, Kyiv The new Eastern European trade union movement has covered a long path in the past three decades. From the very beginning it was based on democratic values which formed the foundation of…
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ITF Baseline Survey Report: Precarious Labour and Decent Work in the Transport Industry
GLI is pleased to announced that our new ITF Baseline Survey Report on Precarious Labour and Decent Work in the Transport Industry is now available to view and download. This report brings together findings from 51 unions in 38 countries. Its goal was to improve knowledge of the extent, nature…