• Summer School Invitation to Durham Miners’ Gala 2013

    All non-UK participants in the GLI 2013 International Summer School are invited to the Durham Miners’ Gala, taking place in the city of Durham, over the weekend immediately after the summer school. The Durham Miner’s Gala is the biggest and most colourful celebration of trade union and community spirit in Britain.…


  • 2013 International Summer School – “The Political Agenda of the International Trade Union Movement”

    The draft programme for the GLI 2013 International Summer School is now available to download here. GLI welcomes all comments and suggestions on the draft programme, and interested participants should submit these to gli-uk@31.172.241.170.  A brochure is also available for circulation within the Trade Union movement and affiliated organisations. All…


  • 2013 GLI International Summer School – Advanced Notice

    GLI is pleased to announce that the second International Summer School will be held on 8-12 July 2013, at Northern College in England. There will be a strict limit to the number of places available. If interested in participating, contact gli-uk@31.172.241.170. Watch this space for details of speakers, programme, and…


  • Global Labour University – ENGAGE programme on globalization

    The Global Labour University invites trade unionist to apply for its ENGAGE programme The  six month program is discussing the challenges of labour policies and globalization. It is particular focusing  on wage policies, international labour standards, corporate campaigns and strategic corporate research. The course consists of a three month university…


  • Hard copies of the GLI 2012 Summer School report: “The Political Agenda of the International Trade Union Movement”

    Hard copies of “The Political Agenda of the International Trade Union Movement” report from the Global Labour Institute 2012 International Summer School can be ordered from the web. http://peecho.org/1NJ5PZ. GLI accepts no responsibility for the print quality, delivery time etc. Your feedback would be much appreciated if you order prints…


  • 2012 GLI Summer School Report: “The Political Agenda of the International Trade Union Movement”

    GLI is delighted to publish “The Political Agenda of the International Trade Union Movement” – the report of the International Summer School held in July 2012. The report was compiled by  Romain Felli, Lucy Hopley, Josiah Mortimer, Frederick Pitts and Sean Sayer, and edited by Celia Mather. Please go to:…


  • Moscow Labour Movement Conference on Authoritarianism Nov 3-4 2012

    “Labour movement and left-wing forces against authoritarianism and totalitarianism: our past, present and perspectives for future” November 3-4, 2012, Moscow The conference will be organized at the initiative of Confederation of Labour of Russia (KTR), Scientific, Information, and Education Centre “Memorial” and Global Labour Institute (GLI), with the participation of…


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • 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. This handbook is a resource for those organizing informal workers in any sector, though it is based on the organizing experiences in (mainly)…