Union Politics and Unions' Mission - 12 April, 2024
About the Webinar
In the US, unionization happens (if it happens at all) mostly at the company level; whereas in South Africa and many European countries it happens at the sectoral level. But how should one understand union’s mission - is it only about the interests of workers, or does it include broader societal issues, for example gender justice and environmental justice? How can union activists position themselves in different political contexts, and how can they win majorities?
Time and Date
April 12, 2024 | 2 PM CET
Speakers
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Moderator: Flora Pereira |
Flora works as the Chief of Education and Engagement at the Pulitzer Centre, leading engagement and education programs and teams in the US, Latin America, Central Africa, and Southeast Asia, combining investigative journalism, social movement expertise, and academic perspectives to raise public awareness of social inequalities and environmental degradation. Before joining the Center, she worked at Dialogo Brasil/Climate Land Use Alliance, where she was responsible for coordinating multi-disciplinary teams. Flora is also a Ph.D. Candidate at the Faculty of Economics of Coimbra University in the Postcolonialisms and Global Citizenship Doctoral Programme. |
 Speaker: Joanna Bronowicka |
Joanna Bronowicka is a sociologist and activist at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Labour Law Studies at the European University Viadrina, and has previously been the Director of the Centre for Internet and Human Rights. Her interests cross disciplinary and national borders - she combines sociology, law and political science to examine the effects of digitization and migration on industrial relations and politics. She is currently researching mobilisations of platform workers in Berlin. |
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Speaker: Eyüp Özer |
Eyüp Özer is the International Secretary for Turkey’s United Metalworkers Union, which is part of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions (DISK). He has been with the organisation for more than 10 years, and is currently focussing his efforts on the just transition and its impact on work. |
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Speaker: Mikyung Ryu |
Mikyung Ryu is the international director of the KCTU with 1.2 million members from all around the country. KCTU is the representative body of independent and democratic trade union movement in Korea. KCTU has taken the leading role in a broader social movement for democracy and unity of working people beyond the border of workplace. KCTU’s strategical priorities to address the inequality in the societies are organising precarious workers including migrant workers, strengthening gender equality at workplace as well as in the society and building industrial level labour relations. |
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