BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:12571-02f7f9bdb15e0ed6113ac096f5cdefb8@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260812T170743Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230413T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230413T180000 SUMMARY:Public Seminar: The Future of Work and Unions in the Americas DESCRIPTION:\n\nFree Public Seminar\n\n6:00-8:00 p.m. | 108 Chambers Bui lding\n\nAcross the Americas\, workers are confronting challenges linked to deindustrialization and widening economic inequalities\, including t he rise of radical\, neo-authoritarian political movements and the decli ne of traditional forms of political representation\, environmental degr adation and climate change\, and the lack of effective public policies t o guarantee care and social protection for all. In response\, they are e xperimenting with new forms of organizing\, coalition building\, and pub lic policy advocacy.\n\nIn this seminar\, held in conjunction with the N inth Annual Center for Global Workers’ Rights Symposium\, labor leaders and scholar-activists from the United States\, Mexico and Brazil will di scuss how the labor movement in North and South America is envisioning t he future of work in the face of these systemic crises. They will also d iscuss what organized labor is doing to promote sustainable and equitabl e development\, tax justice to ensure adequate funding for public servic es\, and the creation of a robust care infrastructure for workers and th eir families.\n\nSpeakers include:\n\nCathy Feingold\n\nInternational De partment Director\, AFL-CIO\, United States\n\nJocelio Drummond\n\nRegio nal Secretary for the Americas\, Public Services International (PSI)\, B razil\n\nMary Goldsmith\n\nProfessor of Women's Studies\, Universidad Au tónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco\, Mexico\n\nModerator: Manuel Rosaldo\n\ nAssistant Professor of Labor and Employment Relations\, Penn State\n\nD ownload the Flyer\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/t he-future-of-work-and-unions-in-the-americas/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Free Public Seminar

6:00-8:00 p.m. | 108 Chambers Bu ilding

Across the Americas, workers are confronting challenges linked to deindustrialization and widening economic inequalities, including the r ise of radical, neo-authoritarian political movements and the decline of traditional forms of political representation, environmental degradatio n and climate change, and the lack of effective public policies to guara ntee care and social protection for all. In response, they are experimen ting with new forms of organizing, coalition building, and public policy advocacy.

< p>In this seminar, held in conjunction with the Ninth Annual Center for Global Workers’ Rights Symposium, labor leaders and scholar-activists fr om the United States, Mexico and Brazil will discuss how the labor movem ent in North and South America is envisioning the future of work in the face of these systemic crises. They will also discuss what organized lab or is doing to promote sustainable and equitable development, tax justic e to ensure adequate funding for public services, and the creation of a robust care infrastructure for workers and their families.

Speakers include:

Cathy Feingold
International Department Director, AFL-CIO, United States

Jocelio Drummond
Regional Secretary for the Americas, Public Services International (PSI), Brazil< /p>

M ary Goldsmith
Professor of Women's Studies, Universidad Au tónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico

Moderator: Manuel Rosaldo
Assistant Professor of Labor and Employme nt Relations, Penn State

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For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/ the-future-of-work-and-unions-in-the-americas/

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