Key Issues & Questions<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A discussion paper, based on compiled materials from the 2013 Summer School, is available to download here: GLI Summer School Discussion Paper: Key Issues and Questions<\/a><\/strong> All the school’s plenary sessions were recorded and uploaded to YouTube. You can view and listen to them here. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n A Starter Kit for International Trade Unionists<\/strong> (Monday afternoon, 8 July)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\n opening session of the Global Labour International Summer School. Dave \nSpooner of Global Labour Institute, UK presents a Starter Kit for \nInternational Trade Unionists: A brief guided tour around the political \nand organisational landscape of the movement \u2013 for participants new to \ninternational trade union discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Introduction to the Summer School<\/strong> (Tuesday morning, 9 July)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Public Sector Challenge<\/strong> (Tuesday morning, 9 July)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Greg\n Thompson of Unison, UK, Marcela Olivera from the Municipal Services \nProject in Bolivia, and David Hall of PSI talk about the challenges to \npublic services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Anti-Capitalist Challenge <\/strong>(Tuesday morning, 9 July)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fatima\n Aquado Queipo of CC.OO in Spain, and Lefteris Kretsos of Syriza in \nGreece talk about the anti-capitalist challenge to the trade union \nmovement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Climate Challenge<\/strong> (Tuesday morning, 9 July)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sean\n Sweeney of the Global Labor Institute, Cornell University, examines the\n role of unions in confronting the challenge of climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Political Challenge <\/strong>(Tuesday afternoon, 9 July)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bala\n Tampoe of the Ceylon Mercantile, Industrial and General Workers\u2019 Union \nof Sri Lanka and Dan Gallin of the Global Labour Institute in Geneva \ntalk about the challenges facing the movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Politics, Organisation and Education <\/strong>(Wednesday morning, 10 July)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dave\n Spooner, GLI UK, and Teresa Conrow, labour educator and organiser, are \nleading this plenary. There is no recording of this session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Fall & Rise of Labour? <\/strong>(Wednesday morning, 10 July)<\/p>\n\n\n\n New trends in trade unionism. What will the international trade union movement look like in 2020?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Discussion lead by Liv T\u00f8rres, Norwegian Peoples Aid and Han Dongfang, China Labour Bulletin, Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Online Q&A with Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary<\/strong> (Thursday morning, 11 July)<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is Syndicalism?<\/strong> (Thursday morning, 11 July)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our Common Purpose<\/strong> (Thursday afternoon, 11 July)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Key Issues & Questions A discussion paper, based on compiled materials from the 2013 Summer School, is available to download here: GLI Summer School Discussion Paper: Key Issues and Questions All the school’s plenary sessions were recorded and uploaded to YouTube. You can view and listen to them here. Day 1: Pre-school briefing A Starter … Continue reading “International Summer School, UK 2013”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":3880,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"pageiss.php","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3898"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4622,"href":"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3898\/revisions\/4622"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/p>\n\n\n\nDay 1: Pre-school briefing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Day 2: Global Unions, Global Politics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Day 3: The Politics of Organising<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Day 4: Our Common Purpose<\/h2>\n\n\n\n