{"id":4565,"date":"2020-06-11T12:21:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T11:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/?p=4565"},"modified":"2022-11-10T12:10:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T12:10:16","slug":"global-trade-union-assembly-pandemic-beyond-workers-organizing-for-a-public-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/?p=4565","title":{"rendered":"Global Trade Union Assembly: Pandemic &#038; Beyond: Workers Organizing for a Public Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>A Series of Virtual Meetings during July, August and September 2020<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the ongoing public health and economic crises, <a href=\"https:\/\/unionsforenergydemocracy.us4.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f221f934e081bc32b8fcd79e2&amp;id=20262d4a68&amp;e=1ba0e247ae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>more than 30 trade union bodies<\/strong><\/a> from 18 countries have come together to convene a global assembly. <a href=\"https:\/\/unionsforenergydemocracy.org\/\">Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED)<\/a> has been working with the convening unions to coordinate preparations for the Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Titled &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/unionsforenergydemocracy.us4.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f221f934e081bc32b8fcd79e2&amp;id=97086ab051&amp;e=1ba0e247ae\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Pandemic and Beyond: Workers Organizing for a Public Future<\/strong><\/a>,&#8221;  the Assembly will take place as a series of 2-hour, virtual meetings  during July, August and September 2020. The opening session will take place on July 9th. The final session will take place on September 10th.  The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/unionsforenergydemocracy.us4.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f221f934e081bc32b8fcd79e2&amp;id=92738336d9&amp;e=1ba0e247ae\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>full program<\/strong><\/a> is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/slucuny.swoogo.com\/gtua2020\/534516\">Assembly website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\n aim of the Assembly is to further build North-South solidarity and \ndeepen our analysis of the many impacts of COVID19, both immediate and \nlonger term. The convening unions see the Assembly as a means to further\n promote bold, pro-public solutions that can help address the deep \nstructural flaws in the current system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Assembly is open to all trade union members, activists and leaders, as well as movement allies. Please register <a href=\"https:\/\/unionsforenergydemocracy.us4.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f221f934e081bc32b8fcd79e2&amp;id=77f89e570e&amp;e=1ba0e247ae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sessions  will be scheduled to accommodate as many time zones as possible  (evening hours for the Asia-Pacific region; mid-afternoon for Europe and  Africa; early morning in the Americas).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Interpretation will be  available for English, Spanish and French; with accommodation for  additional languages if possible, depending on registrations and  resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/unionsforenergydemocracy.org\/\">Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED)<\/a>  is a global, multi-sector trade union initiative to advance democratic  direction and control of energy in a way that promotes solutions to the  climate crisis, energy poverty, the degradation of both land and people,  and responds to the attacks on workers\u2019 rights and protections. TUED is  is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/\">Global Labour Institute Network.<\/a><\/em><br>For more information on how your union can be part of TUED, see<a href=\"https:\/\/unionsforenergydemocracy.us4.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f221f934e081bc32b8fcd79e2&amp;id=1a462bfd30&amp;e=1ba0e247ae\"> here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Series of Virtual Meetings during July, August and September 2020 In response to the ongoing public health and economic crises, more than 30 trade union bodies from 18 countries have come together to convene a global assembly. Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED) has been working with the convening unions to coordinate preparations for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/?p=4565\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Global Trade Union Assembly: Pandemic &#038; Beyond: Workers Organizing for a Public Future&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=4565"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4568,"href":"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4565\/revisions\/4568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gli-network.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}