New Course Coming Soon
A new GLU course in Spanish and Portuguese languages, “Challenging Corporate Power in GSCs in Latin America", is going to be published in October 2022.
Currently in a pilot stage, it combines content from the course “Regulating GSCs to empower workers” and new video lectures from experts in the region.
Namely, more than 150 trade unionists and labour activists from Latin America are involved in this process of developing the course. Their involvement is part of a project to develop a regional team of certified trainers (RTT-LA).
"Just and Green" in Tutored Mode
Just and Green: Labour’s Ecological Question”, an interactive and thought-provoking online course is entering tutored mode. It gives participants a chance to study for free, now with subtitles in Bangla, German, Serbo-Croatian and Spanish.
Starting September 15, 2022, we will publish more video lectures about energy transition and key challenges. In addition, you can utilize spaces for participation, such as webinars and zoom workshops with course experts.
Study and interact in the course platform and with the online tutor to get a Certificate of Accomplishment.
Watch the course trailer with subtitles in Albanian, Bangla, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Shona, Turkish and Vietnamese.
Webinar: Intersectional Discrimination in GSCs and Collective Resistance for Work with Dignity
Online Webinar "Intersectional discrimination in global supply chains and collective resistance for work with dignity" has been organised by the GLU Online Academy.
The event gathered the experts featured in Chapter 2 of the online course "Subordination and discrimination in GSCs: recognising diversity and building unity", Prof. Martha Chen, Prof. Stephanie Barrientos and Dr. Alessandra Mezzadri. They discussed intersectional forms of discrimination and subordination of workers in supply chains.
Enroll in the course to learn more and join upcoming discussions with top experts: https://iversity.org/en/courses/subordination-and-discrimination-in-gscs-recognizing-diversity-and-building-unity
Invitation for Applications for the "Social Theory for South African Trade Unionists" Short Course
University of Witwatersrand (Wits) and the GLU invite trade unions to nominate one member from their ranks to attend the Social Theory 2022 Short Course in English.
The thematic focus is the energy sector and the aim is to help participants develop the capacity for critical thinking and to engage analytically about labour-related issues.
In addition, each module will integrate themes of gender, ecology, international solidarity, and trade union strategy. Each theme will highlight strategic approaches by trade unions.
For enquiries, please contact the GLU Programme Coordinator, Mr Warren McGregor: GLU.SouthAfrica@wits.ac.za.
Here, you can find the complete Course Advertisement and Application Form.
New GLU Course "Subordination and Discrimination in Global Supply Chains" Launching on June 15
The new GLU course, "Subordination and Discrimination in GSCs: Recognizing Diversity and Building Unity", will launch on June 15, 2022, and will remain in a tutored mode for a month.
The course is already open for enrolment and will address the intersectional forms of discrimination as well as examples of resistance from across the world for work.
Visit the course page to find out more or enrol directly here.
GTTT Workshop Organised in Kassel With Guests From Across the Globe
A three-day workshop for the members of the global team of trainers and tutors (GTTT) has taken place in Kassel, Germany, May 24-27.2022. The guests from around the world attended various events and activities to advance their skills and competencies. It was the first time that the team and GLU staff were able to meet in person, after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The panels included Online tutoring of the course with feedback and future plans, GLU-OA´s history & current work, localised workshops and online tutoring, developing a MOOC, current political discussions at the GLU, learning models of the OA, etc.
If you wish to obtain the recordings of these events, please write to the following email address: matija.barisic@global-labour-university.org
You can also visit the GTTT page to see more photos from the event or read the event write-up.
ICDD Public Talk: Health, safety and security: The everyday struggles of cabin crew workers in Aerolíneas Argentinas
On June 3, 2022, ICDD will host a public talk with Sara Cufré, a Labor Sociology Researcher from the Center of Labor Studies and Research (CEIL) in Argentina.
She will examine the current crisis in aviation due to Covid-19 containment policies has accelerated the processes of flexibilization and precarity that have been going on for decades, since the 1980s. This talk draws upon workers' resistance in Aerolíneas Argentinas, a full-service carrier (FSC) airline with stable, well-paid jobs and a strong union tradition.
It analyzes how cabin crew members organize and resist the processes of intensified exploitation of their labouring bodies during the first period of the company's renationalization between 2008 and 2015. The focus is on worker-led actions that adapt and reinterpret union tradition on health and safety and how they relate to the day-to-day self-medication strategies, pain, and risk reduction. These self-care practices, both the individual and collective, involve specific expertise on safety and security that is crucial for workers to deal with fatigue.
Register for the event here.
An unprecedented attach on trade unions in Belarus: Activisits arrested, including Union Leaders
The State Security Service (KGB) arrested more than a dozen trade union activists, including almost all the Union leaders. This crackdown comes after decades of the independent trade union movement in Belarus taking a strong stand against the dictatorial regime of Alexander Lukashenko. It has also condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and demanded the withdrawal of the Russian troops from the territory of Belarus.
Global Unions, the ILO, Amnesty International, and others have already condemned the arrests and called for a stop to repression against Belarusian Trade Unions. We demand the immediate release of all the activists and stop the prosecution of independent trade unions in Belarus.
If you want to offer your support, do so via this page.
The GLU Programmes in South Africa starting in 2023 are open for applications.
These are postgraduate Honors and Masters's programs at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa for 2023. They involve full-time coursework and a research study program located in the School of Social Sciences.
Note that all applications must be accompanied by additional uploaded documents as detailed in the Application Call. Be aware that only ONLINE applications are accepted . The link can be found in this Application Call.
The closing date for applications is 31 August 2022 .
Contact for applications is applications.senc@wits.ac.za . Should you need assistance please visit the Wits website or contact Yurisha.Pillay@wits.ac.za and Warren.McGregor@wits.ac.za
The Global Team of Trainers and Tutors has initiated a political project of popular education
The Online Academy is currently focusing on the development of teams of online tutors and local trainers to support the distance learning process in general and blended learning in particular. The trainers/tutors use the content of the online courses to develop contextualized modules for people-centred learning.
Trained on principles of radical/critical pedagogy and adult popular education, they are a critical resource of the Online Academy for building new spaces for social learning and political engagement on the ground.
On the Whole, the Global Team of Trainers and Tutors has given rise to a political project of popular education on labour and the environment. Members from countries across the globe have organised 60 localised workshops reaching nearly 1,100 people.
You can watch the video presenting the project here.