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Last updated: 11/12/08

WLRI Trade Union Seminar Series 2008

The WLRI Trade Union Seminar Series 2008 is open for anyone interested in trade union issues and promotes debate between activists and academics involved in struggle. The seminars are free and there is no need to register in advance. This year they are held on the third Wednesday of the month, 5.00-7.00pm, starting on 20th February 2008.


Dates: see below
Time: Starting 5pm ending 7pm


Venue:

London Metropolitan University
Room JS2-74 (Second Floor)
31 Jewry Street
London EC3N 2EY


For more information, contact Max Watson 020 7320 3010 / m.watson@londonmet.ac.uk

Unorganised Workers: Individualised Industrial Relations and ‘Vulnerability’ at Work
Wednesday 10th December 2008
Speakers:

Anna Pollert, University of West of England (UWE)

To listen to Anna Pollert's introduction, click here:

Anna Pollert December 2008

Nicola Smith, TUC Commission on Vulnerable Employment

To listen to Nicola Smith's introduction, click here:

Nicola Smith December 2008


Please click link for more information (pdf flier):

WLRI TU Seminar 10 December 2008

PLEASE NOTE: WLRI is not holding a monthly Trade Union seminar in November due to the London Organisers Network 'Organise 2008!' conference on Saturday 8th November, which several WLRI colleagues are involved with and are attending.

Please see the LON website for further details, and download a flier from here:
Organise 2008! leaflet


The Equality Bill: Progress or Missed Opportunity?

Wed 15th October 2008 at 5pm

Sally Brett, TUC Equality Policy Officer

Pat Cambell, PCS Head of Equality

Please click link for more information:

WLRI TU Seminar 15 Oct 2008

To listen to Sally Brett's presentation, click here (23mins 4secs):

Sally Brett - 15 Oct 2008

To listen to Pat Cambell's presentation, click here (19mins 17secs):

Pat Cambell - 15 Oct 2008


Globalisation, Transportation and Labour: Lessons from the European Union
Wed 17th September 2008
4.00-6.00pm

Peter Turnbull, Professor of Human Resource Management & Labour
Relations, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University

Roger Sealey, Transport Sector Researcher at Unite

Please click link for more information:

WLRI TU Seminar 17 Sept 2008

Organising, Militancy and Revitalisation: The Case of the RMT
Wednesday 16th July 2008
@ 5.30pm in The Women's Library

Speakers:


Ralph Darlington, Salford University / Manchester Industrial Relations Society

Alex Gordon, RMT Council of Executives

Please click link below for more information:

WLRI TU Seminar 16 July 2008 WLRI TU Seminar 16 July 2008

To listen to Ralph Darlington's introduction, download from link below (22mins 49sec):

Ralph Darlington 16 July 2008

To listen to Alex Gordon's introduction, download from link below (25mins 32sec):

Alex Gordon 16 July 2008

Difficulties in capturing Union Learning
Wednesday 18th June 2008

Speakers:

Keith Forrester, University of Leeds

Barry Fuge, PCS Union Learning Project Officer

Please click link for more information:

WLRI TU Seminar 18 June 2008 WLRI TU Seminar 18 June 2008

To listen to Keith Forrester's introduction, download from link below (37mins 8sec):

Keith Forrester 18 June 2008

To listen to Barry Fuge's introduction, download from link below (21mins 13sec):

Barry Fuge 18 June 2008

The Making of Women Trade Unionists
Wednesday 21st May 2008

Speakers:

Gill Kirton, Queen Mary, University of London

Chris Coates, TUC Library Collections

Please click link for more information:

WLRI TU Seminar 21 May 2008 WLRI TU Seminar 21 May 2008

To listen to Gill Kirton's introduction, download from link below (32mins 5sec):

Gill Kirton 21 May 08

To listen to Chris Coates' introduction, download from link below (21mins 6sec):

Chris Coates 21 May 08

Live Working or Die Fighting - How the Working Class Went Global
Wednesday 16th April 2008
Speakers:

Paul Mason, author & BBC Newsnight's Business and Industry correspondent

Donna Reeve, Migrant Worker Support Unit

Andy Gilchrist, Union Learning Organiser, Unite (T&G)

Please click link for more information:

WLRI TU Seminar 16 April 2008

To listen to Donna Reeve and Andy Gilchrist's introduction, download from link below (28mins 13sec):

Donna Reeve and Andy Gilchrist 16 April 08

To listen to Paul Mason's introduction, download from link below (18mins 10sec):

Paul Mason 16 April 08

Using the Gender Equality Duty in Collective Bargaining: Opportunities and Threats
Wednesday 12th March 2008

Speaker:

Hazel Conley, Queen Mary, University of London

Please click here for more information:

WLRI TU Seminar 2008 Hazel Conley

To listen to Hazel's introduction, download from link below (39mins 21sec):
Hazel Conley 12 March 2008
Ten years of the TUC Organising Academy
Wednesday 20th February 2008

Speaker:

Dr Melanie Simms, Warwick University

Paul Nowak, National Organiser, TUC Organising Academy

Please click here for more information

For the WLRI TU seminar series 2008 leaflet click here (pdf):

WLRI TU seminar series 2008 leaflet

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