>Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 15:16:47 -0300 (ADT) >From: Michael Gurstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: CONF: "THE NEXT WORKING CLASS: YOUNG WORKERS AND PRECARIOUS >EMPLOYMENT" Nov 14-14, Toronto (fwd) >To: Canadian futures <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Precedence: Bulk >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 14:01:16 -0400 >From: Sam Lanfranco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: CONF: "THE NEXT WORKING CLASS: YOUNG WORKERS AND PRECARIOUS >EMPLOYMENT" Nov 14-14, Toronto > >THE NEXT WORKING CLASS: YOUNG WORKERS AND PRECARIOUS EMPLOYMENT A >CONFERENCE (NOVEMBER 14 & 15, TORONTO) > >The Centre for Research on Work and Society, in conjunction with a >number of national and local trade union and community organisations, is >holding a conference on the York campus in Toronto to bring together >students, young workers (both unionized and not), and trade union and >community decision-makers to confront the grim employment future for >young people and the need for coordinated strategy to turn the tide. > >The purpose of the conference is to spark a dialogue and identify points >of solidarity between students and young workers and the trade union >movement. > >It will: >* Bring together young workers and students (organised and unorganised) >with trade unionists and community activists to discuss the issues >surrounding their employment and education futures; >* Discuss the state of the job market for those under 30 years of age; >* Make sure union decision makers hear and take seriously the threats >to, and the promise of, the young working class; >* Develop and Action Plan (including a Young Workers' Charter) to carry >forward the union - young workers - student - community links made at >the conference. > >DATE: NOVEMBER 14 & 15, 1998 > >LOCATION: Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, TORONTO > >SPONSORED BY: Centre for Research on Work and Society, Canadian Labour >Congress, Canadian Federation of Students, and over 20 labour and >community organisations. > >ORGANISED BY: >Canadian Autoworkers >Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union >Canadian Federation of Students >Centre for Research on Work and Society >Culturelink >Canadian Union of Public Employees >Canadian Union of Postal Workers >Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Intl. Union >Ontario Federation of Labour >Ontario Public Service Employees Union >Public Service Alliance of Canada >Saskatchewan Federation of Labour >United Food and Commercial Workers Intl. Union >Ontario District Council of the Union of Needletrades, >Industrial & Textile Employees >United Steelworkers of America >Workers' Information and Action Centre of Toronto >York Federation of Students >York Graduate Students' Association > >PROGRAMME: > >SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 > >8:30 - 9:00: Registration/Opener > >9:00 - 10:00: YOUTH,VOICE, AND THE WORKPLACE: OBSTACLES AND ACTION: >* Chair: KATE LAXER, Centre for Research on Work and Society >* Keynote: BOB WHITE, President, Canadian Labour Congress >* Response: ELIZABETH CARLYLE, National Chairperson, Canadian >Federation of Students >* Response: KASHFIA IQBAL, Youth Activist, Culturelink > >10:00 - 10:15: Coffee Break > >10:15 - 11:45: Morning WORKSHOPS (see list below) > >11:45 - 12:45: PLENARY: >* Chair: NRINDER NINDY KAUR NANN, National Representative on >Youth Issues, > Canadian Labour Congress >* Speaker: JUDITH McCORMACK, Sack Goldblatt Mitchell, National >Employment > Standards and Young Workers >* Speaker: STEVEN McBRIDE, Political Science, Simon Fraser >University, Young Workers and the Labour Market > >12:45 - 1:45: Lunch > >1:45 - 3:15: Afternoon WORKSHOPS (see list below) > >3:15 - 3:30: Coffee Break > >3:30 - 5:30: THE HARD QUESTIONS: Q & A WITH LABOUR AND >COMMUNITY DECISION >MAKERS: >* Chair: JOEL DAVISON HARDEN, Chairperson, Ontario Component >of the Canadian Federation of Students >* DEBOURAH BOURQUE, Vice-President, Canadian Union of Postal >Workers >* BARB BYERS, President, Saskatchewan Federation of Labour >* LEAH CASSELMAN, President, Ontario Public Service Employees >Union >* SUE COLLIS, Organiser, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty >* ALEX DAGG, Manager, Ontario District Council of the Union of > Needletrades, Industrial & Textile Employees >* BUZZ HARGROVE, President, Canadian Autoworkers >* KEMI JACOBS, Executive Director, Culturelink >* ED NELSON, Secretary Treasurer, Communications, Energy and >Paperworkers > Union >* WAYNE SAMUELSON, President, Ontario Federation of Labour >* NYCOLE TURMEL, National Executive Vice-President, Public Service > Alliance of Canada > >5:30: ACTION PLAN AGENDA: >* CARLA LIPSIG-MUMME, Director, Centre for Research on Work >and Society > >6:00: SOCIAL > >SUNDAY, NOVEMBER15 > >9:30 - 10:30: International Experience in Organizing Young >Workers > >10:30 - 11:30: Presentations of Proposals for Action Plan > >11:30 - 12:00: Lunch > >12:00 - 2:00: Action Plan Committees > >2:00 - 2:15: Coffee Break > >2:15 - 3:30: Discussion of Action Plan: Carry it On! > > >WORKSHOPS: ISSUES & ACTION > >* These workshops are designed to facilitate group discussion and > cooperative learning. >* Each workshop is responsible for developing and presenting one >pressing > question for the Q & A session as well as proposals for the >Action Plan. >* Please choose first and second choice for both morning and >afternoon workshops when registering for the conference. > >Morning Workshops: >1) Health and Safety Issues for Young Workers >2) Know Your Rights and Use Your Rights >3) Young Workers in Unions: Getting Our Issues Heard >4) The Student Debt Crisis >5) Employer Strategies: Keeping Young Workers in Line >6) Young Workers and Unions in Pop Culture >7) Countering Union Busting > >Afternoon Workshops: >8) Community Organising and Union Organising >9) Who Gets the Prize: Young Workers and Jurisdictional Disputes >10) Unions: Past, Present and Future >11) Young Workers Organise! >12) What Can We Do to Keep Education Accessible? >13) Protecting Part-time Workers >14) Workplace Intolerance > >******************************************************************************* > >REGISTRATION FORM (submit before October 16, 1998) > >!!!DO NOT E-MAIL IN YOUR REGISTRATION!!! > >* To register, please PRINT this e-mail, fill out the form and >mail it in with your registration fee directly to: > >Centre for Research on Work and Society >Suite 276, York Lanes >York University >4700 Keele Street >Toronto, Ontario >M3J 1P3 > > >NAME: > >ADDRESS: > >CITY: > >PROVINCE: > >POSTAL CODE: > >PHONE (W): > >PHONE (B): > >ORGANIZATION AFFILIATION: > >Please select your top choices for morning and afternoon >workshops (indicate number of workshop) > >First choice Morning Workshop: >Second choice Morning Workshop: >First choice Afternoon Workshop: >Second choice Afternoon Workshop: > >Do you require day care (18 months and older)? YES NO > >Do you require transportation from central Toronto? YES NO > >Fees: $125 regular, $25 Students, unorganised and unwaged > >Some scholarships and/or subsidies are available for those >who are unable to pay the regular fee. Please contact CRWS >directly to apply. > >For more information, please call the Centre for Research on >Work and Society at 416-736-5612 >or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
