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The State of Labor: A Panel Discussion on Current Trends and Issues in the Global Workforce.

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Thursday, November 9, 2017 - 7:30pm

Join Sigma Iota Rho as they host: Philip A. Miscimarra, Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, Andy Shen, Senior Legal & Policy Analyst for the International Labor Rights Forum, and Tara Sinclair, Co-Director for the GW Economic Forecasting Program for a discussion on the state of labor. This event seeks to bring together both the economic and rights-based perspectives for a holistic approach to labor topics, such as policy approaches to unemployment, "living wages," automation, the sharing economy, and the increasingly globalized nature of the workforce.

Food Workers Resist!

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Monday, October 30, 2017 - 5:30pm

The evening will highlight the important work of Alliance members and allies in DC and beyond.  Please join us for panel discussions and an information sharing on how food workers are resisting poverty wages + injustice and instead helping build an equitable food system in the US and around the world.  All proceeds will support the Food Chain Workers Alliance. 

NAFTA Petition Delivery Action

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Tuesday, June 27, 2017 - 8:30am

The broad coalition that derailed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will deliver more than 100,000 petitions demanding the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) be replaced with a deal that benefits working people as witnesses arrive for hearings on NAFTA renegotiation at the International Trade Commission. This follows the unprecedented submission of more than 50,000 comments to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) docket on NAFTA talks by people from cities and towns across the United States.

Briefing: US Policy and its Impact on Child Labor and Trafficking With 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi

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Friday, June 16, 2017 - 1:00pm to Saturday, April 20, 2024 - 12:37am

Please join the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking, the Child Labor Coalition and the Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, for a briefing in honor of the World Day Against Child Labor (June 12), featuring Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi.  The briefing will discuss child labor, child slavery, and child trafficking, and explore solutions that will help eliminate these blights on society.  Mr. Satyarthi will speak on the need to protect children from child labor in times of crises. 

Keynote: Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Congressional Briefing: Preventing Gender-Based Violence in the Workplace

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Wednesday, May 24, 2017 - 9:00am to 10:30am

Presented by the ILRF, AFL-CIO, Futures Without Violence & Solidarity Center
In coordination with Reps. Jan Schakowsky, Marcy Kaptur, Mark Pocan, and Jackie Speier

Gender-based violence is a global epidemic. There is evidence that 40-50% of women in industrialized countries experience unwanted sexual advances, harassment, or physical contact at work – a statistic that is likely worse in developing countries where violence often goes unreported.

General Strike!

Date: 

Monday, May 1, 2017 - 12:00am to Saturday, April 20, 2024 - 12:37am

Immigrant rights, labor, and community organizations around the country are calling for a General Strike on May 1st. 

Do you refuse to stay silent as government and corporate interests: