People First! We Deserve Better!
Saturday, 19 June 2010, 10:00 – 16:30
Location: University of Toronto, 1 King’s College Circle, Medical
Sciences Building, Room 2158
Moderator: Barbara Byers, Executive Vice-President, CLC
As part of the People’s Summit activities scheduled for the G8/G20
Summits in Ontario, this open forum will explore the global financial &
economic crisis and highlight Decent Work and the ILO Jobs Pact as the
pillars of labour’s response. Through the analysis and perspectives of
Canadian and international speakers, participants will better understand
how we got here and how we can start to move forward.
Morning Panel: “The Economic Crisis: How we got there? Who Pays?”
The morning session will examine the global financial & economic crisis
and its impact on workers and jobs in Canada: how it has affected our
communities and social programs (including pensions and employment
insurance) and the effectiveness of measures put in place by the Harper
government. We will also explore what this crisis has meant for working
women and men in Africa and the Americas, including its impact on
economic and social development, and on labour markets and social
protection.
●Victor Baez, General Secretary, Trade Union Confederation of the
Americas (TUCA), Brazil
●Austin Muneku, General Secretary, Southern Africa Trade Union
Coordinating Council (SATUCC), Zambia
●Armine Yalnizyan, Senior Economist, Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives (CCPA)
Afternoon Panel: “Labour’s Response: Decent Work and the ILO Jobs
Pact”
The afternoon session will explore the labour movement’s response,
which is anchored on the Decent Work Agenda and the ILO Global Jobs
Pact, from both a Canadian and an international perspective. This
session will also examine the links between workplaces and the fight for
universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. We will also
explore decent work as a tool to fight poverty and build international
solidarity, green jobs, and strategies to build a more just society and
quality employment as a key element of the recovery package being
negotiated by G20 governments.
●Kwasi Adu-Amankwah, General Secretary, International Trade Union
Confederation – Africa (ITUC-Africa), Togo
●Ambet Yuson, General Secretary, Building and Woodworkers
International (BWI), Geneva
●Peggy Nash, Assistant to the National President, CAW-Canada
●John Cartwright, President, Toronto & York Region Labour Council
Contact: ontario@clc-ctc.ca or 416-441-3710