Roundtable Discussion | Resisting Precarity: Reversing the Changing Face of Work in 2019 Ontario

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When:
25 May 2019 @ 14:00 – 16:00
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Roundtable Discussion | Resisting Precarity: Reversing the Changing Face of Work in 2019 Ontario

Saturday, 25 May 2019 | 2 to 4pm | The 519 Church Street Community Centre

This roundtable discussion brings together workers, activists, and academics to understand the phenomenon of precarious employment, which is widely prevalent in the world today, including in Ontario. This discussion will relate precarity to policies of different governments, trade union interventions, and the nature of contemporary capitalism. It will also address the ways in which workers, trade unionists, academics, students, and activists can collaborate to understand precarity and fight it.
Underlying the discussion is the recognition that the Province may only be at the beginning of an impending stream of harmful policies and that these policies must face intensive struggles.

Speakers Include:

  • Jordan House, Toronto Airport Workers’ Council (TAWC) organizer
  • Josh Dumont, Political Activist
  • Simon Black, Brock University
  • Steven Tufts, York University, TAWC Spokesperson
  • Yavar Khan Qadri, Airport Worker, Poet, and TAWC Activist

… and more workers, activists, and academics!

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact:
Raju Das (rajudas@yorku.ca) and Robert Latham (rlatham1@yorku.ca)