INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS IN PAKISTAN

'Prof Christoph Scherrer from International Center for Development and Decent Work (ICDD) said ICDD was a global multidisciplinary network of eight partner universities, with its head office at the University of Kassel (Germany). It contributes to the global fight against hunger and poverty through research and education to promote economic growth, employment and decent work.'
Read full article: https://academiamag.com/punjab-minister-hussain-jahanian-gerdezi/

In 4 days: MOOC on “Workers' Rights in a Global Economy”

4 DAYS TO GO: Next week, on Monday 1st June 2015, we will start our MOOC on “Workers' Rights in a Global Economy”. We are very happy to see so many of you have enrolled. We are 2.000 right now, all interested in labour rights worldwide. This is great news!

As a first appetizer we invite you to look at this short text from the Global Labour Column, the multilingual blog on labour affairs in the Global Labour University network: http://www.global-labour-university.org/fileadmin/GLU_Column/papers/no_46_Hoffer.pdf

We are looking forward to meeting you online soon!

Register here: https://iversity.org/en/courses/workers-rights-in-a-global-economy

Global Labour University launches free Massive Open Online Course on Workers’ Rights in a Global Economy

We are happy to announce the launch of a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Workers’ Rights in a Global Economy.

Starting on 1 June 2015, the six weeks online course will discuss what Global Workers’ Rights are and which instruments and strategies can be used to implement them. Based on a careful mix of video lectures, readings, online resources and interviews with activists and labour scholars from around the world, participants will gain both knowledge and practical skills for furthering workers’ rights worldwide. You can watch a short trailer here to get an overview of the course:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u8dpMVfFh0

The course has been jointly developed by an international team from the partner universities of the Global Labour University, the Bureau for Workers’ Activities of the International Labour Organisation and national and global trade unions. It brings together labour expertise from around the world.

Participation in the online course is free in the Audit Track: it gives you full access to all course material, to the course community and entitles you to a Statement of Participation after successfully completing the course. Those seeking a formal recognition as a certified training can choose the Certificate Track: for 49 Euros it allows you to earn a verified certificate and a certificate supplement after passing an online-proctored exam on the course content. Among those completing the certificate track, we will cast a lot to select three students who will be invited to participate in the 10th Global Labour University Conference “Sharing the Gains – Containing Corporate Power”, 30 September to 2 October 2015, Washington, D.C. You will find more information on the conference on: www.global-labour-university.org/fileadmin/download/CfP_GLU_Conference_2015.pdf

Please go to https://iversity.org/en/courses/workers-rights-in-a-global-economy for more information and enrolment.

GLU: A new laboratory of learning for international labor solidarity?

Fichter, Michael, Mark Anner, Frank Hoffer and SCHERRER, 2014: The Global Labour University: A new laboratory of learning for international labor solidarity?, in: Working USA, 17(4) 567-579.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/wusa.12139/abstract