Under the general theme Reflecting 100 years of ILO – Shaping the rules for a new century of labour the XIV GLU Conference will debate these challenges with a focus on five sub-themes: 1. Instruments for Strengthening Global Labour 2. Representation of Informally or Precariously Employed...

Under the general theme Future of Work: Democracy, Development, and the Role of Labour the XIII GLU Conference will debate these challenges with a focus on four sub-themes: 1. Structural Changes and Impacts on Labour 2. Trade Union Organization and Strategies 3. Labour Regulation 4....

Sub-­themes: 1. Socially and economically just alternatives, 2. Global supply chains and implications for labour, 3. Changing technology and the world of work, 4. Building Movements against Neoliberalism and Neo-­nationalism.

Programme: - Prof. Gaochao He: Labour movement in China and multinational companies - Michael Brecht: How to engage as a World Works Council in China - Economic trends and challenges for the Chinese economy - German business in China: are labour rights an issue? - Campaigning for workers’...

Conference tracks : 1. MNCs, Trade Agreements, and Workers? Rights 2. The Role of the State: Regulating Corporations 3. Strategic Corporate Research and Campaigns 4. Human Rights, Labour Protection and Regulation, and Corporate Liability 5. Precarious Work: Organizing the ?Bottom? of the Supply...

The Summer School will bring together former and current GLU students, as well as professors and trade union experts from the GLU network. The Summer School is intended to strengthen the network links between former GLU students and to explore possibilities for future research collaboration.

The 2014 conference of the GLU focuses on the causes and effects of increases in economic inequality – and what can be done to prevent or reverse them. We encourage the submission of papers mapping the extent and dynamics of inequality, analysing its causes and effects, conceptualising...

Topics: 1. Analyses of the crisis and short-term options 2. Employment Developments and Labour Market Regulations after the Crisis 3. Changes in the global economy and power structures and global governance reforms 4. The financial system, distribution and growth 5. Social safety nets and the...