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Date:
June 1, 2021
Start:
1:00pm
End:
2:30pm
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Event type:
Panel Discussion / Speaker Series
For more info:
Sarah Eliason at seliason@law.utexas.edu
On the web:
https://beyondthefutureofwork.rapoportcenter.org/event/keynote-roundtable-worker-advocacy-organizations-and-the-future-of-work/

Leading advocates for workers in a variety of formal and informal sectors – from care work and construction to digital platforms and the arts – compare the challenges they see to the future of work and organizing in their respective fields and global contexts.

Richard Dobson Co-Founder and Project Leader, Asiye eTafuleni

Katie Joaquin Deputy Director, Jobs to Move America

Lenny Sanchez Co-Founder, Independent Drivers Guild of Illinois (IDG)

Lise Soskolne Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.)

Emily Timm Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, Workers Defense Project

Moderated by Nicole Burrowes Assistant Professor of History, Rutgers University

Relevant Research Clusters: AI and Technology, Artistic Labor and the Humanities, Essential Work, Work Across the Global South

Join via Zoom: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/96584980049

Specific audiences:
  • Texas Law students
  • Prospective students
  • Texas Law alumni
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • General public
Sponsored by:
  • Bernard & Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights & Justice

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the sponsor listed above or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.