Labor and Social Movements: Overcoming the Dichotomy | Global Partnership Network (GPN) Workshop

Program

9:00 a.m. — 9:30 a.m. — Registration

9:30 a.m. — 9:45 a.m. — Welcome & Introduction — Dr. Tolga Tören, Global Political Economy of Labor (GPEL), University of Kassel

9:45 a.m. — 10:15 a.m. — Opening Keynote — Dr. Anne Engelhardt, Foundations of the Social Sciences, University of Göttingen

Panel I: Migration, Gender, and the Recomposition of the Working Class (10:15 — 11:45)

Moderator: Dr. Tolga Tören — University of Kassel, GPEL
Presenters:

• Alena Schütz — Integration Officer, Office for Equal Opportunity, City of Kassel (Amt für Chancengleichheit, Stadt Kassel)
• Aylin Türer — PhD Candidate, University of Kassel / Association for the Emancipation of Migrant Women: mifem e.V. (Migrantische Frauenemanzipation e.V.)
• Dr. Nevra Akdemir — Puduhepa e. V. — Women’s Initiative for Solidarity (Berlin)
• Paul Klinger — Care Work Solidarity Alliance Kassel (Solidarity Alliance for Care Work Kassel)

11:45 – 12:00 Coffee Break

Panel II: Worker Organizing Beyond Unions (12:00 – 13:30)

Moderator:Jahnavi Rao — Global Labor University (GLU) / University of Kassel

Presenters:

• Zeynep Karlıdağ — Gorillas Workers Collective
• Samee Ullah — Lieferando Workers Collective
• Soneye Abdulazez Lekan — PhD Candidate, University of Kassel / Amazon Bad Hersfeld
• Au Lap Hang — LPG Program / University of Kassel

1:30 – 2:30 p.m. – Lunch Break

2:30 — 3:00 p.m. — Keynote Lecture: Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer, Professor Emeritus, University of Kassel / Associate Fellow of the Global Labour University (GLU)

Panel III: Labor, Climate Justice, and Community-Based Alliances (3:00 PM — 4:30 PM)

Moderator: Shejzi Sherifi,LPG Program / University of Kassel

Presenters:

• Jahnavi Rao — Global Labour University (GLU)
• Smita Gupta — Economist / Activist
• Arvid Jasper — Climate Justice Kassel
• Dr. Tolga Tören — University of Kassel / GPEL

4:30 p.m. — 4:45 p.m. — Coffee Break

4:45 p.m. — 5:15 p.m. — Concluding Reflection — Prof. Dr. Praveen Jha, Jawaharlal Nehru University / Global Partnership Network (GPN)