***Archival video for this session is available here.***
Concurrent Town Halls in Various Locations
Parallel sessions open up spaces where you can learn about the projects of your fellow participants from around the world. They amplify the unique potential of all of us being together at The New School. Think of the format of this session as a topically-focused town hall; it is not a traditional panel. Each speaker has 5 minutes to introduce their work. The second hour of the session is dedicated to discussion that promptly engages the people who are not on the stage. Find the presentations in the File Swap folder linked below.
About This Town Hall
The world of work is not working for too many people. Labor Law in many countries including the United States is broken. That’s why we ask: What are innovative forms of associational power for workers in the gig economy? Can we re-imagine and rebuild the gig economy in a fundamentally fairer way? How important a role does ownership – and Employee Stock Ownership Plans in particular- play in creating leverage for platform workers? How aware are workers of the ownership option? Do cooperatives emerge when unions fail, or do unions have an essential role to play in co-op development? How much hope do we place in the enforcement of AB5, a law passed by the California State Senate requiring platforms such as Uber and Lyft to treat their drivers as employees? How can technology help to link up, organize, and empower geographically dispersed workers?
The hashtag for this track is #LaborPower
File Swap
Would you like to dig deeper, learn more about the discussed topics, or have documents to share? Download PDFs of the presentations, background readings, and/or upload your own materials to this folder
Speakers
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Minsun Ji Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Drivers Cooperative Colorado
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Luciana Bruno Brazilian journalist
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Ra Criscitiello Deputy Director of Research, SEIU United Healthcare Workers West
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Maru Bautista At-Large Director, Center for Family Life
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Fredrik Söderqvist Senior Economist, Unionen
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Sabine Kock CEO at Smart Austria
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Camile Just Founder, Just Virtual
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Erik Forman Ph.D. student CUNY Graduate Center, Co-founder, The Drivers Cooperative;
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David O’Connell Doctoral Candidate, University of Kassel
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Rebecca Lurie Founder of the Community and Worker Ownership Project
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Tina Vu Pham Gig Worker Organizer, National Domestic Workers Alliance