Podcasts about labour policy

With lamentable starting pay and gaping skills mismatch issues, Malaysia still has some ways to go in fostering a robust, inclusive labour market ecosystem. Host Yi Rong asks Wan Amirah and Shazrul Ariff Suhaimi from Khazanah Research Institute what insights their recent report on graduate employment outcomes have to offer in guiding future policy. To read the full report, follow the link below:https://www.krinstitute.org/Publications-@-Shifting_Tides-;_Charting_Career_Progression_of_Malaysia%E2%80%99s_Skilled_Talents.aspx

An interview with plant ecologist Dr Ruth Mitchell from The James Hutton Institute about visible and invisible forest diversity. And this week's 8.9ha Discussion is on Labour party policy on land use, trade and agriculture. ffinlo Costain is joined by Phil Carson, the UK Policy Lead for the Nature Friendly Farming Network, and by Vicki Hird, author of Rebugging the Planet, and Strategic Lead on Agriculture with The Wildlife Trusts. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/farmgate/message

Support for Labour has crashed into the twenties, in the latest political poll. The 1News Verian survey shows the party has dropped four points to 29 percent. National is up two points to 37 percent, while ACT is up one on 13 percent. Those numbers would give the right bloc 65 seats in Parliament - enough to comfortably form a government. RNZ political editor Jane Patterson spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

The National Party has welcomed the roll back of some of the government's policies, but says the roughly $1 billion in savings touted is a drop in the bucket. Much of the savings made from slashing unpopular policies is in the transport sector. We'd usually talk to National Party leader Christopher Luxon around 7.45am on Wednesday, but he's isolating with Covid-19. Instead, National Party transport spokesperson Simeon Brown spoke to Jane Patterson.

For many, the COVID-19 pandemic has awakened them to the dangers attendant to a lot of the working conditions in society today—for others, it has made what they already knew to be the dangers of their workplaces and of a tattered social safety net all the more perilous. In Canadian Labour Policy and Politics (UBC Press, 2022) co-editors John Peters and Don Wells bring together a number of field-leading scholars in Canadian Labour Studies to situate the social abandonment of workers in both its longue durée and in its most acute contemporary manifestations. Most importantly, though, they also highlight the growing capacities of community unionism, as a strategy for building worker power across the multiple intersections of race, gender, nationality, (dis)ability, in order to challenge corporate power and build democratic alternatives. I sit down with co-editor Don Wells to discuss this rich and deeply accessible text. Phil Henderson is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Carleton University's Institute of Political Economy where his research interests focus on the interrelations between Indigenous land/water defenders and organized labour in what's presently known as Canada. More information can be found at his personal website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

For many, the COVID-19 pandemic has awakened them to the dangers attendant to a lot of the working conditions in society today—for others, it has made what they already knew to be the dangers of their workplaces and of a tattered social safety net all the more perilous. In Canadian Labour Policy and Politics (UBC Press, 2022) co-editors John Peters and Don Wells bring together a number of field-leading scholars in Canadian Labour Studies to situate the social abandonment of workers in both its longue durée and in its most acute contemporary manifestations. Most importantly, though, they also highlight the growing capacities of community unionism, as a strategy for building worker power across the multiple intersections of race, gender, nationality, (dis)ability, in order to challenge corporate power and build democratic alternatives. I sit down with co-editor Don Wells to discuss this rich and deeply accessible text. Phil Henderson is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Carleton University's Institute of Political Economy where his research interests focus on the interrelations between Indigenous land/water defenders and organized labour in what's presently known as Canada. More information can be found at his personal website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

For many, the COVID-19 pandemic has awakened them to the dangers attendant to a lot of the working conditions in society today—for others, it has made what they already knew to be the dangers of their workplaces and of a tattered social safety net all the more perilous. In Canadian Labour Policy and Politics (UBC Press, 2022) co-editors John Peters and Don Wells bring together a number of field-leading scholars in Canadian Labour Studies to situate the social abandonment of workers in both its longue durée and in its most acute contemporary manifestations. Most importantly, though, they also highlight the growing capacities of community unionism, as a strategy for building worker power across the multiple intersections of race, gender, nationality, (dis)ability, in order to challenge corporate power and build democratic alternatives. I sit down with co-editor Don Wells to discuss this rich and deeply accessible text. Phil Henderson is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Carleton University's Institute of Political Economy where his research interests focus on the interrelations between Indigenous land/water defenders and organized labour in what's presently known as Canada. More information can be found at his personal website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

For many, the COVID-19 pandemic has awakened them to the dangers attendant to a lot of the working conditions in society today—for others, it has made what they already knew to be the dangers of their workplaces and of a tattered social safety net all the more perilous. In Canadian Labour Policy and Politics (UBC Press, 2022) co-editors John Peters and Don Wells bring together a number of field-leading scholars in Canadian Labour Studies to situate the social abandonment of workers in both its longue durée and in its most acute contemporary manifestations. Most importantly, though, they also highlight the growing capacities of community unionism, as a strategy for building worker power across the multiple intersections of race, gender, nationality, (dis)ability, in order to challenge corporate power and build democratic alternatives. I sit down with co-editor Don Wells to discuss this rich and deeply accessible text. Phil Henderson is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Carleton University's Institute of Political Economy where his research interests focus on the interrelations between Indigenous land/water defenders and organized labour in what's presently known as Canada. More information can be found at his personal website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/public-policy

For many, the COVID-19 pandemic has awakened them to the dangers attendant to a lot of the working conditions in society today—for others, it has made what they already knew to be the dangers of their workplaces and of a tattered social safety net all the more perilous. In Canadian Labour Policy and Politics (UBC Press, 2022) co-editors John Peters and Don Wells bring together a number of field-leading scholars in Canadian Labour Studies to situate the social abandonment of workers in both its longue durée and in its most acute contemporary manifestations. Most importantly, though, they also highlight the growing capacities of community unionism, as a strategy for building worker power across the multiple intersections of race, gender, nationality, (dis)ability, in order to challenge corporate power and build democratic alternatives. I sit down with co-editor Don Wells to discuss this rich and deeply accessible text. Phil Henderson is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Carleton University's Institute of Political Economy where his research interests focus on the interrelations between Indigenous land/water defenders and organized labour in what's presently known as Canada. More information can be found at his personal website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/economics

Misconceptions, fear and lack of knowledge are common words we associate with the future of technology and even more so about artificial intelligence but should we be optimistic about the direction of AI and the purpose it can serve in law enforcement?This week we're chatting to Warren Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Employment and Labour Policy at the University of San Diego, Orly Lobel. Orly has clerked at the Israeli Supreme Court and is a former military data analyst. As well as this, she has taught at Yale Law School, served as a fellow at Harvard University Center for Ethics and the Professions, the Kennedy School of Government and Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.Orly has recently been awarded a University Professorship for outstanding contributions in teaching and research. Orly regularly consults governments and industry professionals on law, as well as technology. She has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Politico, Bloomberg, Wired and The New Yorker. She is also a member of the American Law Institute. Orly is an award-winning writer, the author of ‘You Don't Own Me', ‘Talent Wants to Be Free' and her forthcoming book, ‘The Equality Machine'.

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Felicitas Weber from the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about some of the key conclusions from the recently-published latest Know the Chain benchmark into the forced labour risks in big apparel sector companies and investors. The good news is that all the companies benchmarked have improved their performance at least a little. The less good is that there remains generally a significant difference between what companies say they should be doing compared with what they are doing in practice – with luxury brands not typically performing well. Sign up for the free weekly Innovation Forum newsletter here: https://www.innovationforum.co.uk/sign-up-to-our-newsletter  

We return from hiatus to discuss the legalities of possible mandatory workplace vaccination policies on the Season 5 opener.

Last week, the Labour Party unveiled an election promise to bring forward by five years the goal of 100 percent renewable electricity generation to 2030. It means NZ would join nations such as Iceland and Norway in leading the world in renewables and reinforce Jacinda Adern’s commitment to addressing climate change. It is after all, her generation’s nuclear free moment. But not everyone is impressed. Greenpeace has called policy ‘stingy’ and climate change journalist Marc Daalder describes it as a ‘red herring’. So is going 100% renewable by 2030 a bold plan for emissions reduction, or it is an expensive distraction while the rest of the country burns.I was joined by Newsroom journalist Marc Daalder and by Greenpeace energy spokesperson Amanda Larsson to discuss the policy.Read Marc’s excellent article about the policy hereRead Greenpeace’s statement about the policy hereRead the Labour Party policy statement here

Tony Blair slams Labour policy

Since 2008, many countries in Europe have been hit by a series of crises—economic, political, migratory. According to Maria Maxi (Institute of Citizenship Studies, University of Geneva) even more intractable than these, and exacerbating them, is one caused by a profound lack of solidarity. In this podcast, she introduces a new research project and outlines its potential insights for fostering solidarity in and outside the European context.

Many would be sceptical at the idea of fashion brands as a strategy for helping mitigate the migratory crisis in Mediterranean Europe. Heidi Christ, Artisan Value Chain Expert at UNHCR, walks us through experiences that show that employment opportunities can be created by combining artisanal work, creative humanitarian programmes and the cultural richness that refugees bring with them.

Refugees and migrants face enormous threats and impediments to the enjoyment of their human rights. Ambassador Anna Korka from the Permanent Mission of Greece in Geneva tells us how recent legislative endeavours in Greece aim to create an environment that enables new types of economic activity, combat long-lasting socioeconomic problems—such as unemployment—and protect the fundamental human rights of vulnerable populations arriving in the country.

A robust body of evidence shows that Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) can foster the economic, social and cultural rights of individuals and communities. Ibrahim Said, UNRISD Research Analyst, argues that the emancipatory and developmental potential of SSE could make responses to humanitarian emergencies, such as Europe’s refugee crisis, empowering and transformative.

Most international migrants are migrant workers, many of whom find themselves in vulnerable situations, up against the risks and insecurity of the informal economy. Simel Esim (ILO) has investigated how cooperatives can help enable a decent work environment for migrant workers, hence opening pathways toward improved livelihoods.

Three things could better equip us to overcome refugee precarity, according to UNRISD Senior Research Coordinator Katja Hujo: (i) a clearer understanding of what we mean by "precarity" and “vulnerability” in the context of involuntary (forced) migration, (ii) moving from migration management to a rights-based approach to migration governance and (iii) unlocking the potential of the 2030 Agenda to help realize and harness the development potential of those who migrate.

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