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[Nettime-nl] Migrants / Media / Metropolis - New labour struggles in the global city, De Balie, Zaterdag 2 Februari, 13.00 - 18.30


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(English description and program overview below)


Migrants / Media / Metropolis

New labour struggles in the global city

De Balie, Amsterdam, Zaterdag 2 februari,14.00  - 18.30 uur

Voorprogramma: Boekpresentatie Urban Politics Now! - 13.00 uur

www.debalie.nl/artikel.jsp?articleid=208167&podiumid=media


Een transnationale discussie over migratie & arbeidsverhoudingen en daarmee samenhangende conflicten. Migratie en media-activisten, tezamen met onderzoekers en vakbondsorganizers analyseren best practices in de strijd tegen precaire en onzekere arbeidsvoorwaarden en delen inspirerende voorbeelden van nieuwe organisatie- en vakbondsvormen voor sociale gerechtigheid. Zij laten daarnaast nieuwe creatieve campagnes zien, zoals de ‘Justice for Janitors’-campagne in de V.S. en de ‘Schoonmakers voor een betere toekomst’ in Nederland (www.beteretoekomst.org ).


Het doel is om traditionele vakbondspraktijken ter discussie te stellen en om activisten, academici, mediamakers en kunstenaars te inspireren om zich aan te sluiten bij hedendaagse arbeidsconflicten.

Met: Enrica Rigo (migratie onderzoeker); Marcel van der Linden (Arbeids Historicus); Zoe Romano (Chainworkers); Nico Scuglia (Oficinas Sociales); Massimo De Angelis (the Commoner); Dagmar Diesner (No Borders London); Seoren Kohler (Multitude); Hagen Kopp (Migratie Activist).
Voorafgegaan door een lancering van het boek Urban Politics Now! (NAi 2007).


Datum | zaterdag 2 februari
Tijd | 14.00 - 18.30 uur
Boekpresentatie: 13.00 uur
Voertaal | Engels
Entree | Gratis (reserveren aanbevolen)
Live internetuitzending | www.debalie.nl/live

Organisatie: Flexmens / Coalitie Voor een betere toekomst / De Balie

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Migrants / Media / Metropolis

New labour struggles in the global city

www.debalie.nl/artikel.jsp?podiumid=media&articleid=208188


Migration and media-activists gather with theorists and labour organizers to discuss and share best practices in the fight against precarity and insecure labour conditions. Sharing inspiring examples of social justice unionism and creative campaigning like “Justice for Janitors” in the U.S. and “Cleaners For a Better Future” in the Netherlands.


The aim is to challenge traditional labour practices, syndicate and inspire a sharper network of social activists, academics, media makers and artists to join contemporary urban labour struggles and confederate into a globalization from below.

With: Enrica Rigo (migration researcher); Marcel van der Linden (Labour Historian); Zoe Romano (Chainworkers); Nico Scuglia (Oficinas Sociales); Massimo De Angelis (the Commoner); Dagmar Diesner (No Borders London); Seoren Kohler (Multitude); Hagen Kopp (migration activist).
Preceded by the book launch of Urban Politics Now! (NAi, 2007).



Date | Saturday February 2 Time | 14.00 - 18.30 hrs. Book presentation: 13.00 hrs. Language | English Entry | Free (reservation recommended) Live webcast | www.debalie.nl/live

Organised by Flexmens / Coalition For a Better Future / De Balie

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Program Overview:

De Balie, Amsterdam, Saturday February 2


13:00-13:45: preprogram - book launch: Urban Politics Now! Reimagining democracy in the Neoliberal City. With participation from BAVO, Henk van Houtum en Merijn Oudenampsen. www.naipublishers.nl/architecture/urbanpolitics_e.html


14:00 – 15:30: Start main program

panel #1 Towards a Globalisation from Below
Facilitator: Valery Alzaga (Justice for Janitors – Global Campaign)

-Massimo De Angelis, Beginning of History: global capital, global value struggle
-Enrica Rigo, Contested Migrant Citizenship in Europe
-Marcel van der Linden, Organizing and New Labour Internationalism
-Hagen Kopp, Forging a Transnational chain of migration-activism


Globalization has brought us an increasingly integrated global circuit of large corporations and financial conglomerates, which have concentrated power in fewer and fewer hands. On the other side, we can find an emerging globalization from below, that of migrants, labour struggles and social activists, claiming space and redistributing wealth.

15:30-16:00: Break with possibility of sandwich and conspiring.

16:00- 17:15: panel #2 Syndicalism 2.0

-Dutch Cleaners Campaign (Herrie Hoogenboom,organizer FNV Bongenoten)
-Migrant labour struggles in South Spain (Nico Scuglia, Indymedia Estrecho)
-Filipino Migrant Domestic Workers Union (Fe Jusay - CFMW)
-German Retail Strike (Franziska Bruder, Verdi)


Examples of campaigns that have brought inspiration and innovation back to labour, revolving around organizing and social movement unionism, building community, going back to the base and out of the office.

17:15-18:30: panel #3 No Longer Invisible: Labour & Media

-Zoe Romano (Chainworkers Milano), interventions of a bio syndicate
-Merijn Oudenampsen (Betere Toekomst), Mediawork in Dutch Cleaners Campaign
-Soeren Kohler (Multitude e.V) : Media-activism and worker participation at German Retail strike
-Dagmar Diesner (NoBorders London), Screening Underground Londoners


Media-activism has provided a vital ingredient to new campaigns, to visibilize what normally remains hidden from view. Media-activists showcase their work, and discuss issues of participation and representation.

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Address:

De Balie
Kleine Garmanplantsoen 10
1017 RR Amsterdam
www.debalie.nl


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