
Helsinki Left discussion group: Workers’ rights and trade unions
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Helsinki Left Discussion Group: Workers’ rights and trade unions
Welcome to Helsinki Left's Discussion Group!
The idea of this group is to learn and discuss topics together that are relevant to the Left, and to explore them from different perspectives, with a variety of options for reading (or listening to audiobooks) or watching. For each session, we will cover one theme, for which you can choose your preferred material to read or watch, as there will be several books, essays or films suggested on the list for that theme.
We will hold bimonthly discussions in a laid-back atmosphere.
This document is a work in progress. Feel free to suggest additional materials and themes to the list! To suggest any material or theme to this list, please do so by adding your suggestion as a comment.
FRIDAY, APRIL 26TH, FROM 18–20:
WORKERS' RIGHTS AND TRADE UNIONS
Suggested articles:
Poetry, Labour, and the Dream of General Strike (Culture Matters)
Employers and the cost of living: Taking action to support your employees (download link is at the bottom of the page) (Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2023)
Workers rights in global supply chains: holding companies accountable (IndustryAll, 2016)
The Restructuring of Finnish Trade Unions – the Growing Importance of Women (Nordic journal of working life studies, 2022)
Suggested films/talks:
Defending Workers Rights, From trauma to empowerment (Mark Anner TEDxPSU 2021)
How Labor Unions Shape Society (Margaret Levi, TED 2022)