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Work and Labour Seminar Series: Gig Economy

Wednesday, May 11, 2022 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

The Institute of Political Economy is organizing a Spring Seminar Series to highlight some key issues being discussed in our Work and Labour program. Our first seminar will look at the Gig Economy.

Panellists will review and evaluate the ongoing organizing efforts in Ontario to gain employment rights, how the Ford government is threatening those rights and what we can do to support the Gig Workers Bill of Rights.

Kevin Matthews – Moderator
Graduate Diploma in Work and Labour Student
Specialist, Canadian Union of Postal Workers & Work and Labour program

Zoë Abernethy – Panelist
MA Student in Political Economy with Concentration in Work and Labour

Jennifer Scott – Panelist
Gig Worker & President, Gig Workers United

 

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