Webinars — Migrant Justice Institute

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A NEW GLOBAL CONVERSATION

Since 2021 Migrant Justice Institute has created and led a global community of practice of 1000+ professionals and organisations across every region of the world to develop roadmaps for improving migrant workers’ access to justice.

With our partners, including Solidarity Center and the ILAW Network, we hold regular online global webinars with global experts discussing what’s working in their country, how it was achieved, and how impactful reforms can be adapted for different countries.

  • Exploring innovations in migration policies enabling migrant workers to remain in the country of employment and recover unpaid wages - without risking their immigration status.

    Speakers

    • Shannon Lederer, AFL-CIO | Deferral of removal for undocumented workers in the U.S.

    • Richard Prosser & Simon Barrett, New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment | New Zealand Migrant Exploitation Protection Work Visa

    • Lilana Keith, Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) | Finland Residence Permit Due to Exploitation

    • Adrian Pereira, North South Initiative | Lessons from Special Pass in Malaysia

    • Assoc. Prof. Laurie Berg, Migrant Justice Institute & Law Faculty, University of Technology Sydney | Proposed Workplace Justice Visa in Australia

    • Moderator: Neha Misra, Solidarity Center

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    🔗 With interpreting in العربية (Arabic), Español (Spanish), Français (French), and Pусский (Russian)
    (passcode: 4ziM.#Ky, select globe icon to choose your language).

  • Speakers

    • Philipp Schwertmann, Arbeit und Leben| DGB/VHS (Germany)

    • Kıvanç Eliaçık | DISK (Turkey)

    • Edwin Atema | FNV (Netherlands)

    • Vivienne Wiles | CFMMEU (Australia)

    • Shiella Estrada | Pinay Careworkers Transnational (Hong Kong)

    • Bassina Farbenblum | Migrant Justice Institute (Australia/global)

    • Irem Arf, ITUC | Moderator

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  • A global conversation on the ways advocates are addressing the challenges that migrant workers face in recovering the wages owed to them, and promising developments and strategies for systemic change.

    Speakers

    • Sophia Kagan | International Labour Organization

    • Ruwan Subasinghe | International Transport Workers' Federation

    • Vani Saraswathi | Migrant-Rights.org

    • Evy Peña | Centro de los Derechos del Migrante

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  • An important discussion with lawyers, advocates and organisers about innovative strategies they have used to drive effective reforms.

    Speakers

    • Neha Misra and Jeffrey Vogt, Solidarity Center | Moderators

    • Ruth Silver-Taube | Santa Clara University School of Law

    • Angélica Palacios Martínez | Solidarity Center, Colombia

    • Rachel Micah-Jones | Centro de los Derechos del Migrante (CDM)

    • Amanda Aziz | Migrant Workers Centre Canada

    • Associate Prof Bassina Farbenblum and Associate Prof Laurie Berg | Migrant Justice Institute

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  • Report authors and other global experts discuss what’s working, why, and which reform targets will have the greatest impact on making government wage remediation systems work in every region.

    Speakers

    • Elizabeth Frantz, Open Society Foundations | Moderator

    • Associate Profs Bassina Farbenblum & Laurie Berg, Migrant Justice Institute | The study’s key findings and most impactful reforms

    • Shawna Bader-Blau, The Solidarity Center | The global campaign for migrant worker justice for wage theft: where to from here?

    • Ben Harkins, International Labour Organisation | Opportunities for international organisations to improve wage recovery processes: lessons from Migrant Resource Centres in South East Asia

    • Terri Gerstein, Harvard University and Economic Policy Institute (former NY Dept of Labor) | State and local enforcement innovations in the US

    • Douglas MacLean, Justice Without Borders | Pursuing wage claims across borders: innovations and lessons from Southeast Asia

    • Apolinar Tolentino, BWI | Building collective worker power to recover wages across borders

    • Jill Wells, Engineers Against Poverty | Holding business to account: supply chain liability for remedying wage theft in the construction industry

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