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CONFERENCE REGISTRATION NOTICE

JOBS & JUSTICE: STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS FOR ECONOMIC SECURITY
March 29-31, 2007 (Vancouver, British Columbia)

Hosted by the Economic Security Project (a research alliance led by the
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Simon Fraser University)

Are you a community or labour activist, researcher, academic or student
concerned about labour issues such as precarious work, labour rights and
standards, living wage, temporary worker programs and contracting out? Are
you interested in innovative organizing strategies, successful mobilizations
and working towards policy solutions?

Conference on employment, work and economic security
The Economic Security Project will be holding a major conference, Jobs &
Justice: Strategies and Solutions for Economic Security, on March 29-31,
2007 in Vancouver, BC (Maritime Labour Centre). This conference will look at
the current state of employment and work in BC and Canada and focus on
solutions and public policies that would enhance justice, economic security
and meet the needs of diverse populations.

FEATURING:
Guy Standing, former Director of Socio-Economic Security with the
International Labour Organization, will open the conference with a free
public lecture on the evening of Thursday, March 29th, along with Jim
Sinclair, President of BC Federation of Labour.

The following two days will feature speakers, panel sessions, cultural
performances, a film showing as well as artwork and informational displays.
The conference plenary sessions will include:

SUCCESSFUL MOBILIZATIONS ­ Rodney Bickerstaffe (National Pensioners
Convention, UK) and Kent Wong (Center for Labor Research and Education,
University of California in Los Angeles)

LABOUR RIGHTS AND THE PUBLIC ­  Roy Adams (McMaster University), Jinny Sims
(BC Teachers¹ Federation) and Angus McAllister (McAllister Opinion Research)

INNOVATIONS IN ORGANIZING ­  Carla Lipsig-Mumme (Monash University) and
Junaid S. Ahmad (National Interfaith Committee on Worker Justice)

CLOSING PLENARY ­ Elaine Bernard (Labor and Worklife, Harvard Law School)
and Marjorie Griffin Cohen (Simon Fraser University)

REGISTRATION
Cost to register: $175 plus GST ($35 plus GST for students and low-income
participants)
A very limited number of subsidies (to assist with travel, accommodations
and child care needs) may be available for low-income community groups and
students. Please contact Thi Vu ([log in to unmask]) for details and
application information.

For more a detailed conference program as well as registration information,
please visit the conference website at:
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/jobsconference

The Jobs & Justice: Strategies and Solutions for Economic Security
Conference is hosted by the Economic Security Project
(http://www.sfu.ca/ecoomicsecurityproject), a multi-year research initiative
funded by the SSHRC Community-University Research Alliance. The principle
partners in this alliance are the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives ­
BC and Simon Fraser University.

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