10am Plenary
Jeremy Corbin MP; Habib Rahman (JCWI); Jean Lambert MEP; Juan Carlos Piedra
10:45-12:15 Morning Session
* Globalisation and profits: how the borders make a killing for the multinationals
Prof Alex Callinicos; Luis Armando; Dr Paolo Novak
* The feminisation of migrant labour
Gabriella Alberti; Dr Paru Raman; Jamima Fagta (Kanlungan)
* Stopping the raids: legal and union strategies to defend migrant workers
Video link to deported cleaner; Kate Boothby (NCADC); Sandy Nicoll SOAS UNISON
* Bread and roses too: migrant workers and the unions
Lorraine Mngadi; Matthew Cookson; Stalin Bermudez (Honorary President SOAS SU)
1:00- 2:15 Early Afternoon Session
* Busting the migration myths: challenging the racists
Adam Rogalewski (UNISON); Rita Chadha (Ramfel); Hilary Aked (editor, London Student)
* Recession, migrant workers and the British jobs debate
Prof: Jane Hardy; Martin Smith
* Stopping the raids: legal and union strategies to defend migrant workers
Migrant Rights Network; Antonia bright (SOAS UNISON); Clara Osagedie (RMT)
* Poverty, war, neoliberalism, migrant labour in the global economy (why people move)
Prof Gilbert Achcar; Andrew Higginbottom (Colombia Solidarity); Belgica Guana (NUS)
2:30 3:45 Late Afternoon Session
* The border in the workplace: restricting education welfare and housing- who benefits
Greg Ryan (Kings student); Elane Heffernan
* Citizens and strangers: the question of amnesties and conditional citizenship
Alberto Durango; Prof Phil Marfleet; Neil Jameson (Strangers into Citizens)
* We wont spy on students; education for all
Jennifer Bojarek (Goldsmiths UCU); Sebilio (SOAS SU Co-President); Kevin Courtney (NUT)
* Winning the living wage
Philip Mambuliya (RMT); Jackie Freeman (SOAS UNISON); Juan Carlos Piedra (UNITE)
4pm Plenary
Jermey Dear (NUJ); Clara Osagiede (RMT); Elane Heffernan; Wilf Sullivan (TUC); Neil Jameson (London Citizen); Alex Gordon (RMT); Sahsa Callaghan (UCU); Kevin Courtney (NUT); Paul Brandon (UNITE); Keith Best (IAS)
PLUS:
2.30pm CLOSED SESSION FOR MIGRANT WORKERS: LEGAL BRIEFING
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Hands Off My Workmate
CONFERENCE/ TEACH-IN PROGRAMME
SOAS
Saturday, 17 October 2009
10am - 5.30pm
