Panel Discussion: “From Everyday Struggles to Global Change”
Channel: LIVING SOCIOLOGY
Date: 2022-09-24

This video is a recording of excerpts of the live discussion, "From Everyday Struggles to Global Change: Possibilities and Hurdles for Transnational Social Movement Unionism" on May 20, 2022,  12-1:30 pm UTC. Co-Organizers: Tatiana López Ayala, WZB Berlin Social Science Centre; Janina Hirth, tie network (transnationals information exchange); and Michael Fütterer, tie network (transnationals information exchange).


Presentations for this session discussion: 

“Building Networks Along Global Value Chains: The IG Metal l Network Initiative” Hendrik Simon, Goethe University Frankfurt and Peace Research Institute (Germany) https://youtu.be/_sUZhqkHlDg 

“Decent Work for Domestic Workers: ILO Convention 189 and the Brazilian Window of Opportunity” Cyntia Machado, PhD Student, Institut für Mingrationsforschung und Interkulturelle Studien, Osnabrück Universität (Germany) https://vimeo.com/701172268 

“Transnational Solidarity Along Value Chains and Grassroots Worker Organizing – Challenges and Potentials: Experiences from the Orange Juice Network in Brazil“ Mara Lira, Coordinator of the VidaViva Health Network in Brazil (Germany) https://youtu.be/fYF8rWDztR0

“Northern Superheroes – Southern Victims? Trade Union Alternatives for Solidarity Along Supply Chains” Dithhi Bhattacharya, Labour Organiser at the Centre for Workers’ Management (India) https://youtu.be/Xg_o7jIO-_s 

The Panel was part of the “Reimagining our Worlds from Below: Transnational Conversations on Resistance, Movements, and Transformations. A Free Virtual SSSP Global Outreach Conference” in May 2022, hosted by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (USA). The recording is produced under the Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Learn more about the conference and watch the individual panel presentations here: https://ejcj.orfaleacenter.ucsb.edu/2022/05/reimagining-our-worlds-from-below-session-7/