Tue, 13 Apr 2021 – 13:00 to 16:00
The G7 will meet in the UK this year, at the greatest emergency of the post-war age. The TUC is hosting a discussion of global economic priorities, as part of lobbying around the process and the parallel ‘L7’ Labour Ministers’ gathering, register now.
The G7 will meet in the UK this year, at the greatest emergency of the post- war age. The TUC is hosting a discussion of global economic priorities, as part of lobbying around the process and the parallel ‘L7’ Labour Ministers’ gathering.
Long before the pandemic hit, austerity policies had revealed the bankruptcy of thinking in the face of the 2008-09 crisis of financial globalisation. Workers and their families have endured decades of worsening conditions, and now confront a climate emergency and nationalist politics. Too few governments and institutions support the structural change needed to address chronic global inequalities and ensure decent work for all, even though the IMF and OECD now caution against austerity for rich economies.
A distinguished line up of speakers from across the world, including Heather Boushey of President Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Anneliese Dodds, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady and leading academics and campaigners, will ask what a labour internationalism would look like, how new global rules can deliver better for workers, and what we need to do to make that happen.
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