Recordings: Constructing a New Social Compact
From April 28-May 1, 2021, over 150 presenters from 5 continents participated in 25+ panel and plenary conversations on empowering the working class in the wake of the pandemic and forging a social compact that center racial, social, and economic justice. You can view the recordings of each of the plenary and panel sessions below. Here is a copy of the convening schedule with speakers for reference.
Wednesday, April 28th
Plenaries:
- The Future of Workers and Democracy
- Getting It Right This Time: Discussing the New Social Compact in the PRO Act Moment
Panels:
- Immigration Policy for 2021 and Beyond
- Climate Crisis and the New Social Compact
- Workplace Safety and Health in Pandemic
- Countering Company Town 2.0
Thursday, April 29th
Plenary:
Panels:
- Higher Education: Building Civil Societies through Common Good Bargaining Approaches
- Bargaining for the Common Good and the Fight for a New Social Compact in K-12 Education
- Workers’ Technology Rights as 21st Century Labor Standards
- Racial Discrimination and the Temp Economy
- A New Social Compact for Global Supply Chains
Friday, April 30
Plenary:
Panels:
- Social Protection and Global Resilience
- A Conversation on New Models of Organizing for Frontline Essential Workers
- The Future for Workers in the Future of Work
- Collective Action, the Public Good, and Democracy
Arts Night:
Saturday, May 1
Plenary:
Panels:
- By the Workers, for the Workers: Amplifying Worker Organizing through Policy Feedback Loops
- Migration & a Transnational New Social Compact
- Building the Next Economy: Labor Organizing Beyond Capitalism
- The Intersections of Economic, Political, and Religious Democracy
- The Future of Work: Lessons from Organizing Rideshare Drivers and the Politics of the Gig Economy in California
- Workshop: Democratizing Budgets to Center Care
- Worker-Driven Social Responsibility and Co-Enforcement: Innovative Models for Enforcing Workplace Standards in a 21st Century Social Compact
- Queering Social Reproduction: Start-Up Capitalism, Family Leave, and Robotic Labor