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SUMMARY:Equalities and Employment in 2020
DESCRIPTION:Join the UK Women’s Budget Group and the Trades Union Congress to discuss how to protect women’s working rights in the age of coronavirus October 19th 2:00pm – 3:00pm BST (London time)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nJoin the UK Women’s Budget Group (WBG) and Trades Union Congress (TUC) for this special event to discuss the launch of WBG’s Commission on a Gender-Equal Economy and ask\, how can we stop 2020 turning back the clock on women’s rights\, workers’ rights and inequalities across the board?  \nThis event will be on Zoom and Chaired by Sian Elliott\, Women’s Equality Policy Officer\, TUC. Speakers include:  \n\nSarah Veale\, Commissioner and Vice Chair of Equally Ours\nGloria Mills\, National Secretary Equalities at Unison\nFaiza Shaheen\, Commissioner and Director of CLASS\nRuth Cross\, National Equalities Officer\, Usdaw\n\nThe coronavirus pandemic has changed the world of work beyond compare. The good news for gender equality is that millions are now working flexibly and remotely. The bad news? That many parents\, especially mothers\, are doing so without adequate childcare whilst hundreds of sectors including manufacturing and hospitality face the double threat of lockdown and a no deal Brexit. Ten years on from the Equality Act 2010\, many women are facing new waves of discrimination and exclusion. We’re facing the biggest employment crisis of our times. \nWork is a huge part of all our lives and has a defining role in creating a genuinely gender equal economy for women\, in all their diversity. On this panel we’ll ask: \n\nWhat needs to change at work to encourage equal pay\, equal sharing of unpaid caring responsibilities and non-discrimination?\nHow are trade unions challenging increasing casualisation in the workplace\, promoting equality and organising women workers?\nWhat do we need to see from the Government to not only protect jobs but create them in a way that means women and men equally benefit and\, we respond to the climate emergency?\n\nCome along to consider the recommendations of the Commission’s final report ‘Creating a Caring Economy Now: a Call to Action’ and discuss how trade unions and others can turn these recommendations into action. \nThis event is free and open to all\, but registration is required. Joining instructions will be sent nearer to the time of the event. \n\nRegister here
URL:https://research.american.edu/careworkeconomy/event/equalities-and-employment-in-2020/
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