Join the Migrant Justice Institute for this important conversation with global experts. Which features of government wage remediation systems are working for migrant workers, and why? Which reform targets will have the greatest impact to strengthen migrant workers’ access to justice?
December 7 2021 - 8:00-9.30am GMT
A new global study from Migrant Justice Institute Co-Executive Directors Bassina Farbenblum and Laurie Berg identifies promising initiatives from around the world that disrupt employer impunity and enable migrant workers to recover the wages they are owed. The report authors and other global experts will discuss the most promising national innovations to improve wage recovery in every region of the world.
Speakers
Elizabeth Frantz, Open Society Foundations | Moderator
Associate Profs Bassina Farbenblum and Laurie Berg, Migrant Justice Institute | The study’s key findings and most impactful reforms
Shawna Bader-Blau, The Solidarity Center | The global campaign for migrant worker justice for wage theft: where to from here?
Terri Gerstein, Harvard University and Economic Policy Institute (former NY Dept of Labor) | State and local enforcement innovations in the US
Jill Wells, Engineers Against Poverty | Holding business to account: supply chain liability for remedying wage theft in the construction industry
Douglas MacLean, Justice Without Borders | Pursuing wage claims across borders: innovations and lessons from Southeast Asia
Apolinar Tolentino, BWI | Building collective worker power to recover wages across borders
Ben Harkins, International Labour Organisation | Opportunities for international organisations to improve wage recovery processes: lessons from Migrant Resource Centres in South East Asia