Greetings!
With the Good Jobs Summit taking place in less than a month in Toronto, Unifor has added many great new speakers to the line-up! The Summit will kick off Friday with a panel featuring Unifor Economist Jim Stanford; Centre of Policy Alternatives Ontario Director Trish Hennessy; Globe and Mail columnist and financial expert Preet Banerjee and others.
Learn more from http://www.goodjobssummit.ca
Also speaking will be CNN commentator, green jobs advocate and former advisor to US President Barack Obama, Van Jones; Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne; former Mayor of Toronto and President and CEO of the World Wildlife Federation Canada David Miller; GE President and CEO Elyse Allan; Canadian Labour Congress President Hassan Yussuff and many others.
In the afternoon on Saturday, we’ll be hearing from you in the interactive workshops on a variety of topics where participants will have the chance to shape the Good Jobs Summit framework and action plan.
If you haven’t registered yet, make sure to do so soon at: http://www.goodjobssummit.ca/register It’s free to attend.
Ryerson University has also put together a research symposium, which will take place in the morning before the summit – on Friday, October 3 from 9 am – 12:30 p.m. More info here: http://www.goodjobssummit.ca/symposium
Unifor has launched an infographic highlighting underemployment among young workers and students. Please share it!
