The ACTU Jobs Summit: Pathways to Recovery addressed the impact of Global Financial Crisis on working Australians and their families. Opening with an address from Professor Richard Freeman from Harvard University, the summit heard from four workers who have recently lost their jobs – representing a small part of the over 115,000 Australians and the 50 million workers around the world who have lost their jobs in the last year.
Leading academics from around Australia gave their views on the pathway to recovery and quality job generation in Australia. Community groups and unions participated in the debate around issues of employment and recovery for working Australians, generating jobs in Australia, and the quality of work. This summit is part of the ACTU's long term focus on job creation and decent work.
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Jobs Summit Program
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1. Global Financial Crisis: employment and recovery for working Australians
(a) Introduction and Chair: Jeff Lawrence, Secretary, ACTU
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(b) The Global Financial Crisis: a global perspective by Prof. Richard Freeman, Faculty Co-Director Harvard University, Dept of Economics (see videos below)
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(c) What recovery looks like: employment and secure, decent work (see video below)
Prof. John Quiggin, Australian Research Council Senior Fellow, University of Queensland
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(d) Sustainable jobs for a sustainable economy Sharan Burrow, President, ACTU
(e) Unemployment and Inequality Clare Martin, CEO, Australian Council of Social Service
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2. Generating jobs in Australia
(a) Social and physical infrastructure: economic drivers
Dr Peter Brain, Director of National Institute of Economic and Industry Research
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(b) Industry policy and the green economy: skills we need for the future
Brad Crofts, Economic Advisor, Australian Workers Union
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(c) Job creation and the role of the community and public sector
Prof. Bill Mitchell, Director of Centre of Full Employment and Equity University of Newcastle, NSW
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3. Quality of work
(a) Workforce development and working time
Dr. John Buchanan, Director of Workplace Research Centre, University of Sydney
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(b) Work/ Life/ Care
Prof. Barbara Pocock, Director of the Centre for Work + Life, University of South Australia
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