Dr. Guy Standing — Free Public Lecture

On Tuesday, November 17, 2015 the BC Labour Heritage Centre and Simon Fraser University Labour Studies are hosting a free public lecture with Dr Guy Standing, a renowned British professor at the University of London.  This event is being held in conjunction with the BC Federation of Labour Renewal Conference in Vancouver.

Dr Standing has developed the theory of the “precariat”, a term we will be hearing more frequently in coming months.

Standing calls on politicians to make ambitious social reforms towards ensuring financial security as a right. He argues for an unconditional basic income as an important step to a new approach. If politicians fail to take the necessary decisions, he predicts a wave of anger and violence, and the rise of far-right politics.

We hope you will be able to attend this important presentation.  A poster is attached.  We would also be grateful if you could circulate it among your staff and officers who will be in Vancouver at that time.

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