that the fundamental couper of labor rights in the basic principle in the international labor organization is the rate of free association which would mean the right to form unions u.s. has never ratified. but i think the us may be alone among major societies in their respect. it's considered so far out of the spectrum of american politics it literally has never been considered. or that the us has a long very violent labor history as. a society. but the labor movement had been very strong about the 1920 s. in a period not unlike today it was virtually crushed robert reich. by the mincer is beginning to reconstruct. franklin delano roosevelt he himself was rather sympathetic to chris if legislation that would be an invention of the general population but he had to somehow get it passed so he informed labor leaders and others forced me to do it. what he meant is you go out and demonstrate we're going to protest develop the labor movement. when the packer pressures fission and be able to get through the legislation you know i am not for a were. killed last definition number 11 a i now which m

selling human beings for sex labor and servitude is booming in fact according to the international labor organization even back in 2014 forced labor in the private economy generates 150000000000 in u.s. dollars in illegal profits per year about 3 times more than was previously estimated $150000000000.00 industry and that's numbers from 6 years ago but the industry of human servitude is not just limited to the violent extremes of human trafficking no no no if this new millennium has taught us anything it's that indentured servitude and slavery can take many different forms just as the 45000000 u.s. citizens suffering under the crippling 1.5 trillion in student loan debt or the millions upon millions who are working more than one job just to make ends meet put food on the table keep put a roof over their heads so today my friends let's break down.

and beings for sex labor and servitude is booming in fact according to the international labor organization even back in 2014 forced labor in the private economy generates $150000000000.00 in u.s. dollars in illegal profits per year about 3 times more than was previously estimated $150000000000.00 industry and that's numbers from 6 years ago but the industry of human servitude is not just limited to the violent extremes of human trafficking no no no if this new millennium has taught us anything it's that indentured servitude and slavery can take many different forms just us the 45000000 u.s. citizens suffering under the crippling 1.5 trillion in student loan debt or the millions upon millions who are working more than one job just to make ends meet put food on the table keep put a roof over their heads so today my friends let's break down this century's new slave trade as we start. watching the whole. list going on a cd. player so you can see. joyce. gray's. slaves systemic deception. but she's. still. going to watch. wow wow wow this is really bad when you see these numbers of this many pe

be carried out in the rigorous manner that the constitution guarantees in addition to international labor organization convention $169.00 which also in trying is the right to consultation indigenous people that have this right and shrine in the constitution and other international conventions and they're demanding it today much to incur in opposition to what bills or not it was trying to ram down their throats but both are not always doing here is he's pushing brazil up or reputation cliff by trying to open up indigenous territories which are the best preserved territories in the brazilian amazon to industrial activity which is highly destructive not only to the environment but also to the culture of indigenous peoples he sending a signal that this government lives outside of the law that it will do anything to encourage what it considers to be development by destroying the forest and destroying indigenous territories the government is actually sending a signal to investors that if they want to be responsible with their money they need to look elsewhere. drug addiction and i'm gonna stand is an issue

conversations have changed will catch up to the financial problems according to the international labor organization the average salary of a domestic worker in lebannon is less than $250.00 a month. in the financial downturn has affected us all but. workers are some of the most vulnerable especially because of a lack of the legal protection with a shortage of dollars some aren't receiving their salaries and are defaulting on their grant doubling the possibility of being exploited further. foreign domestic workers are excluded from lebanon's labor laws instead they're brought in on a sponsorship system one that some rights groups say leads to exploitation islamic are fairly rich in the world and the sponsorship system means many foreign workers are not only exploited in lebannon but also the employers or users get away with it without being punished by law last week a new labor minister let me a yemeni want that lebanese citizens will need to take on low skilled jobs traditionally filled by my coworkers to cope with the effects of the economic crisis we contacted the ministry of labor and we're still

tonight i say we will work with the international labor organization on a new initiative to raise labortandards around the world. and this year, we will lead the international community to conclude a treaty to ban abusive child labor everywhere in the world. [applause] if we do these things, invest in our people, our communities, our technology, and lead in the global economy, then we will begin to meet our historic responsibility to build a 21st century prosperity for america. you know, no nation in history has had the opportunity and the responsibility we now have to shape a world that is more peaceful, more secure, more free. all americans can be proud that our leadership helped to bring peace in northern ireland. all americans can be proud that our leadership has put bosnia on the path to peace. and with our nato allies, we are pressing the serbian government to stop its brutal repression in kosovo, to bring those responsible to justice, and to give the people of kosovo the self-government they deserve. all americans can be proud that our leadership renewed hope for lasting peace in

not be carried out the rigorous manner that the constitution guarantees in addition to international labor organization convention $169.00 which also in trying is the right to consultation indigenous people to have this right and shrine in the constitution and other international conventions and they're demanding it today much to incur in opposition to oppose or not it was trying to ram down their throats but both are not always doing here is he's pushing brazil up or reputational cliff by trying to open up indigenous territories which are the best preserved territories in the brazilian amazon to industrial activity which is highly destructive not only to the environment but also to the culture of indigenous peoples he sending a signal that this government lives outside of the law that it will do anything to encourage what it considers to be development by destroying the forest and destroying indigenous territories the government is actually sending a signal to investors that if they want to be responsible with their money they need to look elsewhere now staying in brazil where a federal judge has dela

it's a financial problem according to the international labor organization the average salary of a domestic worker in lebanon is less than $250.00 a month as a minister for the longer then the financial downturn has affected us all but foreign workers are some of the most vulnerable specially because of a lack of the legal protection with a shortage of dollars aren't receiving their salaries and are defaulting on their grant doubling the possibility of being exploited further. foreign domestic workers are excluded from lebanon instead they brought in on a sponsorship system one that some rights groups say leads to exploitation. and the sponsorship system means many foreign workers are not only exploited but also the employers users get away with it without being punished by law last week the minister. wanted lebanese citizens will need to take. traditional. to cope with the effects of the economic crisis we contacted the ministry of labor and we're still waiting for comments on the story it's still not clear if lebanon's new government will reform bill a bill was going to vote so this is of

weekly conversations have changed for catch ups it's a financial problem according to the international labor organization the average salary of a domestic worker in lebannon is less than $250.00 a month. but the financial downturn has affected us all but foreign workers are some of the most vulnerable especially because of the lack of the legal protection with a shortage of dollars some aren't receiving their salaries and are defaulting on their ground doubling the possibility of being exploited further. foreign domestic workers are excluded from lebanon's labor laws instead they're brought in on a sponsorship system one that some rights groups say leads to exploitation islamic are fairly rich. and the sponsorship system means many foreign workers are not only exploited in lebannon but also that employers or abusers get away with it without being punished by law last week new labor minister lemieux ye mean want that lebanese citizens will need to take on low skilled jobs traditionally filled by micro workers to cope with the effects of economic crisis we contacted the ministry of labor and we're still wa

be carried out in the rigorous manner that the constitution guarantees in addition to international labor organization convention $169.00 which also in trying is the right to consultation indigenous people to have this right and shrine in the constitution and other international convention then they're demanding it today much to incur in opposition to oppose or not it was trying to ram down their throats a christian i say this is a is a part of a raft of legislation that also now is saying will lift indigenous communities out of poverty and also improve brazil's struggling economy but i also say that brazil's own central bank is warning that this will house investment when banks are looking towards more climate friendly policies so could this actually have the opposite effect and backfire and also nora. indeed it could also not i was doing here is he's pushing brazil upper reputational cliffs by trying to open up indigenous territories which are the best preserved territories in the brazilian amazon to industrial activity which is highly destructive not only to the environment but also to the culture

internal organizing meetings. the result is one of the richest labor movements to date. and with those ongoing strike waves and in recent writings the politically astute analysis of the recent manifestations of working-class organizing by following coverage and analysis i look forward to our discussions after the talk i invite you all to ask more how the struggles of public education are strategies throughout the united states. please join me to welcome eric blanc. [applause] >> how are you doing? great. this is and exciting topic. [laughter] so we need to raise the energy a little bit. and sometimes a new lift history under estimate of what you were witnessing is a big deal. so why it is a big deal the lessons we can draw and all of you for coming out and to talk about labor the basic argument i want to make is twofold to get you as excited as possible about the epic upsurge than the second part of the talk that i think activists, scholars and anybody who wants to see labor revived as a force can learn from those strikes. as a former teacher i will subject you to some of

international crisis group, the atlantic council, and the european institute for peace, among many other places. she has a decade of experts working with human rights organizations in middle east defending the rights of refugees, migrants, laborers, palestinians and ethnic and religious minorities. alex marquardt will be here shortly is an award-winning national correspondent based on cnn washington bureau focusing on national security issues. alex spent most of the past decade as a foreign correspondent for abc news based in moscow, jerusalem, beirut and london. he spent considerable time on the front lines of wars and uprisings in the middle east. he reported on the refugee and migrant crisis here to cover the of terror attacks in europe but isis. he was among the first correspondence and, as the revolution exploded, and to make many trips in syria to report on the war from both the regime and rebel sites. he was ground in gaza during the wars with israel and he traveled across ukraine as the russian military invaded. so on behalf of the middle east institute, welcome to soon to be three of you. really looking forward to this important discussion that will follow. the last thing i will say is one final note before we do hand o