Symposium format
The Symposium took place on the tenth floor of the Harold Hankins Building.
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11.00: Tea /Coffee.
11.20: Kevin Ward (EWERC, University of Manchester) – Welcome and introduction to the Symposium.
11.30: Bridget Anderson (COMPAS, University of Oxford). – ‘Precarious work and migration: tautology or contradiction in terms?’ (PDF, 125KB).
12.15: Jane Wills (Geography, QMUL). – ‘Understanding London's migrant division of labour’ (PDF, 775KB).
13:00: Lunch.
13.30: Samantha Currie (Law, University of Liverpool). – ‘The socio-legal status and experiences of EU8 migrant workers: supranational, domestic and regional dimensions’ (PDF, 55KB).
14.15: Alison Stenning (CURDS, Newcastle University). – ‘Work, migration and development: central european migrants and the economic life of cities and communities’ (PDF, 135KB).
15:00: Tea/coffee.
15:30: Panel discussion involving:
Ian Fitzgerald (Northumbria University), Jane Hardy (University of Hertfordshire). – ‘Cross border trade union collaboration and Polish migrant workers in Britain’ (PDF, 25KB).
Catherine May (Programme Coordinator, UK Poverty Programme in England). – ‘Oxfam's work in the UK’ (PDF, 70KB).
Dave McCall (North West Regional Secretary TGWU and Chair of the North West Migrant Workers Institute). – ‘Migrant workers in the North West: the work of Cities and Regions Workshop’ (PDF, 50KB).
Simon Pemberton (Merseyside Social Inclusion Observatory). – ‘MSIO: migrant worker research’ (PDF, 45KB).
17:00 Close.