On 7 April 2026, the International Institute of Social Studies will host this event with migrant workers and their organizations from the USA and the Netherlands examining tools and materials for building a different world in which migrants receive the rights and respect they deserve.
- Date
- Tuesday 7 Apr 2026, 16:00 - 19:00
- Type
- Workshop
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- Atrium
- Location
- International Institute of Social Studies
Organized by the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), the Dutch Agro-ecology Network’s Working Group on Labour and Migration and the dairy worker organization Migrant Justice from Vermont, USA, the event will address the exploitative working conditions, hostile societal environment and increasing state repression faced by a large number of migrant workers on both sides of the Atlantic.
Aims
- To raise awareness about the conditions of migrant workers’ in the agri-food chain in the USA and the Netherlands
- To learn about strategies that migrant workers and their organizations have used to advocate for their rights
- To strengthen support for and alliances of migrant workers and their organizations
Speakers
- Kevin Davis Victor, migrant worker
- Pawel Rudzki and Levin Zühlke-van Hulzen, FNV Logistics
- Marita Canedo and Will Lambek, Migrant Justice
- Marion Grace Labasan, FNV Migrant Domestic Work
Draft programme
16:00-16:05 Welcome & introduction
16:05-16:15 Ice-breaker
16:15-16:25 Interview with Kevin Davis Victor
16:25-16:45 Toolbox 1: Advocacy for decent work for migrant workers
16:45-17:15 Q&A / break out groups
17:15-17:35 Toolbox 2: Countering migrant discrimination and repression
17:35-18:05 Q&A / break out groups
18:05-18:15 Collecting commitments
From 18:15 Drinks in ISS Butterfly Bar
Contact
Dr Karin Astrid Siegmann
Associate Professor in Labour and Gender Economics
- Email address
- siegmann@iss.nl
Contact Dr Karin Astrid Siegmann for more information about this event.
- More information
The Week of Resistance for Migrant Justice 3.0 is supported by the ISS Research Teams on Migration, (Im)mobility and Place, and on AgriFood. It is part of a series of events for migrant justice in the Netherlands and the USA, organized in collaboration with the International Institute of Social Studies, the working group on migration and wage labour of the Dutch Agro-ecology Network and the dairy worker organization Migrant Justice from Vermont, USA.
Other events in the Week for Migrant Justice 3.0
- Wednesday 8 April 19:00-21:00 - From farmworker exploitation to fair food - University of Amsterdam, Campus Roetersieland, Room A3.15
- Thursday 9 April 13:00-14:30 - Action at Ahold headquarters for dairy workers' rights & Milk with Dignity - Gather at Zaandam train station at 13:00