Jim Baker is an experienced trade union activist and official, coming originally from the United Automobile Workers union (UAW). He worked for the AFL-CIO, serving in the US and abroad. Baker was a member of the ILO Governing Body and, later, an ILO official. He was the Coordinator of the Council of Global Unions (CGU) and currently does work for the Global Union Federations Education International (EI) and Building and Wood Workers’ International. (BWI).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2012 European educatorsEuropean educators
Jim Baker
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Equity and inclusion 24 September 2012 UNCSWUNCSW
Jim Baker
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2012 Multinational’s tax avoidanceMultinational’s tax avoidance
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2012 EI explores impact of IMF policiesEI explores impact of IMF policies
Jim Baker
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Union renewal and development 24 September 2012 Is this the endIs this the end
Jim Baker
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Trade union rights are human rights 24 September 2012 Decreasing development aidDecreasing development aid
Jim Baker
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Union growth 24 September 2012 Occupy Wall StreetOccupy Wall Street
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Equity and inclusion 24 September 2012 Tom BediakoTom Bediako
Jim Baker
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Equity and inclusion 24 September 2012 Does the Future of Teaching lie in the Flipped Classroom?Does the Future of Teaching lie in the Flipped Classroom?
Jim Baker
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2012 National Conferences in Brazil: giving the power back to the peopleNational Conferences in Brazil: giving the power back to the people
Jim Baker
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2012 Argentina: State support for people’s rightsArgentina: State support for people’s rights
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2012 Turning the crisis aroundTurning the crisis around
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Worlds of Education 17 September 2012 Politics - Big Money versus DemocracyPolitics - Big Money versus Democracy
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Worlds of Education 3 July 2012 Short Termism vs. sustainable development
Jim Baker
Sustainable development is a sensible framework for looking at the system. It represents a fundamental shift in analysis from the “Washington Consensus”. The idea of examining economic, social, and environmental issues together as three, interdependent pillars of development was a sharp break with the idea that the market was king...
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Worlds of Education 6 June 2012 Turning the crisis around: Hope for change from global trade unionism
Jim Baker
One of the earliest priorities of the trade union movement, dating back to the 19th century in many countries, was free public education. This demand was made in order to provide opportunities for the children of workers. It was part of a fight for equality, a fight that is not...
Turning the crisis around: Hope for change from global trade unionism