Please kindly find below the program details of the C7 Summit.
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Identifying Our Rights in AI/Algorithmic Labor Management
–Developing policies and strategies for popular movement in regulating digital economy
Date & Time: April 14th, 10:00-12:00（JST）
Purpose:
Many companies and institutions, including giant IT companies, have introduced AI and algorithmic labor management systems over the past 20 years. In addition, platform businesses are conducting labor-exploitative businesses through the lack of current laws and regulations. This session will identify the realities and explore solutions from the perspective of international civil society to secure workers’ and consumers’ rights. We will be in dialogue with Japanese government officials from ministries and agencies.
Speakers:
- Barbora Černušáková, Post-doctoral fellow, Goldsmiths, University of London and independent researcher for trade unions
- Mac Urata, Senior Policy Officer, ITF (International Transport Workers Federation)
Commentators from the Japanese government:
- *Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare regulatory officials(TBD)
- *One government official from each of the following three ministries is expected(TBD)
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry,
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,
or Digital Agency of Japan
Moderator: Shoko Uchida(Co-coordinator of Economic Justice and Transformation WG)
Speakers Profile:
Barbora Černušáková
Post-doctoral fellow, Goldsmiths, University of London and independent researcher for trade unions.For 12 years, Barbora worked as Amnesty International’s expert on East-Central Europe researching workers’ rights, the independence of judiciary, and racial discrimination of Roma. Barbora is currently working on a research project mapping the key issues in enforcement labour rights in digital economy. In her academic work, Barbora focuses on the racialisation of Roma workers in post-socialism.
Mac Urata, Senior Policy Officer, ITF (International Transport Workers Federation)
Mac served as the ITF’s Inland Transport Sections Secretary between 1999 to 2016 at ITF’s head office in London. Since 2020, he is based in Tokyo in his current role where he works with Japanese affiliates, inter-alia, on campaigns against ridehailing and on public transport policy development. He studies the early history of the ITF that was founded in 1896, and has organised several walking tours in London.
