During 2018, the project has emphasized on the study of the transformations in the world of labor and the challenges for the welfare systems in Mexico, as well as the identification of actions to improve working conditions and reduce inequity; articulating discussions between the academic sector and social actors
The changes work is experiencing in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico were analyzed in a comparative perspective through different seminars, without losing sight of the transformations that are occurring in some crucial countries for Mexico, such as the United States and regarding the negotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
The main topics of the seminars were:
Higher education and the labor market. The purpose was to find out what kind of jobs higher education graduates find and how the type of training they acquire at university institutions influences them, in a context where structural unemployment has prevented coherence between the number of years studied, on one hand, and the type of position/salary achieved, on the other. Given the importance of this issue in gender inequalities, the relationship between higher education and the labor market was analyzed from a gender perspective.
The future of unionism. In this seminar, the situation that workers' organizations will face with the process of economic liberalization, with the political changes and transformations of the productive systems that are taking place at local, national and international levels was discussed.
Work in the service sector examined what its characteristics are and why more output and jobs are generated in this tertiary sector; as well as what its prospects are for the future, particularly repair and maintenance services, personal services, temporary accommodation and food and drink preparation, and finally health and social care.
Informal work. This session delved into the knowledge of these activities which are defined by economic (low income, non-wage work, no tax payments), social (family work, high labour absorption) and legal (outside state regulations, no tax registration) characteristics. The combination of these characteristics results, among other things, in the absence of social protection for people with informal jobs.
Mexican workers in the United States. The characteristics of the Mexican labor market in the United States were examined from a gender perspective that also takes into account other socio-demographic circumstances such as age, schooling and qualifications. The purpose was to compare them with the characteristics of the Economically Active Population (PEA) working in Mexico and to evaluate the consequences this has on migration from this country and remittances from the United States.
The qualification for work. Qualification for work and lifelong education are two necessary conditions in order to increase productivity and also to promote workers' employability and decent work.
Employment as public policy: labor regulation and social protection. In this case, the role that the State should play regarding employment was analyzed in terms of promoting it and offering protection directly or indirectly through specific public policies.
Where labor is going is the topic with which this cycle of seminars was closed. Here, the future of the work was addressed in a general way regarding various issues such as scientific and technological development, growth or economic stagnation, international trade, as well as national and foreign investment in Mexico.
Year 2018
First Congress on Non-Classical Work
Seminar "Young poeple building the future".
Year 2019
First International Congress of Thesis on Non-Classic Work
Seminar: Youth Building the Future
International Seminar on Inequalities in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico