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URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-global-workforce-na
 vigating-immigration-and-labor-shortages-in-the-modern-era-kevin-cassidy/
SUMMARY:The Global Workforce: Navigating Immigration and Labor Shortages in
  the Modern Era | Kevin Cassidy
DESCRIPTION:Migrants are waiting at our borders for the chance to come to t
 he U.S. for work.  Companies have jobs that need to be filled but a short
 age of applicants. How do eager workers and frustrated employers find each
  other? Kevin Cassidy will speak on the experience of migrant laborers and
  employers seeking to hire them and how the system can work better to bene
 fit all parties.\n\nThis program is presented as a program of the World 
 Affairs Councils of America in partnership with the International Labour
  Organization.\n\n\n\nFeatured speaker:\nKevin Cassidy\, with nearly 4 dec
 ades of international development experience\, is currently the Director a
 nd Representative to the Bretton Woods and Multilateral Organizations for 
 the International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for the United States.\
 n\nPrior to this appointment\, Mr. Cassidy served as the Senior Communicat
 ions and Economic and Social Affairs Officer for 11 years in the ILO Offic
 e for the United Nations with additional responsible for partnerships in N
 orth America.\nDuring this time\, Mr. Cassidy worked with member States to
  organise Heads of State/Government and Ministerial level events highlight
 ing decent work as well as introducing policy language on key development 
 issues into the resolutions and outcomes documents of the UN General Assem
 bly’s Third Committee and the Commissions of the Economic and Social Cou
 ncil (ECOSOC).\n\nBefore his assignment to New York\, Mr. Cassidy was the 
 Chief Technical Adviser for the ILO’s Global Campaign on Promoting Funda
 mental Rights at Work. During that time he developed numerous communicatio
 n initiatives in over 40 countries such as interactive radio and televisio
 n programmes as well as training journalists on communicating locally on d
 ecent work\, child labour\, forced labour\, discrimination and the freedom
  of association.\n\nPrior to joining the ILO\, Mr. Cassidy worked for the 
 Aga Khan Foundation (AKF-UK) in London as the Operations\, Communications 
 and Partnership Director. His work with the AKF-UK focused on rural and co
 mmunity-based development in Central and South Asia.\n\nMr. Cassidy has wo
 rked in several UN offices during his career including the Department of P
 eacekeeping Operations (DPKO) on the issue of landmines\, the Office of th
 e Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA)\, the Executive Office of
  the Secretary-General (Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Ban Ki-moon)\, the UN De
 partment of Public Information and the UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service
  (NGLS)\, New York.\n\nMr. Cassidy holds a Masters’ of Economic and Poli
 tical Development from Columbia University’s School of International and
  Public Affairs.\n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DETAILS\n\n 	Check-in will begin at 11:3
 0am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program 
 will begin at 12:00pm.\n 	Those with online reservations do not need to pr
 esent ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attende
 es on a list at check-in.\n 	Lunch at this program will be available for i
 ndividual order and purchase from Bear Tooth Theatre. If you wish to do so
 \, plan on arriving early to ensure you receive your meal by the end of th
 e program.\n 	Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on September 12. Ticke
 ts will be available for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the pr
 ogram is sold out. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.
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