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Podcast: Power At Work
Episode: Power At Work Blogcast #72: A Deep Dive Into the International Labour Organization
Description: In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Celeste Drake, the Deputy Director-General at the International Labour Organization. Watch now to learn about the International Labour Organization and their global impact. Also hear Drake's opinions on current labor issues and the global picture for worker power.
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Celeste Drake is the Deputy Director-General at the International Labour Organization. Drake served in the Biden Administration as the deputy director for Labor & Economy of the National Economic Council from July 2022 to August 2023. Drake was also the trade and globalization policy specialist at the AFL-CIO until 2019. She advocated for reforms to U.S. trade policy to create shared gains from trade on behalf of working families. She has testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, various House subcommittees and the U.S. International Trade Commission, and made presentations before the European Union’s Economic and Social Committee.