This is an action research proposal, which arises from the union of two working teams: on the one hand, the CLACSO Working Group on Theology, Ethics and Politics 2016-2019, which set out to analyze the foundation of a throwaway culture based on the sacralization of its economic causes, and concluded that the urgent issue is decent and creative work as a solution to the social and ecological crisis; on the other hand, the initiative of Consortium of Universities of the Greater Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area from Argentina, which proposes to study the problem of work within the framework of the ecological crisis. The new proposal, The Future of Work and the Common Home, It integrates two teams formed in an interdisciplinary, intergenerational, international, and interreligious manner, following a model of inclusive social dialogue involving all public actors: universities, social movements, unions, business chambers, and government agencies. The goal is to establish a regional social dialogue network based on existing organizations, responding to the call of two global institutions, the ILO and the UN, within the context of the imminent demand for... Laudato Si for the continuity of life on the planet. 

El target This is determined by the Latin American and Caribbean reality: ecological crisis (Laudato Si), Environmental crisis (UN) and crisis labor (ILO). The strategic challenge It consists of connecting—in accordance with the tripartite scheme as the only effective reality for dialogue and social justice—the social resources available in the region, that is, its organizations. action It consists of forming a local and regional network with people from these organizations to discern how to connect sustainable scientific academic projects with discarded workers and responsible companies, within the framework of public policies that allow us to face the challenge through creative and paid work, and permanent education and training.

The Working Group is made up of members from universities, unions, chambers of commerce, social movements, social pastoral organizations, and governments. Nearly every country in the region is represented. CLACSO's recognition will provide the necessary guarantees of prestige for its implementation.

Just like target Reality, not the idea, is taken as the issue, and this is presented as: a false prophecy of the end of work; a nineteenth-century slogan of decent work only valid in contexts of full employment; technocratic progress as a factor of depersonalization and exclusion; and an ecological crisis that threatens life on the planet.The future of work and caring for our common home This is the reality that urgently calls for the initiation of sustainable processes over time, beyond social, geographical and political spaces, to guarantee the conditions for decent work and the development of a social and sustainable economy.

Just like digital workplace strategy The proposal aims to network existing work teams to connect sustainable science and technology projects with: the real needs of vulnerable sectors, the social and financial capital of businesses, and the management and implementation capacity of pastoral and governmental agents. socialize the results of existing research for rreflect/discern on that concrete reality in a hopeful and committed dialogue between all the sectors convened, taking as a common value the respect for the non-negotiable dignity of every human person - whether this is: included-excluded, employee-discarded, entrepreneur-social leader, Church-State.

Just like action The aim is to guarantee universal political participation insofar as highest form of charity According to Pope Francis, as human condition according to Hanna Arendt, and insofar as effective reality of ethics According to Aristotle, social dialogue, embodied as social justice under the sanction of civil, social, and natural rights, directly benefits impoverished and marginalized sectors and indirectly fosters a sustainable economy that serves the care of our common home. Outside of social dialogue and the law, there is only wishful thinking, and the challenge of confronting the ecological crisis is urgent. The way forward will be to connect researchers, workers (employed or unemployed), business leaders, pastoral agents, and government officials to implement a ecological transition —as called for in the UN's 30-point agenda and the ILO's world report—that can guarantee a good life, not only for workers and their families, but also for all living beings on the planet who are currently threatened by a system of social/economic relations that kills, as they denounce. Laudato Yes, the Report of the ILO World Commission The Future of Work, and the UN's 2030 Agenda.

The connection of these three documents within a dialogue framework that engages all social sectors in a concrete practice of work, training, education, and values, following the methodology of Latin American philosophy and theology of see-judge-act, along with the tripartite model of the CCT, will be the spirit of this Working Group. This will enable us to fulfill the objective/challenge presented by the Latin American and Caribbean reality of obscene inequality and environmental threat as a consequence of an ecological crisis resulting from selfish and non-solidarity-based social relations. If the cause is relationship, then we will act within that relationship by building bridges, not walls.

Without a doubt, work is the path to dignity for human life and the planet. History demonstrates this. Since the Industrial Revolution, the technological leap not only transformed production relations, generating civil rights for both workers and capital, but also gave rise to partisan politics aimed at securing social rights for workers, as well as third-generation environmental rights. In a context of full employment, workers, organized in unions and politically, fought throughout the 19th and 20th centuries for decent work: fair wages, humane working conditions, and social and environmental rights for themselves and their families. In the 21st century, technological advances—in some cases leading to technocracy—have once again altered production relations, resulting in two major consequences: on the one hand, a large portion of the world's population has become unemployed, often working in appalling conditions; on the other hand, an impersonal economy is devastating the planet. Workers have gone from being exploited to being discarded, because unemployment is no longer temporary but structural. Climate change is producing ecological disasters and threatening life itself on the planet - not just for the poor, but for everyone.

However, we believe this does not signify the end of work, but rather a reduction in formal employment as the primary source of citizenship. Those who do not live off investments must work to survive until the next day, and they do so, often under the worst conditions and at the expense of their own lives and the planet, swelling the ranks of mafia-like organizations and the parallel state they form. These forms of informal work are appalling, characterized by miserable wages, inhumane working conditions, tax evasion, and high risk to the lives of people and all species. While in Europe, North America, and parts of Asia, existing working conditions still allow for the struggle for decent work—as established by the ILO at the end of the 20th century—in the rest of the world—that is, Latin America, Africa, and parts of Asia—structural unemployment and the rise of organized crime as new avenues for survival mean that the valid slogan is dignified work—it is no longer about living like other people, but about not losing one's humanity.

For the reasons stated, we believe this is the ideal opportunity for academic, labor, social, political, and business organizations in Latin America to engage in self-reflection and collectively consider the future of work and the care of our common home. We believe that work allows human beings to realize their dignity; therefore, it must simultaneously encompass ongoing training and development. Work should be synonymous with creativity and effort, not with exploitation and suffering. This would be the purpose of forming this network: in a historical period of high productivity and exponential income growth, how can we envision new forms of paid and creative work within the framework of the rule of law?

While technological advancement is seen as a threat to all life—both that of workers and the planet, our Common Home—it can also be seen as an opportunity. We are convinced that workers, being the first to suffer the consequences of an economy that kills, hold in their hands the power to reverse this calamitous and urgent situation. Change begins from below, from the periphery, from the margins. It begins with all those who have the capacity to step outside themselves, to stand beneath, outside, on the edge for a moment—the moment of the political—not only to know but also to feel the threat to life itself.

That is why we consider this Working Group relevant, in addition to the existing ones focused on labor and ecology. We will collaborate with them because we need the results of their research and their existing networks in the region. What we propose here is not only to investigate these fields, but also to connect existing teams—both within and outside academia—that are sensitive to the environmental and social crisis, in order to initiate an ecological transition together.

Each country includes at least one university, one union, one social movement, one chamber of commerce, one social ministry, and one government agency. They participate not as institutions but as individuals who are part of those institutions and will form the basis for building the network at the local level.

After Laudato SiThe ILO World Commission on Integral Human Development, which not only denounced the ecological crisis but also placed the worker at the center of the debate as the primary victim of a deadly economic system, argues that a serious global agenda for integral human development cannot be built without considering the future of work and without urgently establishing a transition program toward new digital technologies and new sustainable economic models. On January 22, the ILO World Commission on Integral Human Development published its document on this topic. The Future of Work which starkly illustrates the reality of workers in the 21st century. The figure of 300 million unemployed confirms Pope Francis's denunciation that workers have gone from being exploited to being discarded. Nevertheless, the report offers a glimmer of hope. With technological and ecological transformation, as many jobs will be lost as created. The key is to center the economy on the human person, invest in training and organization for the most vulnerable, and redefine work and education. The plan seeks to organize the transition to a new work model where technology becomes the tool for liberating workers' bodies and time. Investment in training is key to this transition, and a tripartite social agreement—between employees, employers, and government—is a prerequisite. All of this aligns with the principle of Decent Work established by the ILO in 1999 and with the 17 goals of the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

According to the ILO document: 190 million people are unemployed; 2 billion survive through the informal economy—which in some cases is the social economy and in others organized crime; 300 million live in poverty; and almost 3 million die annually from work-related illnesses. Based on these figures, the commission states that 344 million jobs must be created by 2030 to end unemployment. According to the World Commission, “new forces are transforming the world of work,” causing structural unemployment but also new opportunities. Significant political changes throughout history have responded to new economic systems determined by technological leaps. If the advance of technology toward digital and robotics is truly a significant leap that enables another mode of production, then the current economic and political model is undergoing a process of change. Some interpret the current situation as a departure from the prevailing logic of the 20th century, which they believe must be corrected and, for lack of a better term, have labeled it populism. Others, like the ILO World Commission—aware that in the face of the technological changes of the Industrial Revolution, it was the workers themselves who stopped fighting against machines by smashing looms and began to organize themselves into unions and political parties, moving towards democratic models—do not see technology as unfair competition but as a factor in liberating workers' time and bodies. We must consider how to take advantage of the opportunities these transformations offer.

The plan focuses on the individual worker who is excluded and the ecological threat. It involves investing scientific, social, ethical, political, and economic capital in three key areas: 1) Training: invest in training and continuing education in labor, cultural, scientific, political and ethical areas, for working people - whether they are employed, unemployed, entrepreneurs, academics, social leaders or agents of public bodies, government offices, and social pastorals - based on proposals[EC1] that arise from dialogue between all sectors and with the support of public institutions; 2) Networks: invest in labor institutions - trade unions, business organizations and social movements - to generate local and international dialogue networks; 3) Work: invest in decent, dignified, creative and sustainable work, understood as a new mode of economy, that is, "social and care economy", exchanging experiences of new work models.

Investment in training people must guarantee: lifelong learning for all, culturally generating: a learning ecosystem; the beginning of a process of transition organic farming; transformation for social and gender equity; and strengthening social protection as Warranty universalInvestment in decent and sustainable work must be able to transform economies by reorienting incentives toward a business model centered on the worker, rather than on the work itself. It is assumed that anyone who depends on a wage to live is a worker, including the unemployed. But this is not the prevailing perception. The project's applicability depends on a social redefinition of work and wealth. Although the ILO report states that "labor is not a commodity," the idea of ​​workers engaging in paid creative activity without it being wage labor under undignified conditions is far from being socially recognized as work. According to the ILO proposal, work would continue; what disappears is wage labor under inhumane conditions. The aim is to make socially acceptable the idea that while technology performs forced labor, workers receive training. The money is there; what is lacking is social awareness, since—according to the ILO report—the proportion of national income allocated to workers has been "reduced."

The solution to the labor and ecological crisis depends on a cultural conversion as proposed by the ILO, the UN and Laudato SiEven if investments in training were to become “a basic priority of economic policy,” a redefinition of education, production, and organization is required, and this is what the network comprising this new GT proposal will focus on. The ILO program suggests the creation of an “effective lifelong learning ecosystem” that encompasses both formal and informal learning: “Lifelong learning not only covers the skills needed for work, but also includes the development of the skills needed to participate in a democratic society.” A cultural shift would allow workers both paid and unpaid time, and would be independent of the type of work they do, as it would be aimed at “supporting the most vulnerable workers.” The Future of Work It depends on organized workers; they are the ones “who must design a new conception of work that applies technology to their well-being.” However, the concentration of economic power has weakened workers' organizations in collective bargaining, and furthermore, “climate change will further disrupt labor markets,” since “environmental degradation disproportionately affects vulnerable populations and low-income countries,” as also pointed out. Laudato Si. The World Commission is aware that technological changes hinder connections between workers due to unemployment, making social organization across all sectors more difficult. The ILO suggests “adopting inclusive organizing strategies, enabling informal workers to join.” Social movements are an alternative that emerges in the context of structural unemployment. Today, 330 million unemployed people are excluded from social dialogue. As an example of the expected outcome of working together despite differences among the various sectors that will engage in effective social dialogue through this network, an Argentine case study will be presented to the network. Each country will share its experiences, and new regional proposals will be developed.

El Common Home Caretakers Program This is an example of implementing a new model of paid work that is not necessarily wage labor under indecent and undignified conditions. Seeing work as a responsibility to be stewards of creation goes beyond simply thinking about decent work. It involves the implementation of a proposal developed collaboratively by universities, unions, social movements, government agencies, and social outreach programs. Over five years, it engaged 25000 unemployed and at-risk young people. The focus is on sharing and learning, not imposing and indoctrinating. It can be a quick and effective way to rescue unemployed young workers who are socially vulnerable to the informal job market. The program can, on the one hand, allow for the recognition of a large portion of invisible work—volunteer, domestic, etc.—as well as the effective separation of labor from the economy. On the other hand, it can enable the reorientation of jobs that harm our common home. The first stage is training, and the second is action research. Universities and unions provide the infrastructure—physical space, instructors/trainers, and action-research projects presented by young graduate researchers. The young people in training choose which environmental activity to get involved in.

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