CARE IS WORK‚ WORK IS CARE THE FUTURE OF WORK - LABOUR AFTER LAUDATO SI' CARE IS WORK‚ WORK IS CARE This Report presents the consolidated results of the research undertaken by “The Future of Work – Labour after Laudato si’” Project. It was compiled by the leaders of the seven research tracks (in alphabetical order): Romain Buquet, Ph.D., Project Coordinator, UNIAPAC, Paris, France Paul H. Dembinski, Professor, University of Fribourg, and Director, Observatoire de la Finance, Geneva, Switzerland Paolo Foglizzo, Editor, Aggiornamenti Sociali, Milan, Italy Daniele Frigeri, Director, CeSPI (Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale), Rome, Italy Alessandro Grassi, Laboratorio de Innovación Económica y Social (LAINES), Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, Mexico Marcel Rémon, SJ, Director, Centre de recherche et d’action sociales (CERAS), Paris, France Louise Roblin, Ph.D. Researcher, Centre de recherche et d’action sociales (CERAS), Paris, France Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo, Secretary General, International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC), Geneva, Switzerland Peter Warrian, Ph.D., Chair, The Lupina Foundation, Toronto, Canada Rodrigo Whitelaw, Ph.D., Secretary General UNIAPAC, Paris, France Editorial Board: Ignacio Alonso Alasino, Project Manager, International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC), Geneva, Switzerland Paolo Foglizzo, Editor, Aggiornamenti Sociali, Milan, Italy Hildegard Hagemann, Ph.D., Kolping International Association, formerly Deutsche Kommission Justitia et Pax (German Commission for Justice and Peace), Germany Peter Warrian, Ph.D., Chair, The Lupina Foundation, Toronto, Canada With the support of: Pierre Martinot-Lagarde, SJ, Special Advisor for Socio-Religious Affairs, International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo, Secretary General, International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC), Geneva, Switzerland Special thanks for providing testimonies go to the Group of Catholic-inspired Organizations: CIJOC, JOCI, Kolping International Association, MIJARC, MMTC, and to Porticus for support. Photography: ©ILO, ©ICMC, ©Caritas Asia, ©Giorgio Perottino/Reuters, ©Christian Tasso, ©FoWLS* *Throughout the publication ©FoWLS refers to “The Future of Work – Labour after Laudato si’” Project Copyediting & proofreading: Miriam Reidy-Prost Graphic design & layout: Maxine Allison (www.ticktock-design.co.uk) This Report can be downloaded from the Project’s website https://futureofwork-labourafterlaudatosi.net/, as well as from the webpages of partner organizations. Printed copies may be requested by contacting ICMC International Catholic Migration Commission 1, rue de Varembé P.O. Box 96, 1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland [email protected] CARE IS WORK‚ WORK IS CARE CONTENTS Foreword ..................................................................................................................................................9 Executive summary .............................................................................................................................13 Chapter 1. From a Project to a journey ........................................................................................ 21 1.1 The background and context of the Project ...................................................................................23 1.2 Describing the Project ...........................................................................................................................25 1.3 Human dignity as the root of decent work ....................................................................................27 Chapter 2. Paving the way for integral human development ...............................................31 2.1 Yearning for peace through social and environmental justice in a globalized world .......32 2.2 A new concept map to unblock the economy ..............................................................................38 2.3 From progress to integral human development .......................................................................... 41 Chapter 3. Searching for and cooperating with a caring God .............................................43 3.1 Work as a human and spiritual experience .................................................................................... 44 3.2 God’s work: care for creation ............................................................................................................46 3.3 The future of work: a matter for discernment ..............................................................................47 Chapter 4. Extending the Decent Work Agenda .......................................................................51 4.1 Caring for the world of work ...............................................................................................................53 4.2 A world of work capable of caring .................................................................................................... 61 4.3 Caring for the common good .............................................................................................................63 4.4 From proposals to sustainable change ..........................................................................................68 Chapter 5. The world of work at the core of transformation ............................................. 69 5.1 Work for change .....................................................................................................................................70 5.2 Steps ahead ...............................................................................................................................................71 5.3 Final word ..................................................................................................................................................73 6 CARE IS WORK, WORK IS CARE Appendix A Executive summary of each of the seven research tracks of the Project .......................................75 A.1 Work, ecology and the environmental crisis .................................................................................76 A.2 Work, social justice and peace ......................................................................................................... 84 A.3 Labour, demography and migration ...............................................................................................90 A.4 Artificial intelligence, robotics and the future of decent work ..............................................97 A.5 The future of enterprise and entrepreneurship after Laudato si’ ....................................... 104 A.6 Promotion of employment and social innovation in the context of Laudato si’ ........... 110 A.7 Humanity at work ................................................................................................................................119 Appendix B Timeline of the Project ................................................................................................................................. 125 Appendix C Common declaration on The Future of Work – Labour after Laudato si’ (2016)...................... 133 Appendix D A proposal to extend the Decent Work Agenda and address the current global crisis (June 12, 2019) .......................................................................................................... 137 Appendix E Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to Participants in the 108th Session of the International Labour Conference, June 10-21, 2019, Geneva......................141 TABLE OF CONTENTS 7 8 CARE IS WORK, WORK IS CARE FOREWORD ©ILO FOREWORD 9 This Project “The Future of Work – Labour after Laudato si’”, the structure of which as well as its goals and process are well articulated in Chapter 1, began in 2016. This was a time when, in public discourse and discussions at international gatherings, concerns were voiced about the urgent challenges of the environmental and climate change crisis, the anxiously anticipated impact of technological change, widespread rising inequality and the challenges of human mobility associated with work. We expected this to affect the well-being of all humankind as well as our relationship with the natural environment. Today, at the completion of our work, we are living through the COVID-19 pandemic. The world of work has been particularly affected and is at the forefront of the crisis. This is already turning into a major social and economic upheaval, the consequences of which are likely to be massive and unevenly distributed. Some of the poorest and most vulnerable people are already suffering more than others. Responses from public authorities and civil societies will be critical, provided they are implemented in a coordinated, peaceful, and inclusive way. However, communities are inequitably equipped, and some are incapable of providing support to their members in facing threats to their health, lives and even more so, to their well-being and economic survival. In 2015, in his Encyclical Laudato si’, Pope Francis provided us with a lens and a compass for taking care of our common home, including our human family. Drawing on this inspiration, we hope that in direct and indirect ways, this Report will contribute to finding more adequate solutions in response to the crisis we are living through. Also reflected in this Report is collaborative work on COVID-19-related issues based on the experience of the first eight months of the crisis. In April 2020, the Pope himself called upon the various offices of the Holy See and their networks to cooperate