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3 | What Does it Profit Podcast at the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, Georgetown University | Washington | DC | Labor Voices: A Conversation with Kim Kelly Talk with Kim Kelly, leading labor journalist, activist, and author of the new book Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor. The conversation will discuss themes of solidarity, marginalized voices, and the intersection of disability rights and labor. | January 23rd | 3—5pm | Kalmanovitz Initiative (kilwp@georgetown.edu) | 3600 N Street Northwest Washington, DC 20007 | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/labor-voices-a-conversation-with-kim-kelly-tickets-1136162696209?aff=oddtdtcreator | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Theater Alliance | Washington | DC | The Garbologists Touching comedic play about two city sanitation workers who forge a relationship despite very different backgrounds when newbie Marlowe joins the early-morning trash route of the seasoned Danny. Stay after the 5pm showing or come before the 8pm showing for a community talk back from 6:45-7:45pm. | February 8th | 5pm & 8pm showings; community conversation 6:45-7:45pm | Theater Alliance (info@theateralliance.com) | 340 Maple Drive SW, Washington, DC 20024 | https://theateralliance.com/portfolio/garbologists/ | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | University of New Orleans, UCW-LA, UCW-UNO | New Orleans | LA | Labor teach-in as part of the UCW-UNO organizing blitz. | February 11th | 5:00 PM | Grace Reinke (gracereinke@gmail.com) | UNO Education Building, room 128 | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Community Labor Center, University of CA Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara | CA | Energy Equity: What Central Coast Workers and Communities Need to Thrive A book talk and community discussion with J. Mijin Cha, author of A Just Transition for All? Workers and Communities for a Carbon Free Future. Researchers and scholars at UCSB will be joined by Central Coast unions, environmental justice and community organizations who are beginning to form a network around the development of Offshore Wind to bring community benefits and good jobs to our region. | February 20th | 12-1:15 PM | Carmen Rhodes (carmenrhodes@ucsb.edu) | UC Santa Barbara UCEN Flying A Studio | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections | Seattle | WA | From IndyMedia to Citizen Journalism: Media Democracy and Seattle WTO Protests’ Legacy Event to celebrate the launch of the WTO Footage Digitization Project, which makes the history of the Seattle WTO Protests accessible to the public, including a keynote by Jill Freidberg (co-founder of the Independent Media Center) and a panel discussion to follow. | February 25th | 7—9pm | Conor Casey (cmcasey@uw.edu) | Faye G. Allen Grand Atrium MOHAI 860 Terry Ave N Seattle, WA 98109 | https://mohai.org/event/from-indymedia-to-citizen-journalism-media-democracy-and-seattle-wto-protests-legacy/ | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University and the Communication Workers of America | Washington | DC | Connecting the Disconnected: CWA and Call Center Workers Book talk with Debbie Goldman, author of Disconnected: Call Center Workers Fight for Good Jobs in the Digital Age, joined by Pat Telesco (CWA Area Director) and Lane Windham (Associate Director of the KI) to discuss call center workers and the changing landscape of their workplace. | February 26th | 4—5pm | Kalmanovitz Initiative (kilwp@georgetown.edu) | Virtual event (https://georgetown.zoom.us/j/94597606139) | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/connecting-the-disconnected-cwa-and-call-center-workers-tickets-1245033632109?aff=oddtdtcreator | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | UMass Boston Labor Resource Center, North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters (host), speakers from organizations including Working Families Party, AFT-MA, DSA, Long Haul Magazine, CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, SEIU 509, and more. | Boston | MA | Ninth Annual Boston Labor Conference The Ninth Annual Boston Labor Conference explores the role of “the Left,” broadly defined, in building and shaping the labor movement. Our current moment of labor agitation is characterized by increased militancy, new forms of organizing (in sectors new and old), and the return of the strike. What has, is, and should be the role of the Left during a moment in which the labor movement seems well positioned -- if not yet fully able -- to organize more workers, lead militant actions, and build winning political coalitions rooted in a politics of and for the working class? | March 8th | 9am-5pm | Nick Juravich (nicholas.juravich@umb.edu) | Carpenters Center Boston Training Facility 750 Dorchester Avenue Dorchester, MA 02125 | https://www.umb.edu/lrc/the-boston-labor-conference/ | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | University of Arkansas, University of Arkansas Education Association | Fayetteville | AR | "Addressing Labor's Troubling Times" Third annual Labor Spring teach-in with speakers including Diana Hicks (American Federation of Government Employees), Ike Mills (American Postal Workers Union), and Joey Cornelius (SMART-Transportation Div-GCA 569) to share perspectives on the impacts of the Trump administration on labor and how unions can protect federal employees and the migrant community. | March 8th | 1-4pm | Michael Pierce (michaelcainpierce@gmail.com) | Fayetteville Public Library | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Dissent Magazine, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor | Georgetown | DC | Celebration of the Publication of Labor's Partisans Event welcoming Jules Bernstein, Michael Kazin, and Ruth Milkman to discuss Labor's Partisans, a new publication on the many articles that have made up Dissent magazine over the past 70 years. | March 12th | 4:30-5:30pm | Alexis Harper (ah1802@georgetown.edu) | Mortara Center 3600 St NW, Georgetown, DC | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/labors-partisans-tickets-1262697515259?aff=oddtdtcreator | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | UC Berkeley Labor Center | Berkeley | CA | "Fight the Heist": Solidarity with Asian Garment Workers Celebration of the life and legacy of Chinese American labor activist Sue Ko Lee, who helped to organize one of San Francisco's longest strikes in 1938, the National Dollar Stores garment factory strike. In honor of what would have been Lee's 105th birthday, the Labor Center is hosting an event to learn about solidarity with contemporary garment workers in Asia, particularly the "Fight the Heist" campaign. | March 12th | 7:00-8:00pm | Sierra Barton-Peterson (snbarton@berkeley.edu) | 79 Dwinelle, UC Berkeley Campus | https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/forms/stitching-a-new-future-celebrating-sue-ko-lees-legacy-registration-form/ | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Hawks for Just Employment, Saint Joseph's University | Philadelphia | PA | SJU Alum Jim Keady will discuss the intersection between Ignation Values and his experience with Nike. | March 13th | 3—4:15pm | Daniel De Lude (dd747075@sju.edu) | Forum Theater, Saint Joseph's University | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | No registration required | ||||||||||||||||||
14 | Havens Wright Center for Social Justice, UW-Madison Department of Sociology, Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee, South Central Federation of Labor, the School for Workers | Madison | WI | Union Documentary Screening Social Cinema Documentary Film Series screening of the documentary Union with informal discussion to follow, organized by the Havens Wright Center and the Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee. | March 13th | 6:30 PM | Adrienne Pagac (pagac@wisc.edu) | Union South Marquee Theatre, UW-Madison | ||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Havens Wright Center for Social Justice,UW-Madison Department of Sociology | Madison | WI | Get the Scoop: What Jobs Are Really Like Open house designed to enable students to meet and talk with workers from various industries (nursing, teaching, social work, computer science) to get more information on work and the types of jobs that align with their educational pursuits and degrees. Students seeking to learn more about career paths that don't relate at all to their degrees or who are struggling to connect their career pathway to their interests are encouraged to come! | March 14th | 1-3pm | Adrienne Pagac (pagac@wisc.edu) | Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin, Madison | ||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Unite Here! Local 23 | Richmond | VA | VCU Campus Allies are invited to join UNITE HERE Union Members at their Spring Membership Meeting. Come learn about upcoming contract negotiations with Aramark and find out how you can support the food service workers. | March 14th | 3:00 PM | Kate O'Neil (koneil@unitehere.org) | 3204 Cutshaw Ave, Richmond VA 23230 (union office) | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Georgetown Coalition for Workers' Rights | Washington | DC | Inter-Union Assembly Join the Georgetown Coalition for Workers' Rights for an inter-union assembly with dining workers, residential assistants, graduate students, facilities employees, and workers from all parts of Georgetown's campus as well as the broader DMV for a dinner and discussion about solidarity efforts and union strategies. | March 18th | 5-7pm | Alainn Hanson (ah2030@georgetown.edu) | Healey Family Student Center Herman Room, 3700 Tondorf Road NW | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Association of Flight Attendants-CWA | Washington | DC | March 19 Day of Action for United Flight Attendants at Dulles Join United flight attendants at the Dulles picket line on March 19th to tell United Management: No Concessions! The role of flight attendants as Aviation’s First Responders is critical to the safety of everyone onboard. Show solidarity with United workers as they fight for the recognition, respect, economic and quality of life improvements in their negotiations. | March 19th | 10:00 PM | Cindy Sjoquist (csjoquist@afacwa.org) | Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), 1 Saarinen Circle, Dulles, VA 20166 US | https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/march-19th-united-afa-day-of-action | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Association of Flight Attendants-CWA | Washington | DC | March 19 Day of Action for United Flight Attendants at DCA Join United flight attendants at the DCA picket line on March 19th to tell United Management: No Concessions! The role of flight attendants as Aviation’s First Responders is critical to the safety of everyone onboard. Show solidarity with United workers as they fight for the recognition, respect, economic and quality of life improvements in their negotiations. | March 19th | 12:00 PM | Cindy Sjoquist (csjoquist@afacwa.org) | Washington National Airport (DCA), 2401 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Access Rd, Arlington, VA 22202 US | https://actionnetwork.org/events/dca-march-19th-day-of-action | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Faculty and Staff from the School of Arts & Sciences, the Law School, and the School for Professional and Continuing Studies at the University of Richmond | Richmond | VA | What the Boss Doesn't Want Us to Know: Book Talk Join Olivia Geho, author of What the Boss Doesn't Want Us to Know: Discovering Power and Winning Campaigns, at the University of Richmond. for Labor Spring 2025! | March 20th | 6:00 PM | Eric Yellin (eyellin@richmond.edu) | Whitehurst Living Room | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Kalmanovitz Initiative, Georgetown University | Washington | DC | Union Screening Join the KI for a free screening of Union, a documentary chronicling the extraordinary efforts of an unlikely group of warehouse workers as they launch a grassroots union campaign at an Amazon fulfillment center. Stay after the film for a discussion and Q&A with Film Production. | March 20th | 6:30 PM | Lane Windham (lw36@georgetown.edu) | Healey Family Student Center Film Screening Room, 3700 Tondorf Road, NW | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-screening-union-tickets-1270937120139?aff=oddtdtcreator | ||||||||||||||||||
22 | UNITE HERE! Local 26 | Boston | MA | Organizing Training Organizing training for anyone who wants to learn how to organize at their workplace and with their coworkers! All workers and students are invited. | March 22nd | 2-5pm | Jon Sussman (jsussman@unitehere.org) | 52 Church St, Boston, MA 02116 | https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-F706h06lU9CbCDv_1x_elm7sGl5ZFUL95jhtPH8b_7yZoA/viewform | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | Loyola Alliance of Socialists, Loyola University Chicago | Chicago | IL | Labor Spring Join the Loyola Alliance of Socialists to learn about unionizing on campus and beyond, featuring speakers including Alyson Paige Warren (Faculty Forward Luc) and Brock Johnson (Shop Steward with the Teamsters, Loyola Alum). | March 24th | 5:00 PM | Julia Phillips (juliiaclaiire@gmail.com) | Cuneo 107 or via zoom: https://luc.zoom.us/j/82477435996 | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | Association of Flight Attendants-CWA | Arlington | VA | March 26 Day of Action for PSA Flight Attendants at Dulles Join PSA flight attendants at the Reagan picket line on March 19th to tell PSA Management: No Concessions! The role of flight attendants as Aviation’s First Responders is critical to the safety of everyone onboard. Show solidarity with United workers as they fight for the recognition, respect, economic and quality of life improvements in their negotiations. | March 26th | 11:00 AM | Cindy Sjoquist (csjoquist@afacwa.org) | Ronald Reagan Washington International Airport, 2401 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Access Rd, Arlington, VA 22202 US | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/afa-psa-march-26-day-of-action | ||||||||||||||||||
25 | College of the Holy Cross | Worcester | MA | Massachusetts Nurses Association Hospital Organizing Campaign Simulation Teach-in involving a hospital organizing simulation with the Massachusetts Nurses Association | March 27th | 7:00 PM | Liat Spiro (LNSPIRO@holycross.edu) | Hogan 406 | ||||||||||||||||||||
26 | East Side Freedom Library | St. Paul | MN | Fighting the Privatization of the Post Office: A Panel Discussion Join the East Side Freedom Library for a panel with postal workers' union leaders and their insights into how we can work together to save our post office as the Trump administration's desire to seize control of the USPS and privitize it is a threat not only to postal workers, but to all of us. | March 29th | 1-3pm | Peter Rachleff (rachleff@macalester.edu) | East Side Freedom Library at 1105 Greenbrier Street, Saint Paul, MN 55016 | https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/save-our-post-office/ | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | The Bantu Coalition (student organization), Howard University | Washington | DC | A Deep Dive Into: Black Labor Learning historical and current manifestations of the Black labor tradition and movements. Masks required. | March 31st | 5-6:30pm | @youthrevcommunity on Instagram | Shaw Library, 1630 7th St NW | ||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Labor@Wayne, Wayne State University | Detroit | MI | Persistence in the Face of Crisis: A 2025 Labor Spring Discussion Discussion with Lane Windham, an experienced organizer, educator, historian, and activist who is the Associate Director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University and the Director of the WILL Empower program. She is also the author of Knocking on Labor's Door and has nearly twenty years of experience in the union movement. | April 2nd | 12-2pm | Labor Listening Session For anyone who hates their job and is inspired by unions, join SLANG for a listening session to imagine how organized labor can benefit you and your coworkers. | Walter P Reuther Archives, 5401 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, Morgan State University | Baltimore | MD | "Big Wheel Keep on Turnin" Black Women in Africa and the Diaspora at Work graduate symposium | April 3 | 8am-7pm | Jacqueline Cozart (Jacqueline.cozart@morgan.edu) | Behavioral & Social Science Center (BSSC), Room 512 - 514 1600 Havenwood Rd, Baltimore, MD 21251 | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | https://events.morgan.edu/event/call-for-papers-exploring-women-gender-race-and-activism-in-labor | ||||||||||||||||||
30 | Labor@Wayne, Wayne State University, Fraser Center for Workplace Issues, Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State Department of History | Detroit | MI | Labor Spring Teach-In for Students and Workers Third annual teach-in for students and workers on labor and civil rights organizing & education, organized by a lcoal committee to unite workers and campuses to bolster workplace justice, racial equity, and the public good. | April 3rd | 11am-3pm | Jamie McQuaid (ge0553@wayne.edu) | Wayne State Student Center, Room Hilberry EF (2nd floor) | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | Dutchess United Educators, Dutchess Community College-SUNY | Poughkeepsie | NY | Inequality 101 What is income and wealth inequality and why does it matter? Join DUE to explore this and why other questions related to inequality in the United States. | April 3rd | 12:30-1:45am | Mehmet Kucukozer (mehmet.kucukozer@sunydutchess.edu) | Hudson 406 | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | University of Southern Maine, Dr. Charles A. Scontras Center for Labor and Community Education | Portland | ME | 3-day Labor/Climate Summit on Just Transitions In response to the urgency of the climate crisis and the calls for the immediate shut down of polluting industries such as coal plants, pipelines, and refineries, the concept of a "just transition" seeks to ensure workers' livelihood and community well-being during these shifts to a new economy, but its meaning is widely debated. The summit will include sessions on municipalism at the intersections of labor, energy, and climate justice, high quality job creation in the buildout of clean energy infrastructure, and the arts as a tool to achieving climate and social justice, in order to examine and debate the concept of a "just transition" from diverse perspectives. | April 3-5th | TBD | Matthew Emmick (matthew.emmick@maine.edu) | University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME 04103 | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | https://actionnetwork.org/events/just-transitions-summit-how-can-we-fight-the-climate-crisis-and-achieve-economic-and-social-justice?clear_id=true | ||||||||||||||||||
33 | Unite Here! Local 26, University of Massachusetts | Amherst | MA | UMass Amherst Union Organizer Training Come learn from Unite Here! Local 26 how to organize your coworkers to fight for and win a better world. | April 6th | 2-5pm | Sophia Gluskin-Braun (sgluskin-braun@local26.org) | UMass Amherst South College, Room E245 | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | |||||||||||||||||||
34 | Cornell Worker Institute, Cornell University | Ithaca | NY | Public Sector Labor Strugges, Then and Now Given the turmoil unfolding currently in the federal workforce and the ramifications for civil servants at every level of government——particularly those working in health and educational services——now would be an apt time to talk about what’s happening in terms of organizing and advocacy for public-sector workers, to help put these struggles in historical context, and to think broadly about the impact of these attacks on the public workforce and social services. This conversation with Eric Blanc, Joseph McCartin, Todd Dickey, Aurora Rojer, and MT Snyder will yield ideas about how communities, educational institutions, and labor groups might defend crucial public resources going forward. | April 8th | 4-5:30pm | Michelle Zhong Mei Chen (mzc6@cornell.edu) | Virtual Webinar | https://events.cornell.edu/event/public-sector-labor-struggles-then-and-now | |||||||||||||||||||
35 | Dutchess United Educators, Dutchess Community College-SUNY | Poughkeepsie | NY | Unions 101 Learn what unions do and how to join or start one, hear from union reps at Dutchess Community College, and learn about local organizing in the Hudson Valley! | April 10th | 12:30-1:45pm | Laura Murphy (murphy@sunydutchess.edu) | Hudson 406 | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | |||||||||||||||||||
36 | UNITE HERE Local 26, Student Labor Alliance | Providence | RI | Brown Union Organizer Training Come learn from Unite Here! Local 26 about how to organize with coworkers, to fight and win! | April 13th | 2-5pm | Sophia Gluskin-Braun (sgluskin-braun@local26.org) | Brown University, Friedman Hall, Room 108 | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | |||||||||||||||||||
37 | Center for Labor and a Just Economy, Harvard Law School | Cambridge | MA | The Future of the Democratic Party in the Fight for the Dignity of Work Former Senator Sherrod Brown, Connie Schultz, and Professor and CLJE Executive Director Sharon Block | April 14th | 12:15-1:15pm | Thea Burke (tburke@law.harvard.edu) | Wasserstein Hall, 1019, Harvard Law School | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | |||||||||||||||||||
38 | Department of Labor Studies, School of Social Work, Indiana University | Indianapolis | IN | Labor in the Time of Trump Panel with a discussion concerning the impact of Trump's Executive Orders on workers during his current administration. Featuring panelists including Joe Varga, William Mello, Patrick Hill, Patricia Linner, Armand Chevalier, and facilitator Marquita Walker. | April 15th | 11-12:30pm EST | Marquita Walker (marqwalk@iu.edu) | Virtual event | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | https://iu.zoom.us/j/84833564593 | ||||||||||||||||||
39 | College of the Holy Cross | Kensington | MD | Zoom book talk with Eric Blanc (Rutgers) on his book We Are the Union (UC Press, 2025) | April 15th | 4:00 PM | Liat Spiro (LNSPIRO@holycross.edu) | Virtual event | ||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Cornell Worker Institute, Industrial and Labor Relations School, Cornell University | Ithica | NY | Poverty Wages, 'We're Not Lovin' It': Gender, Race and Inequality Rising in the 21st Century The 2025 Alice Cook-Lois Gray Distinguished Lecture will examine this transformative moment in labor history and reflect on how it led to the latest wave of labor uprisings - at Starbucks, Amazon, Google and on college campuses. The talk will reflect on how peer-led labor history groups help workers analyze their current situations in light of the past. The honored speaker is Annelise Orleck, professor of history and co-chair of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Dartmouth College. | April 15th | 4:30 PM | Michelle Zhong Mei Chen (mzc6@cornell.edu) | ILR Conference Center, 423 King-Shaw Hall, 140 Garden Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14853 United States or via Zoom | https://www.ilr.cornell.edu/events/poverty-wages-were-not-lovin-it-gender-race-and-inequality-rising-21st-century | |||||||||||||||||||
41 | Dutchess United Educators | Poughkeepsie | NY | Union Film Screening Screening of Union, an intimate portrait of the Amazon Labor Union, a group of current and former Amazon workers taking on one of the world's largest and most powerful companies in the fight to unionize. | April 15th | 5:30 PM | Laura Murphy (murphy@sunydutchess.edu) | Hudson 406 | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | |||||||||||||||||||
42 | Cornell Worker Institute | Ithaca | NY | The NLRA Under Trump Fireside Chat with Matt Bruenig, President of the People's Policy Project | April 16th | 4:30-6 PM | Michelle Zhong Mei Chen (mzc6@cornell.edu) | IVES 281/Doherty Lounge | ||||||||||||||||||||
43 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor | MI | Organized in coordination with the CAHE's Day of Action for Higher Ed. | April 17th | 4—5:15pm | Ian Robinson (e.ian.robinson@gmail.com) | https://www.dayofactionforhighered.org/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Cornell Worker Institute | Ithaca | NY | Black Labor Organizing Matters Conversation with Michael Green, Professor at Texas A&M University School of Law. | April 22nd | 4:30-6 PM | Michelle Zhong Mei Chen (mzc6@cornell.edu) | IVES 115 | ||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Solidarity Labor Action for the Next Generation (SLANG) | Denver | CO | Labor Listening Session For anyone who hates their job and is inspired by unions, join SLANG for a listening session to imagine how organized labor can benefit you and your coworkers. | April 23rd | 5:30-7:30 PM | Len Harris (aharris@coaflcio.org) | North Classroom Building, 1200 Larimer St., Denver, CO, 80204 | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | |||||||||||||||||||
46 | Cornell Worker Institute | Ithaca | NY | The Empty Chair: Inside the Fight to Unionize Starbucks Documentary screening, followed by Starbucks Workers United panel discussion. | April 23rd | 6:00 PM | Michelle Zhong Mei Chen (mzc6@cornell.edu) | Cinemapolis, 120 E. Green St., Ithaca | ||||||||||||||||||||
47 | LAWCHA Presenting Labor and Working-Class History Committee & Global Affairs Committee | Washington | DC | Book talk with authors Titas Chakraborty & Stacy D. Fahrentholdto discuss their respective publications of Empire of Labor and Unmentionables. | April 23rd | 7:00 PM | Patrick Dixon (pmd47@georgetown.edu) | Virtual event | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | https://bit.ly/LAWCHAAprilBT | ||||||||||||||||||
48 | College of the Holy Cross | Kensington | MD | Academic Conference Day Students in HIST370 present their work related to the Homestead Strike, the Haymarket Affair, the Gilded Age & Progressive Era, US labor movements and Chinese exclusion politics. | April 24th | TBD | Liat Spiro (LNSPIRO@holycross.edu) | Virtual event | ||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Cornell Worker Institute | Ithaca | NY | Unionizing in our Own Backyard——Central and Upstate NY Panel conversation with Tracey Harrison, Vice-President of SEIU 1199 United Healthcare Workers East; Christine Johnson, President of UAW Local 2300; and Kolya Vitek, Starbucks Workers United. | April 24th | 4:30-6:00 PM | Michelle Zhong Mei Chen (mzc6@cornell.edu) | IVES 105 (and by Zoom) | ||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Pacific Northwest Labor History Association (PNLHA) | Portland | OR | Workers and Unions in a Hostile Political Environment: What Can Labor History Teach Us? Discussing how young workers organize today, with a historical analysis of unions and immigration policy, labor and the environment, and the history of race and labor in PNW industries. Keynote speaker: Dr. Will Jones (LAWCHA). | April 25th & 26th | TBD | Tom Lux (pnlha2@gmail.com) | |||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Colorado AFL-CIO | Denver | CO | Know Your Rights Training Join the Colorado AFL-CIO for a KYR training for Unions and their Members. The training will include frontline solidarity training and information about how to fight back against mass deportations. It will be facilitated by Shannon Lederer, the AFL-CIO's Director of Immigration, and Spanish translation will be available via Zoom link. Food and drink provided! | April 29th | 5:30-7 PM | Len Harris (aharris@coaflcio.org) | LiUNA! 875 Elati Street, Denver | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | |||||||||||||||||||
52 | Institute for Research on Labor & Employment, UCLA | Los Angeles | CA | Presentation and discussion with Eric Blanc of Rutgers University about his new book, We are the Union. | April 29th | TBD | Kit Smemo (ksmemo@g.ucla.edu) | |||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Somerville Stands Together (coalition of labor, environmental, and racial justice groups in the city of Somerville, MA) | Somerville | MA | Defending Justice, Solidarity, and Our Future! On April 30 residents will gather to stand in solidarity for labor rights, racial and environmental justice, and economic equality. Our meeting will be preceded by a Somerville Stands Together rally in Union Square at 5:15 pm, followed by a march to the Media Center, led by Somerville's Good Trouble Brass Band. This meeting arrives as attacks on worker protections, immigrant rights, and social justice escalate. We will unite to build a more just, inclusive, and resilient Somerville through inspiring speakers, breakout sessions, and working towards a shared vision for change. | April 30th | 6-8 PM | Tom King (tking@brandeis.edu) | Somerville Somerville Media Center, 29 Properzi Way, Somerville, MA | https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdXIio77YcPNn84eYoQPeTA5Moh4t9MD4RoUiuUInYpDT9Uyg/viewform | |||||||||||||||||||
54 | Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University, In These Times | Washington | DC | "No Time for Caution: How Labor Should Meet this Moment" Online panel discussion including Stephanie Luce (CUNY), William P. Jones (Minnesota), Gabe Winant (Chicago), Stephen Lerner (ACRE/BCG), using Stephen's recent article "For Labor, Caution is Fatal" as a jumping off point to discuss the urgent role that labor unions should play in mobilizing unionized workers as resistance. | April 30th | 7-8:30 PM ET | Alex Han (alex@inthesetimes.com) | Virtual | s/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/upcoming-webinar-no-time-for-caution-how-labor-should-meet-this-moment-tickets-1325960677079?aff=oddtdtcreator | ||||||||||||||||||
55 | Center for Labor and a Just Economy, Harvard Law School | Cambridge | MA | Labor in the Courts: How Unions Have Stood Up for Workers’ Rights During the First 100 Days Since day one of the Trump administration, the labor movement has been at the forefront of litigation on behalf of federal workers. The AFL-CIO, AFGE, AFT, AFSCME, SEIU and other unions are the plaintiffs in over a dozen lawsuits that affect hundreds of thousands of workers and every American. Join panelists including Craig Becker, Danielle Leonard, Seema Nanda, and Sharon Block to learn about the cases and where the litigation for workers’ rights is going now." | May 1st | 1:00 PM ET | Thea Burke (tburke@law.harvard.edu) | Virtual | https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HP6D4xaLS6-zFEPdsZjpAg#/registration | |||||||||||||||||||
56 | Georgetown Coalition for Workers' Rights | Georgetown | DC | May Day Solidarity Concert A social gathering for workers and students from Georgetown and the broader DMV to come together, learn about the history of May Day and its ties to the global struggle for worker solidarity, and enjoy beautiful music and words from community members. | May 1st | 3-5 PM | Fiona Naughton (ffn5@georgetown.edu) | 1239 37th St NW, Georgetown, DC, 20007 | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | |||||||||||||||||||
57 | UNITE HERE Local 25, DC Restaurant Workers Rising | Washington | DC | Large rally outside one of the prominent restaurants where workers are unionizing in DC. This will be planned in coordination with CASA and other immigration allies, as restaurant workers are overwhelmingly immigrant workers. In the lead-up, workers will speak on campuses about why they are organizing and what the companies' illegal union busting campaigns have entailed. | May 1st | 5:00 PM | Adam Yalowitz (ayalowitz@local25now.org) | TBD | https://www.instagram.com/dcculinaryunion/ | |||||||||||||||||||
58 | Dartmouth College, Hop Film | Hanover | NH | Union Screening Screening of the 2022 documentary Union, about a group of current and former Amazon workers in New York City's Staten Island as they challenge one of the world's largest companies in a unionization battle. Discussion follows with director Brett Story and Professor Max Fraser. | May 1st | TBD | Max Fraser (max.fraser@dartmouth.edu) | Hopkins Center for the Arts 4 East Wheelock Street Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 03755 | https://hop.dartmouth.edu/events/union | |||||||||||||||||||
59 | Dartmouth College Department of History | Hanover | NH | New Horizons, Present Challenges A conversation about organizing on campus and beyond in the age of Trump, featuring Brett Story (the director of Union), as well as panelists from SWCD, GOLD, and DCLWU as they address the history of campus-based labor activism and the current challenges to organizing on campus and beyond. | May 2nd | 5:00 PM | Max Fraser (max.fraser@dartmouth.edu) | Filene Auditorium | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/101KFB3XONqHFdgb8Vok3Z1Rz5PiWdKw5 | ||||||||||||||||||
60 | UCLA Institute for Research on Labor & Employment | Los Angeles | CA | Cedric De Leon, Professor of Sociology and Labor Studies at UMass-Amherst, will be discussing his new book Freedom Train: Black Politics & the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity. | May 7th | 1-2:30 PM | Kit Smemo (ksmemo@g.ucla.edu) | TBD | ||||||||||||||||||||
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