Events
May 01, 2006
May Day Rally in Champaign
Join the new Champaign-Urbana chapter of Jobs with Justice in a celebration of International Workers Day, May 1st, on the University of Illinois Quad. The rally begins at 12 noon and will feature speakers from a variety of local labor organizations, labor historians, and grassroots activists.
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March 19, 2006
Reclaiming the Ivory Tower: March 31st, 3:30 PM
Reclaiming the Ivory Tower: Organizing Adjuncts to Change Higher Education
Friday, March 31, 2006
3:30-4:30 PM
Join author, activist, and labor educator Joe Berry for a lively discussion about organizing contingent academic workers and what adjunct faculty unions mean for the future of higher education.
Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations
504 E. Armory Ave, Champaign
Reception to Follow
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March 15, 2006
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February 23, 2006
Slavery: Still With Us
Criminal Trafficking and Slavery: A Global Problem
February 23, 2006
Thursday 7:30 PM
Third Floor, Levis Faculty Center
919 West Illinois Street, Urbana
Susan Forbes Martin of the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University
Criminal trafficking and slavery are growing national, regional, and global problems yet they are much-neglected subjects in academia and public policy. Susan Martin explores the global dimensions of the trafficking and slavery problem, evaluates measures being taken to address these criminal activities, and advances recommendations about what could feasibly be done to diminish and eradicate these practices and to assist the affected victims.
For more information:
www.cas.uiuc.edu
217.333.1118
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February 07, 2006
Labor and the Humanities
Labor and the Humanities: Prospects and Possibilities
February 7, 2006. 3:30 PM
Humanities Lecture Hall, IPRH
805 West Pennsylvania Avenue, Urbana, Illinois
Join a panel of scholars and activits for a discussion of questions such as:
- What does the labor force in the humanities look like today?
- What are the pressing problems in the humanities market?
- Can unionization redress the inequities plaguing the humanities today?
- What can we learn from current labor struggles, most notably the recent NYU strike?
Participants:
Antoinette Burton (History)
Pedro Caban (Institute of Communications Research, African American Studies and Research Program)
Dave Morris (English, Co-President Graduate Employee Organization, AFT Local 6300)
Cary Nelson (English)
Chair:
John Marsh (English, IPRH)
Sponsored by the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH)
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