EventsJuly 28, 2009Archie Green Memorial EventWe invite you to a memorial honoring Archie Green-union man, laborlore scholar, folklife advocate, and master teacher-the evening of Monday, September 14, 2009, in the Wagner Education Center, School of Labor and Employment Relations, University of Illinois, 504 East Armory Street, Champaign. The formal program will run from 7 to 9 pm, with a reception and refreshments afterward.
Posted by IRX at 2:50 PM April 28, 2007JwJ May Day CelebrationMay Day / Workers Memorial Solidarity Day Location tenatively at Illinois Disciples Foundation ( North-West corner of Springfield and Wright st., Champaign). Featuring the music of Anne Feeney and other local musicians. Read the full post on this event. Posted by at 11:43 AM April 9, 2007CIW in C-UThe Coalition of Immokalee Workers Visit Champaign-Urbana, April 9-10 1. Presentation and Discussion 2. Presentation and Discussion 3. Demonstrations in Chicago at McDonalds Headquarters, April 13-14, buses Posted by at 5:20 PM March 29, 2007Behind the Golden ArchesCOALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS – “Behind the Golden Arches” on What else goes into a Big Mac? A salad? Come see this documentary presentation and discussion focusing on conditions in the fields for America’s deeply impoverished, mostly immigrant tomato pickers and the struggles of these workers to improve their lives. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a farm worker organization, is asking McDonald’s to pay a penny a pound more for its tomatoes, as Taco Bell agreed to do in 2005. McDonald’s is refusing. Come hear the Immokalee Workers’ plan, and how you can help. For more information, please visit www.ciw-online.org Posted by at 7:15 PM March 26, 2007Hull House Labor Film Series: Dirty Pretty ThingsJane Addams Hull-House Museum Labor Film Series: Monday, March 26th, 2007 5:00 PM Free Movie, Free Pizza and Conversation with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers Dirty Pretty Things is an Oscar nominated dark comedy by Stephen Frears about immigration and labor that is gripping, suspenseful and romantic. March 26th, 2007 Call 312 413 5353 5:00 PM Pizza Served Dirty Pretty Things Coalition of Immokalee Workers The CIW is a community-based worker organization, whose members are largely Latino, Haitian, and Mayan Indian immigrants working in low-wage jobs throughout the state of Florida. The CIW strives to build strength as a community on a basis of reflection, analysis, and constant attention to coalition building across ethnic divisions. The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum is part of the College of Architecture and the Arts at UIC and serves as a dynamic memorial to social reformer and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Jane Addams (1860-1935) and other resident social reformers whose work influenced the lives of their immigrant neighbors as well as national and international public policy. The Museum and its programs make connections between the work of Hull-House residents and important contemporary social issues. More information about the museum and its programs can be found at www.hullhousemuseum.org. Posted by at 1:43 PM January 31, 2007Lecture: "The New Immigrant Workforce"Eliseo Medina, Vice-President, Service Employees International Union, Washington, DC will give a public lecture, "The New Immigrant Work Force: Unions, Community and the American Dream" on Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Third Floor, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois, Urbana. For further information, please call the Center for Advanced Study Office, 3-6729, or consult http://www.cas.uiuc.edu. All CAS/MillerComm lectures are free and open to the public. Eliseo Medina will be a guest on WILL-AM's call-in talk show, FOCUS-580, during the 11:00 a.m. segment on Wednesday, January 31, 2007. Posted by at 7:30 PM January 13, 2007Meeting: Jobs with Justice Steering CommitteeThe next Steering Committee Meeting of the Central Illinois Jobs with Justice will be 10 AM, January 13, at the Illinois Disciples Foundation, Springfield and Wright. For more information, contact Bob Naiman (naiman.uiuc@gmail.com) Posted by at 10:00 AM November 4, 2006Jobs with Justice Leader to Speak in C-U, Nov. 4James Thindwa, Executive Director of Chicago Jobs with Justice, will be the featured speaker at the Illinois Disciples Foundation Annual Fall Dinner, Saturday, November 4th. Doors open at 5pm. Dinner tickets are $20. Raffle tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. Call 352-8721 or email tayabji@shout.net for more information. Thindwa will give a talk entitled "Intersecting Workers Rights, Living Wages and Undocumented Immigration." Chicago Jobs with Justice was very involved in the campaign for the "big box" living wage ordinance passed by the city council in Chicago, which was vetoed by Mayor Daley. The council narrowly sustained the veto. Sponsors of the measure have vowed to keep pressing on the issue. Tickets will be available at the Steering Committee meeting Saturday. Posted by at 7:02 PM May 1, 2006May Day Rally in ChampaignJoin 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. Posted by at 11:47 AM March 19, 2006Reclaiming the Ivory Tower: March 31st, 3:30 PMReclaiming the Ivory Tower: Organizing Adjuncts to Change Higher Education 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 Posted by at 11:14 PM February 23, 2006Slavery: Still With UsCriminal Trafficking and Slavery: A Global Problem February 23, 2006 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: Posted by at 7:30 PM February 7, 2006Labor and the HumanitiesLabor and the Humanities: Prospects and Possibilities February 7, 2006. 3:30 PM 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? Participants: Sponsored by the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) Posted by at 3:30 PM |
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