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Winter Quarter 2010
| DATE | TIME | LOCATION | EVENT DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday February 5 |
4:00pm | Communications, Room 120, UW Seattle | Jack O'Dell and Nikhil Pal Singh (New York University) will discuss their recent collaboration on Climbin' Jacob's Ladder: The Black Freedom Movement Writings of Jack O'Dell (University of California Press, 2010) and the course of the black freedom movement in the twentieth century. Sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities, Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest, Hilen Endowment for American Literature and Culture, and Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, UW-Bothell. |
| Tuesday February 9 |
3:30pm-5:00pm | Communications, Room 120, UW Seattle | Professor Gina Neff, UW Department of Communication, will present on the topic Media Labor in the Age of YouTube. Part of a series of seminars sponsored by the Labor, Knowledge and the Economy Working Group. |
| Tuesday February 23 |
4:00pm reception; 4:30pm program | University of Washington Club, Seattle | Forum: Faculty Unionization featuring Gary Rhoades, General Secretary, American Association of University Professors. Part of a series of seminars sponsored by the Labor, Knowledge and the Economy Working Group. |
| Tuesday February 23 |
6pm | William H. Gates Hall (LAW), Room 138, UW Seattle | Baltasar Garzón, the esteemed Spanish judge and human rights advocate, will speak on Human Rights and Historical Memory. For more information, contact Prof. Tony Geist (tgeist@uw.edu, 206-543-2022). |
| Thursday February 25 |
12:30-1:20 pm | Health Science Building, D-209, UW Seattle | Garrett Brown, MPH, CIH, Coordinator of the Maquiladora Health and Safety Support Network and Compliance Officer for CalOSHA, will speak on Why global supply chains are full of sweatshops... and how we can end them. For more information, visit http://mhssn.igc.org/. |
| Thursday April 8 |
TBD | TBD, UW Seattle | Professor Manuel Castells, Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication, University of the Southern California, will speak on the topic "Social Mobilization in the Information Age." Part of a series of seminars sponsored by the Labor, Knowledge and the Economy Working Group. |
Past Events
Winter Quarter 2010
| DATE | TIME | LOCATION | EVENT DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday January 12 |
Reception, 6:30pm Program, 7:00pm-9:00pm |
University of Washington Club, Seattle | Forum: Labor Futures: 2010 and Beyond: The Road Ahead for Organized Labor featuring David Freiboth (MLKing County Labor Council), David Rolf (SEIU 775), Gina Neff (UW Communication), James Gregory (Bridges Chair in Labor Studies), and Dan Jacoby (UW Bothell). Part of a series of seminars sponsored by the Labor, Knowledge and the Economy Working Group. |
| Thursday January 14 |
3:30pm-5:00pm | University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle | John Duda, editor of Wanted: Men to Fill the Jails of Spokane - Fighting for Free Speech with the Hobo Agitators of the Industrial Workers of the World (Charles H. Kerr, 2009), will be on hand to discuss and sign his new book. |
| Thursday January 14 |
7:00pm-9:00pm | Museum of History and Industry 2700 24th Ave E Seattle, WA 98112 |
Film: Butte, America: The Saga of a Hard Rock Mining Town A deeply moving human tale that captures the lives of Butte, Montana's miners, their families and the community as they faced hardship and danger, the film touches on issues of organized labor, the Irish immigrants who came in great numbers, the role of women and the environmental devastation. Producer and director Pam Roberts and writer Edwin Dobb will speak following the screening. |
| Thursday January 21 |
5:00pm | Communications 120 | David Roediger (History and African American Studies, University of Illinois) will speak on "Race and the Management of Labor in US History." For a flier, click here. |
| Tuesday January 26 |
3:30-5:00pm | Smith Hall, Room 311, UW Seattle | Professor JW Harrington, UW Department of Geography, will present on the topic Individualization of Risk among Software Professionals. Part of a series of seminars sponsored by the Labor, Knowledge and the Economy Working Group. |
| Thursday January 28 |
12:00pm-1:30pm | Forum (Room 309), Parrington Hall, UW Seattle | Professor Richard Locke, Department of Political Science - MIT, will present on the topic Justice Beyond Compliance: Improving Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains. |
| Tuesday February 2 |
12:00pm-1:30pm | Smith Hall, Room 109, UW Seattle | Professor Amy Hagopian, UW Department of Global Health, will present on the topic How U.S. Policy Lures Physicians from Low-Income Countries to Practice in Underserved Communities. Part of a series of seminars sponsored by the Labor, Knowledge and the Economy Working Group. |
Fall Quarter 2009
| DATE | TIME | LOCATION | EVENT DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday October 5 |
3:30pm | Communications 226, UW Seattle | Kent Wong will present the book project "Underground Undergrads: Undocumented UCLA Immigrant Students Speak Out." Wong is Director of the Center for Labor Research and Education at UCLA, where he teaches Labor Studies and Asian American Studies. To view a flier, click here. |
| Thursday October 29 |
4:30pm | Forum (Rm. 309), Parrington Hall, UW Seattle | Marilyn P. Watkins, Ph. D and Gabriel Nishimura (Masters candidate, UW School of Social Work) will present the Economic Opportunity Institute's recent report, Losing By Degrees: Rising Costs and Public Disinvestment in Higher Education. |
| Tuesday November 10 |
7:00pm | Gowen Hall Room 301, UW Seattle |
Lives, History, Memory: The Spanish Civil War 70 Years After A screening of Lincoln Brigade veteran Abe Osheroff's award-winning 1974 personal documentary, Dreams and Nightmares , about the ideals and experiences that led him to volunteer to defend the Spanish Republic. The film will be followed by a panel discussion with Anthony Geist (Spanish & Portuguese, UW), Mark Jenkins (Drama, UW) and Peter Carroll (Chair of the Board of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives). Free and Open to the public. |
| Wednesday November 11 |
7:30pm | Kane Hall Room 220, UW Seattle |
Lives, History, Memory: The Spanish Civil War 70 Years After As part of the Seattle Arts and Lectures Wednesday University series, "Art, Dissent and Social Change," Drama Professor Mark Jenkins will discuss and present scenes from his new play, From Seasons Such As These, based on the true story of a UW student who volunteered, fought, and died in the Spanish Civil War ($20 at the door) . More info at http://www.lectures.org |
| Thursday November 12 |
7:00pm | Gowen Hall Room 301, UW Seattle |
Lives, History, Memory: The Spanish Civil War 70 Years After Peter Carroll will speak on the complex relationship between Ernest Hemingway and the American volunteers, both during and after the war. Carroll's 1994 classic, The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, established him as the leading authority on the topic. Free and open to the public. |
| Sunday November 15 |
5:00-8:00pm | Walker Ames Room Kane Hall, UW Seattle |
2009 Bridges Center Annual Awards Celebration. Due to past high attendance, we are asking that people reserve tickets in advance, free of charge. Please reserve your free tickets today by contacting the Bridges Center at (206) 543-7946 or pcls@u.washington.edu. Tickets will also be available at the door. |
| Tuesday November 17 |
3:30pm-5pm | Room 311, Smith Hall, UW Seattle | Professor and former Bridges Chair Dan Jacoby will present on the topic "Graduate Student Unions and the Apprenticeship Metaphor: How do we think about academic labor?" The first in a series of seminars sponsored by the Labor, Knowledge and the Economy Working Group. |
| Wednesday November 18 |
6:30pm | William Phillip Hall, Student Lounge, UW Tacoma | Hard-Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People: Songs from the Great Depression to the Great Recession, a concert featuring the songs of protest and resistance by heroes to hard times. Performances include Darryl Holter, Los Angeles recording artist and labor studies faculty, University of Southern California; and Michael Honey and Steve DeTray, UW Tacoma professors of labor and non-profit studies. |
| Thursday December 3 |
7:00pm-9:00pm | Museum of History and Industry 2700 24th Ave E Seattle, WA 98112 |
In partnership with the Museum of History and Industry and the Young Professionals International network (YPIN), we commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Seattle 1999 WTO Protests with a special screening of the film, This is What Democracy Looks Like. A panel featuring Verlene Jones (MLKing County Labor Council), Matthew Sparke (UW Geography), and others will follow.. |
| Thursday December 10 |
7:00pm-8:30pm | Henry Art Gallery 15th Ave NE & NE 41st St, Seattle, WA 98195 |
Film: Argentina: Hope in Hard Times Seattle filmmakers Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young document creative and inspiring grassroots effort to rebuild communities in the aftermath of Argentina’s 2001 economic collapse. Join in the processions and protests, attend street-corner neighborhood assemblies, visit workers' cooperatives and urban gardens, and take a close-up look at Argentines who are picking up the pieces of their devastated economy and creating new possibilities for the future. Filmmakers Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young will be in attendance for a post-screening Q & A. |
| Thursday December 17 |
7:00pm-8:30pm | Henry Art Gallery 15th Ave NE & NE 41st St, Seattle, WA 98195 |
Film: The Yes Men Yes Men Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno parody the official website of the World Trade Organization with a mock site so convincing that visitors miss the ruse and start sending event invitations. With poker-faced impersonation as their weapon and corporate irresponsibility as their target, the Yes Men pull off a series of increasingly bold pranks. |
Spring Quarter 2009
| DATE | TIME | LOCATION | EVENT DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday April 9 2009 |
7pm - 9pm | Seattle Labor Temple, Hall 8, 2800 1st Ave, Seattle | What should fair U.S. trade and immigration policies include, and what should the future of NAFTA and similar agreements look like? Join us for Let Us Eat! Food Security, Trade and Migration in the U.S. and Mexico as NAFTA Turns 15 a panel of civic leaders and community members to look at the impacts of trade and immigration policies on communities in the US, Mexico and beyond. Small group discussions (facilitated by panelists plus other local community leaders) will further explore the roots of migration and the various social movements for food sovereignty and trade justice in our communities. |
| Tuesday April 28 2009 |
1:30pm - 3:30pm | Gowen Hall 1A UW Seattle campus |
Dr. Greg Mallory will discuss Rebels Within the Rebellion: A Comparative Biographical Study of the Leadership of Harry Bridges, Ted Roach and Jack Mundey. Dr. Greg Mallory, from the Department of Employment Relations at Griffith University Brisbane, Australia, will discuss the industrial and political impact of three prominent twentieth century trade union leaders Harry Bridges, Ted Roach and Jack Mundey. Employing a comparative biographical case study approach, the paper will evaluate the significance of their leadership and influence in the industrial and political wing of their respective labour movements and in particular examines 'critical junctures' in their leadership. It will further explore their role as leaders of broader social movements. |
| Thursday May 14 2009 |
6:00-8:30pm | Carwein Auditorium, UW Tacoma | An evening with the Republic Windows Workers of the reknowned UE Sit-Down Strike in Chicago. The workers will be joined by singer Bettie Mae Fikes, musician and civil-rights activist. |
| Wednesday May 20 2009 |
5pm | Seattle Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave, Seattle | Bill Fletcher, Jr., will discuss Building a Labor Movement with Change We Can Believe In. Co-author of Solidarity Divided (UC Press, 2008), Fletcher is co-founder of the Center for Labor Renewal, a columnist, and a long-time activist. He served as President of TransAfrica Forum and was formerly the Education Director and later Assistant to the President of the AFL-CIO. |
| Thursday May 21 2009 |
1:30pm | University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle | Bill Fletcher, Jr., co-author of Solidarity Divided (UC Press, 2008), will be on hand to discuss and sign his new book. |
| Friday May 29 2009 |
3:30pm | Smith Hall 105 UW Seattle campus |
The Bridges Center and The Center for Global Studies, Henry M. Jackson School for International Studies a present special book launch for Building Ships, Building a Nation: Korea's Democratic Unionism under Park Chung Hee by Prof. Hwasook Nam (UW, History and International Studies). The book examines the rise and fall, during the rule of Park Chung Hee (1961-79), of the combative labor union at the Korea Shipbuilding and Engineering Corporation (KSCE), which was Korea’s largest and most advanced shipyard until Hyundai appeared on the scene in the early 1970s. |
| Friday and Saturday June 12-13 2009 |
- | Seattle Labor Temple | When Workers Rise: 2009 Labor History Conference, the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association's 41st annual conference presented in collaboration with the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, University of Washington, and with support from the Pacific Maritime History Committee, SPEEA, IFPTE Local 2001, and SEIU 1199NW. Highlights include author David Kusnet (Love the Work, Hate the Job) and scholar Harvey Schwartz (Solidarity Stories: An Oral History of the ILWU). |
Winter Quarter 2009
| DATE | TIME | LOCATION | EVENT DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday Jan. 8 2009 |
4:30pm | Loew 113 UW Seattle campus |
Prof. Peter Turnbull will give a talk titled Market Liberalization and Labor in the European Union: Tales from the Transport Sector. Drawing upon his scholarship and experience with ports and civil aviation, Turnbull professor of Human Resource Management Labour Relations at Cardiff Business School, UK, will discuss the process of market liberalization as it has played out in the European Union. What strategies have EU officials pursued, and how have unions responded? Co-sponsored by the Jackson School EU Center. |
| Wednesday January 28 2009 |
12pm | Native American Room, Ethnic Cultural Center 3931 Brooklyn Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98125 |
Nationally recognized author and photo-journalist David Bacon will discuss his most recent book, Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants (Beacon Press, 2008). |
| Friday February 6 2009 |
1:30pm - 3:00pm | Condon Hall 311, UW campus, Seattle | Howard Kimeldorf (Sociology, University of Michigan), author of Battling for American Labor and Reds or Rackets? will present a talk entitled "Rethinking American Labor." Long regarded as "exceptional" and conservative in comparison to its European counterparts, Kimeldorf will argue that American labor exhibits a common syndicalist organizational logic defined by worker self-activity and direct economic action. |
| Saturday Feb. 7 2009 |
1pm - 5pm | Seattle Labor Temple | Union members, students, scholars, musicians, and community organizers will come together at Seattle's Labor Temple to mark the 90th anniversary of the 1919 Seattle General Strike. Presentations and performances will revisit the event, followed by discussions of the strike’s legacy for today. »READ MORE and VIEW ON-LINE VIDEO |
| Wednesday February 25 2009 |
7pm (Doors at 6:30pm) | Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, 104 17th Ave. S. (between E. Yesler Way and S. Washington St.), Seattle | Dr. Kimberley L. Phillips will present "Will the Battlefield Kill Jim Crow?": Black Freedom Struggles in the Korean War Epoch . To commemorate Black History Month and Wing Luke Asian Museum’s exhibit, “Still Present Pasts: Korean Americans and the 'Forgotten War,'" Dr. Phillips will address the tensions and contradictions of nonviolent struggles for freedom and racial justice and African Americans' participation in U.S. military campaigns in Asia. |
| Friday March 27 2009 |
3:45pm | Room 2AB, WA State Convention Center, Seattle |
Ian Ruskin will perform From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Dock, his famed one-man play on the life and times of Harry Bridges, as part of the Organization of American Historians National Conference. Followed by a reception with free snacks and a no-host bar. Co-sponsored by the Labor and Working-Class History Association and the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association. More information available at the OAH conference website. |
| Saturday March 28 2009 |
12:15pm | WA State Convention Center, Seattle | James Gregory, Harry Bridges Chair in Labor Studies, will present Teaching a City its Civil Rights History: The Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project. Co-sponsored by the Labor and Working-Class History Association. More information available at the OAH conference website. |
Fall Quarter 2008
| DATE | TIME | LOCATION | EVENT DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday Oct. 20 2008 |
5:30pm - 7:30pm | Thomson Hall 101 |
Carlos Euceda of the Mexico Solidarity Network (MSN) will address the United States' new "Plan Mexico" (also known as the Mèrida Initiative), explaining the implications it will have on many aspects of life in both Mexico and the United States. |
| Wednesday Oct. 29 2008 |
7pm | Thompson Hall, Room 101 |
Gustavo Vilchis, a journalist from Mexico, will speak about the book Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca, and discuss the experiences of Oaxacan organizers, who brought together labor, indigenous, women's, youth, and neighborhood organizations to build a powerful movement for democracy and accountability. |
| Thursday Oct. 30 2008 |
12:30pm - 1:30pm | Gowen Hall 1A |
Prof. John Hammerback will discuss how César Chávez’s style of speech sparked startling transformation of some audiences and persuasion of others, inducing many audience members to support his agenda for union activism. |
| Thursday Nov. 6 2008 |
7pm - 9pm | UW, Ethnic Cultural Theatre |
Film: Present In All That We Do In 1907, more than two-hundred South Asian workers in Bellingham, WA were violently expelled from the city by a mob of white workers. One hundred years later hostility towards non-white immigrants in Bellingham continues. How have the events of 1907 shaped Bellingham as we know it in 2007? What has changed and what remains the same? In asking these questions, this film seeks to embody James Baldwin’s conviction that “history is literally present in all that we do.” |
| Wednesday Nov. 12, 2008 |
7:00pm | University Bookstore | Van Jones, founder of Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Color of Change, will discuss his new book, The Green Collar Economy |
| Tuesday Nov. 18, 2008 |
7:00pm | Bagley Hall Room 154 UW Seattle |
Film: Made in L.A. w/Director Almudena Carracedo The Emmy-winning film follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from a mega-trendy clothing retailer. |
| Wednesday Nov. 19, 2008 |
6:30pm | Longshore Hall 1710 S. Market Street Tacoma, WA |
Film: Made in L.A. w/Director Almudena Carracedo The Emmy-winning film follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from a mega-trendy clothing retailer. |
| Thursday Nov. 20 2008 |
5:00pm - 8:00pm | Walker Ames Room Kane Hall |
Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies Annual Awards Celebration |
| Monday Nov. 24 2008 |
2:30pm - 3:30pm | Communications Room 202 |
Elmer Labog, renowned Philippine labor leader In Seattle as part of North American speaking tour, Labog will speak to students and others at the UW. He has worked full-time for the Kilusang Mayo Uno (May First Movement), the largest and most militant labor center in the Philippines, for the past twenty five years, and he became its chairperson in 2003. He has given speeches in labor conferences in Thailand, Australia, Korea, South Africa, India, Turkey, Taiwan, and Canada. |
Spring Quarter 2008
| Saturday June 21 2008 |
9:00am - 4:00pm | Mary Gates Hall Commons |
In 1999, labor leaders and environmentalists, united by their common opposition to the policies of the World Trade Organization, came together to form the Blue-Green Alliance. On June 21st, 2008 at the University of Washington, the Blue-Green Alliance brought these two groups together again, this time with a common vision, for the Good, Green Jobs conference. Co-hosted by the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, the conference posed the question of working people in new "green" industries. »READ MORE and VIEW ON-LINE VIDEO |
Winter Quarter 2008
| Wednesday Feb. 27, 2008 |
7:00pm | UW Tacoma Birmingham Hay & Seed Building, Room 106 |
During Black History Month 2008, February 25-27, Reverend James Lawson visited Tacoma, WA to engage in scholarly work and dialogue with students, faculty and the religious and labor community. »READ MORE and VIEW ON-LINE VIDEO |