Labor Center

  1. Events
  2. Labor Center

Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age

IRLE Director's Room 2521 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

Join us for a conversation with organizer Jane McAlevey to talk about her new book, No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age. Drawing upon her experience as a scholar and longtime organizer in the student, environmental, and labor movements, McAlevey examines cases from labor unions and social movements to pinpoint the factors

In the Fields of the North / En los campos del norte: Book Talk with David Bacon

IRLE Director's Room 2521 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

Please join us for a conversation with activist and photographer David Bacon to talk about his new book, In the fields of the North / En los compos del norte. In this landmark work of photo-journalism, Bacon documents the experiences of some of the hardest-working and most disenfranchised laborers in the country: the farmworkers who

2017 C.L. Dellums African American Leadership School

This event is co-sponsored by the Contra Costa Labor Council The goal of the C.L. Dellums African American Leadership School is to train union and community members active in the Black community so they can strengthen relationships between the Black community and the labor movement. This year’s program will focus on Black workers and the

Transnational Cooperation on Illicit Financial Flows out of Africa

IRLE Director's Room 2521 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

A delegation hosted by the AFL-CIO Solidarity Center. In 2015, Thabo Mbeki commissioned a high level report on Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) from Africa. The report indicated that over $50 billion in IFFs leaves Africa annually, an amount nearly equal to the official development assistance sent to the continent each year. IFFs are of particular

The Long Ride: Film Screening & Director Talk

LeConte Hall at UC Berkeley Room 4, Le Conte Hall

class="featuredimage"> https://youtu.be/GFQ34Ko-d5E   Cosponsored by AFSCME Local 3299 and the UC Berkeley Multicultural Immigrant Student Program (MISP)   The Long Ride chronicles the historic 2003 Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride and follows the progress and setbacks as immigration rights activists seek justice for immigrant workers and push for passage of comprehensive immigration reform. With the Freedom Riders

In a Field of Patriarchy: Gender Politics and Freedom Dreams During the United Farm Worker Movement

IRLE Director's Room 2521 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

Absent in farmworker historiographies are the voices of farmworker women who speak of patriarchal and racialized exploitation in post World War II California. For many, patriarchal power originated in domestic violence, strict gender roles and autonomy-denying social conditions. Using original oral interviews, this presentation foregrounds the patriarchal relations within the Mexican farmworker community, and traces

Labor in the Climate Transition: Charting the Roadmap for 2019 and Beyond

The David Brower Center 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

  The UC Berkeley Labor Center is hosting a conference on September 12, 2018, at the David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley, immediately prior to the start of the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco. Reason for conference: California and the world must take major steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect our

From Coors to California: David Sickler and the New Working Class

IRLE Director's Room 2521 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

Join us for a conversation with David Sickler, one of the most creative and successful union organizers in the country. Starting out working on an assembly line in Colorado’s Coors Brewery, Sickler went on to lead breakthrough campaigns that transformed the US labor movement and to become an influential labor advocate within Los Angeles City

The Relationship Between Union Membership and Net Fiscal Impact

IRLE Director's Room 2521 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

What is the net fiscal impact of an individual's union membership status? What is the effect on taxes they pay and cost of public benefits they receive? Using data from the Current Population Survey, this talk will present evidence on how labor relations interact with public economics, suggesting that union membership has a positive net