Is Conventional Trade Unionism Obsolete?

Please join us for a talk by Stephen Lerner of the Service Employees International Union, “Is Conventional Trade Unionism Obsolete?”
Lerner is an architect of the groundbreaking Justice for Janitors campaign. He has been a union strategist for more than three decades and writes frequently for both the mainstream press and scholarly publications. He currently directs the SEIU’s effort to hold banks and other financial institutions accountable for their employment effects on our economy and workplace.

The talk, and subsequent discussion, is part of the History 294: Colloquium in Work, Labor, and Political Economy, 2010-2011 lecture series.

The Colloquium meets on Friday, December 3, at 1 p.m. in 4041 Humanities and Social Science Building.

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