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The Southwest Labor Studies Association (SWLSA) is an organization of
academics, labor unionists, and community activists. The purpose of the
SWLSA is to explore and promote public understanding of both the labor
movement’s heritage and current undertakings, and of workers’
experiences on the job and in the community.
Around the linked themes "Building Labor Communities from the
Neighborhood to the World" and "Moving Beyond the Open Shop and the
Employers’ Open Door" the SWLSA will convene its Twenty-Sixth Annual
Meeting May 4-6, 2000 at California State University, Long Beach in Long
Beach, California. Scholarly papers and talks addressing either or both
of themes in tandem will be presented. Presentations on other themes of
labor, work, and community are also invited. Students, teachers, college &
university professors, labor-union & community activists, and public
policymakers are encouraged to participate. The Conference Program
Committee solicits proposals from prospective participants. Proposals
should be submitted (in duplicate or by email) to Professor Luis Arroyo,
Department of Chicano & Latino Studies, CSULB, 1250 Bellflower Blvd.,
Long Beach, CA 90840-1004; llarroyo@csulb.edu.
Proposal deadline is November 1, 1999. Prospective participants may
submit proposals as individuals or panels. The committee will consider
proposals that include (1) an abstract of paper/talk of 200 words
(preferred) to a maximum of one page, and (2) a brief biographical statement or resume for each presenter.
Topic areas may include (but are not limited to):
Transnationalism: Global & Regional Economies
Industrial Relations in Global & National Contexts
Teaching Labor in the Public Schools Workers: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Age, Nationality
Labor Culture & the Media Technology’s Impact on Workers, Work, Unions
Labor Struggles, Past & Present Labor Politics, Legislation, & Arbitration
Informal Sector, Casual & Forced Labor Local, Regional & Global Work Forces
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