Labor Education Programs at LER
Hosts the 2011 conference of the
June 22-25
University of Illinois-Chicago
UIC Student Center East
750 S. Halsted
Photos (taken by Peter Love) may be found on the Labor Education Program – University of Illinois’ Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Labor-Education-Program-University-of-Illinois/93566669048
Link to David Moberg’s article, “Middle Class? Working Class? What’s the Difference” which is based on one of the panels at the WCSA conference: http://www.inthesetimes.com/working/entry/11576/middle_class_working_class_differences_words_make/
Link to Lita Kurth’s article “This is What Religion Looks Like” on another conference panel in Tikkun Daily at http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2011/07/31/this-is-what-religion-looks-like/
Link to WCSA President Nick Coles’ report on the conference, “We’re on To Something,” on the Working-Class Perspectives blog at http://workingclassstudies.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/were-on-to-something-reflections-on-the-wcsa-conference/#comments
Special thanks to our conference co-sponsors:
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Illinois Council 31, American Federation of State, |
Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives, Michigan State University |
SEIU HealthCare, Illinois-Indiana |
Labor Education Center, DePaul University |
Center for Working-Class Studies, Youngstown State University |
Local 150, International Union of Operating Engineers |
Mansfield Institute for Social Justice & Transformation, |
Local 881, United Food and Commercial Workers |
Geography, DePaul University |
Local 9, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers |
American Studies & History, Dominican University |
Geography, Chicago State University |
Labor & Working-Class Studies Project, University of Wisconsin |
Teamsters Joint Council, No. 25 |
Working Class Studies Association |
International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees |
Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters |
SEIU Illinois Council |