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Register Online for the 2012 UALE Conference

Tess Ewing — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:15:42 -0500

You can also join or renew your UALE membership on the same registration page.

Final schedule for UALE Conference in Pittsburgh is now available on web

Tess Ewing — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:21:16 -0500

The final schedule for presentations at the UALE 2012 Pittsburgh conference is now on the web. The current version is as of February 3, 2012. Click here to go to the Conference page. Acceptance messages ave gone out to presenters.

If you are presenting at the conference, please take a look and make sure that your presentation is correctly listed.

UALE endorses Occupy Wall Street Movement

Tess Ewing — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:00:39 -0400

UALE endorses the extraordinary movement of students, workers, families, the employed and unemployed, and people across the political spectrum who have joined the demonstrations called Occupy Wall Street. We agree that now is the right time to protest what Wall Street has done to our society, specifically our jobs, wages, savings, healthcare, retirement, educational system and physical infrastructure. As labor educators, we have studied and taught the realities of growing inequality for many years. We are happy to accept the challenge to our teaching practice raised by OWS and the worldwide movement of which it is a part.

Study Labour and Globalization in South Africa

Tess Ewing — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:48:17 -0400

The Global Labour University (GLU) is inviting trade unionist and labour activists to apply for a specialised Master programmes on 'Labour and Globalization' at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa.

WI Senate passes anti-union legislation

Tess Ewing — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:20:25 -0500

The Republican Senate in Wisconsin has passed the anti-union provisions of the budget repair bill. They did so by voting on the anti-union provisions separately, thus avoiding the quorum requirement that goes along with a fiscal bill.

Helmut Golatz Assistantship: Financial Aid Available for Labor-Oriented Student, Penn State

Tess Ewing — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:18:32 -0500

Penn State University’s Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations is accepting applications for a two-year Graduate Assistantship for a student interested in pursuing a M.S. in HRER beginning Fall 2011.

Letter Campaign to Restore Funding to Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies

Tess Ewing — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:12:28 -0400

The Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies of CUNY has suffered severe budget cuts this year: $250,000 from the New York City Council and nearly $200,000 from the State.

To restore funding, the Murphy Institute is launching a campaign and calling upon their constituents and supporters for help. The campaign begins with letters to the Governor and Mayor.

New Member Benefit: Reduced rate sub to New Labor Forum

Tess Ewing — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:16:23 -0400

UALE is happy to announce that our members, both individual and institutional, are now eligible to subscribe to New Labor Forum at a special reduced rate.