Unions

Audio interview with James Gray Pope, a Professor of Law at Rutgers University. A former worker in the metal trades, Pope was an active member of the International Association of Machinists and the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers. He has written numerous articles about worker's rights, constitutional law, and labor history.

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Audio interview with Bill Fletcher Jr., a longtime labor and international activist and the former President and chief executive officer of TransAfrica Forum, a national non-profit organization organizing, educating and advocating for policies in favor of the people's of Africa, the Carribbean and Latin America.

On Thursday, November 19th at The New School, I attended Bookforum's panel discussion on labor issues in the 21st century. The crowd was full and attentive, the participants well-informed and enthusiastic, and the general conversation thought-provoking. I know how it is, though, to have to skip an event because of prior plans (or in the case of NYC, because there's just too damn much going on!). So, as I wish would happen more often at these kinds of things, I took notes to share with those who could not make it.