Frank Bardacke tells the thrilling, and ultimately tragic story, of one of the most transformative labor movements in American history. Much has been written about the United Farm Workers, but the depth of Bardacke's investigative reporting, the range of his historical knowledge, and the complexity of his story is unparalleled. Bardacke grounds his book in […]
Solidarity Transformed provides an account of how labor unions in Latin America are developing new strategies to defend the interests of the workers they represent in dynamic global and local contexts. Anner combines in-depth case studies of the auto and apparel industries in El Salvador, Honduras, Brazil, and Argentina with survey analysis. Altogether, he documents […]
Presented by Rodolfo García Zamora, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, México After 40 years of a long and rising emigration from Mexico to the United States, where from 800 thousand migrants in the 70's, the amount of mexicans increased to 12 million in 2006, and having as consequence an increasing input of remittances, which in 2007 […]
The increase in migration flows that took place in the last two decades deeply changed the composition of the workforce in many countries and sharpened the national and international debate about migrants in the labor market. Today the topic is high on the policy agenda in many countries, for several reasons. First, labor market integration […]
The Black Fatherhood Project poignantly reveals a history much more complex and profound than what is often seen on the surface of events. Directed and produced by Jordan Thierry, The Black Fatherhood Project unravels the roots of Black absentee parenting through the telling of his own story, interviews with prominent historians, and dialogue among a […]
In Reframing the Latino Immigration Debate: Towards a Humanistic Paradigm (San Diego State University Press, 2013), his new book of non-fiction essays, Alvaro Huerta, CSRC visiting scholar, asks readers to reassess critical political and cultural issues unfolding along the U.S./Mexico border. Paired in this volume with the photography of Antonio Turok, Huerta's words move readers […]
Harry I. Johnson III | Board Member, National Labor Relations Board
Author, photographer and cultural critic, Candacy Taylor has traveled over 26,000 miles throughout the United States documenting diner waitresses for her book Counter Culture: The American Coffee Shop Waitress (Cornell University Press). She is now working on a project with the Library of Congress examining hair, culture and identity in America for her forthcoming book […]
Major economic downturns bring large increases in permanent layoffs among workers with high prior tenure on the job. We refer to this type of job loss event as a displacement. Previous research shows that job displacements lead to large and persistent earnings losses for the affected workers. The available evidence also indicates that job displacement […]
