BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Institute for Research on Labor and Employment - ECPv6.0.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://irle.ucla.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Institute for Research on Labor and Employment REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130508T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130508T140000 DTSTAMP:20260408T160312 CREATED:20170302T224710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170302T224710Z UID:1497-1368016200-1368021600@irle.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Book Talk — Trampling out the Vintage: Cesar Chavez and the Two Souls of the United Farm Workers DESCRIPTION:Frank Bardacke tells the thrilling\, and ultimately tragic story\, of one of the most transformative labor movements in American history.\nMuch 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 the history and tradition of union organizing among Mexican farm workers. He honors farm workers as few writers have done\, emphasizing their endurance and skills. \nIn addition to illuminating sketches of UFW activists\, organizers and staff\, Bardacke presents a detailed and nuanced portrayal of the religious\, political and ideological background of Cesar Chavez\, the charismatic and brilliant leader of the UFW. All of this is told in the context of the civil rights movement\, AFL-CIO machinations\, the immigration debate\, the liberal left split\, the war in Vietnam and California politics. \n“You can take little sections out of the book and they’re the best thing ever written on the subject\,” said Hillman judge Harold Meyerson. \nWhile the story of the decline of the UFW is painful\, Trampling Out the Vintage still manages to inspire through its compelling telling of how farm workers built one of the iconic social movements of our time. Anyone intent on understanding\, or more importantly building a social movement\, must read this book. Trampling Out the Vintage is a monumental work of labor and social history. URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/book-talk-trampling-out-the-vintage-cesar-chavez-and-the-two-souls-of-the-united-farm-workers/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130515T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130515T140000 DTSTAMP:20260408T160312 CREATED:20170302T224709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170302T224709Z UID:1496-1368621000-1368626400@irle.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Book Talk — Solidarity Transformed: Labor Responses to Globalization and Crisis in Latin America DESCRIPTION: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.\nAltogether\, he documents approximately seventy labor campaigns-both successful and failed-over a period of twenty years. Anner finds that four labor strategies have dominated labor activism in recent years: transnational activist campaigns; transnational labor networks; radical flank mechanisms; and microcorporatist worker-employer pacts. The choice of which strategy to pursue is shaped by the structure of global supply chains\, access to the domestic political process\, and labor identities. \nMark Anner spent ten years working with labor unions in Latin America and returned to conduct eighteen months of field research for this book. His presentation will provide updates and new developments based on recent field research in the region\, including travel to El Salvador in March 2013. URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/book-talk-solidarity-transformed-labor-responses-to-globalization-and-crisis-in-latin-america/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130522T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130522T140000 DTSTAMP:20260408T160312 CREATED:20170302T224709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170302T224709Z UID:1495-1369225800-1369231200@irle.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Migration\, remittances\, and development in Mexico\, 1970-2012: Lessons and future challenges DESCRIPTION:Presented by Rodolfo García Zamora\, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas\, México\nAfter 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 was reaching $26 million dollars\, the lessons of states like Zacatecas and Michoacan\, characterized by their high intensity of international migration\, are that the increasing migration and remittances input do not achieve economic and social development\, because the structural causes of migration as backwardness\, unemployment and marginalization are persisting\, and this raises the need for new policies on Development\, Migration and Human Rights\, that allow exercising the right to not emigrate in a medium term. \nOne of the positive products of this long migration are Mexican Migrant Clubs and Federations such as the ones in Zacatecas and Michoacán\, which are recognized by the promotion of the 3×1 Program\, by the incidence in new government programs to migrants and their communities\, for their participation in global Forums on development and migration\, and recently (2010-2013)\, for their suggestions to the new Immigration Law and Regulations\, and this year in the battle to include the issue of migration as a central axis within the National Development Plan (Plan Nacional de Desarrollo) 2013 – 2018. The possibility that these proposals can become a Development\, Migration and Human Rights\, comprehensive and long term State Policy will depend on the capacity and participation of Mexican civil society and transnational communities in both countries. URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/migration-remittances-and-development-in-mexico-1970-2012-lessons-and-future-challenges/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130531T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130601T171500 DTSTAMP:20260408T160312 CREATED:20170302T224709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170302T224709Z UID:1494-1370005200-1370106900@irle.ucla.edu SUMMARY:How Global Migration Changes the Workforce Diversity Equation DESCRIPTION: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.\nToday the topic is high on the policy agenda in many countries\, for several reasons. First\, labor market integration is arguably the most important condition for ensuring full and autonomous participation by immigrants in the society. However\, the scale of migration and racial\, ethnic\, and religious differences of migrants raise new challenges. Second\, in the context of demographic aging\, many countries are experiencing labor and skill shortages. To tackle this\, it has become important to better value the existing skills of some immigrants\, and to find ways to upgrade the skills of others. The transferability and recognition of qualifications and work experience that were acquired in different contexts in the countries of origin thus become a relevant issue. Third\, there is a persistent perception that migrants compete with native workers\, especially those from less advantaged groups. Finally\, immigrants have been among the groups hardest hit by the difficult labor market situation following the economic downturn of 2008-09. This is particularly true in western economies that are major destinations for international migrants. Governments\, institutions\, social partners and enterprises must play key roles in strengthening labor standards for migrants\, as well as natives\, at the macro and micro levels. \nThe conference aims at contributing to the current debate and attaining a better understanding of the causes\, consequences and possible responses to these issues on a global scale\, through an interdisciplinary and comparative approach. This conference will bring together scholars studying immigration\, workforce diversity\, and the intersection of the two from the United States\, Europe\, and around the world. The goal is not just to exchange information\, but to advance discussions about strategies and solutions. URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/how-global-migration-changes-the-workforce-diversity-equation/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR