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SUMMARY:Occupiers and Dreamers: Insiders and Outsiders in a New Political Generation
DESCRIPTION:Young adults have long been overrepresented among political activists\, and their generationally specific experiences and worldviews often shape social movement agendas.  Although these phenomena have received limited scholarly attention in recent years\, they are highly salient features of the new cycle of protest that has emerged in the 21st century United States. This talk analyzes two key components of that cycle\, the 2011 Occupy Wall Street uprising and the movement of undocumented immigrant “Dreamers.”  Both were led by U.S. “Millennials” (born between 1980 and 2000).    I argue that Millennials comprise a new political generation\, with a worldview that sets it apart from previous generations of U.S. activists.  I compare the Occupiers’ and Dreamers’ political strategies and organizational forms and argue that\, despite a shared worldview\, this new political generation is heterogeneous in regard to modes of mobilization. The Occupiers were a relatively privileged group of young people whose aspirations were frustrated\, especially in the context of the Great Recession\, threatening them with exclusion from the economic stratum they had long expected to enter; by contrast the Dreamers were already marginalized because of their undocumented status and sought inclusion within the economic mainstream.  Their different social locations\, in turn\, contributed to Occupiers’ and Dreamers’ distinctly different political strategies and organizational forms.
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/occupiers-and-dreamers-insiders-and-outsiders-in-a-new-political-generation/
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SUMMARY:Uber Drivers: Independent Contractors\, Employees\, or Something Else?
DESCRIPTION:Are Uber Drivers and others who provide service in the On-Demand economy entitled to the employment rights\, benefits\, and protections that other employees enjoy?  Or\, are the “gig workers” actually independent contractors\, entitled to no protection at all?  If they are employees\, they would get benefit of minimum wage and overtime laws\, protection against discrimination\, health and safety standards\, workers compensation for on-the-job injury\, and many other rights under state and federal employment laws.  Moreover\, if they are considered “employees\,” then they are entitled to the protection of the labor laws when they try to organize unions.  Some have advocated that the law create a new category for these worker\, such as “dependent contractor\,” or “independent worker?”  Others have advocated that we improve the statutory rights and protections for independent contractors.  This panel will consider these issues from a number of perspectives.
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/uber-drivers-independent-contractors-employees-or-something-else/
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SUMMARY:Low-wage Workers and Public Policy: Marginalization\, Coercion\, and Alternatives
DESCRIPTION:This research forum takes a broad look at emerging issues of immigrant integration\, incarceration\, and low-wage work.  Six very different researchers from four UC campuses will present their cutting-edge research\, looking at the destructive effects of many policies currently in place\, but also at alternatives to move toward economic and social justice.
URL:https://irle.ucla.edu/event/low-wage-workers-and-public-policy-marginalization-coercion-and-alternatives/
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