Labor Organizing, 597W (Class #55258) 3 Credits
Labor Organizing 2 597WA (Class #: 55401) 1 Credit
1:00-2:30 PM – 15-minute Break – 2:45-4:00PM
Monday-Saturday; Monday –Tuesday; Half day Wednesday
Office Hours: Daily after class or by appointment
Overview:
This graduate level course is designed to analyze scholarship on Social Movements, Power & Organization with special attention given to community and labor organizing and democratizing workplaces. We will analyze and discuss the topics of our course using assigned readings and media that address paradigms, theories, and debates pertaining to the historical and contemporary, economic, cultural, and sociopolitical dimensions of social movements and collective action in the United States. A central part of this course is the study of basic currents found in the applied labor education field that teach on issues contemporary workers face in organized and unorganized workplaces. Given the nature and student composition of this class, robust conversations that draw from the readings, media, the applied labor exercises, and personal experiences with course content are expected.
Such themes as social movements, production relations, labor, capitalism, workplace democracy, and applied organizing strategies are covered in the curriculum.
- Teacher: Armando Ibarra
- Teacher: Jasmine Kerrissey
- Teacher: Nellie Taylor