Please circulate this widely. Ask those who wish to endorse the teach-in
to send an e-mail note to both
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
and to
Jeremiah Jeffries ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
who is keeping the master list. [Ralph Nader, who
isn't listed below, will also be speaking at the teach-in.]
Workers' Rights are Civil Rights:
A Teach-in with the Labor Movement
The revitalization of American democracy requires that the rights to
free speech, to fair treatment, to assembly, and to self-organization must
be protected with as much vigor at the worksite as in the community at
large. Human dignity is indivisible. Indeed, the rebirth of a dynamic,
democratic, multicultural labor movement is essential to the social and
political health of our nation.
"Workers' Rights are Civil Rights: A Teach-in with the Labor Movement,"
scheduled for February 27-28 on the grounds of the University of Virginia,
will promote the engagement of a new generation of students, academics,
and organizers by exploring the links between economic injustice, on the
one hand, and racial, social, and gender inequalities, on the other.
Among the speakers and panelists are Richard Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer
of the AFL-CIO; Barbara Ehrenreich, author and feminist, Julian Bond,
civil rights leader and lecturer at the University of Virginia; Pamela
Karlan, professor of Law, Edward Ayers, Hugh Kelly professor of History;
Daniel LeBlanc, president, Virginia AFL-CIO; Barbara Pnear, chair of the
University of North Carolina Housekeepers Association; Deborah McDowell,
professor of English; Sharon Hays, professor of Sociology; Adolph Reed,
professor of Political Science at Northwestern University; Joyce Breeden,
UVa classified staff; Nelson Lichtenstein, professor of History; Jimmy
Brooks, president, American Postal Workers Union Local in Charlottesville;
George Rutherglen, O.M. Vickers professor of Law; John McCutcheon,
folksinger and labor activist; and Rebecca Hyman, teaching assistant in
English.
We endorse this important and timely convocation. Please join us.
(Affiliations noted for identification purposes only.)
Herbert (Chip) Tucker, professor of English
Ann Lane, Director of Women's Studies
Nelson Lichtenstein, professor of History
John McCutcheon, folksinger
Tico Braun, associate professor of English
Susan Fraiman, associate professor of English
Kendra Hamilton, graduate student in English
John Mason, assistant professor of History
Dan Geary, undergraduate in History
Clair Kaplan, Sexual Assault Education
Brian Owensby, assistant professor of History
Mike Swanson, undergraduate in History
Reginald Butler, Director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute
Eric Lott, professor of English
David Waldner, assistant professor of Government
Elizabeth Thompson, assistant professor of History
Jimmy Brooks, American Postal Workers, Charlottesville
