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Labor Center to host international conference The Strike

This March 28 - 29, the Labor Center is organizing an international conference on strikes and collective action of all kinds. Learn more and register on the conference website: 

https://websites.umass.edu/strike2025/

March 5, 2025
Spring 2025 Zoom Open Houses

One of the best ways to learn about our 3 paths to a Master's Degree in Labor Studies is attending a Zoom Open House.  We have 2 dates coming up:

  • Wednesday, February 12 @ 6pm ET
  • Monday, February 24 @ 7pm ET
  • Monday, March 10 @ 6pm ET

During each session, a brief presentation about the details, costs, curriculum and logistics is followed by time for your questions.  Register now to learn about this unique, exclusively worker-side Master's in Labor Studies.  

February 5, 2025
New Working Paper: Tipped Workers in Massachusetts

Jeannette Wicks-Lim (PERI) and Jasmine Kerrissey (Labor Center) have published a new working paper on the potential impacts of a 2024 ballot measure that proposes to eliminate the state’s subminimum wage for workers who receive at least $20 of their monthly earnings in tips.

Read & download the full report here: https://www.umass.edu/labor/potential-impacts-full-minimum-wage-tipped-workers-massachusetts

 

October 9, 2024
Spring 2024 Open Houses

Open house for labor related courses in semester SP24 to be held in early April

February 21, 2024
Union Booms and Busts: The Ongoing Fight Over the U.S. Labor Movement

Two labor center directors have co-authored a new book on labor unions and the struggle surrounding the American labor movement 

November 7, 2023
Introducing our new Academic Program Manager and Events Coordinator!

LRRC appoints Sierra Dickey as its new academic program manager and event coordinator

October 25, 2023

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