NEW BOOK by Dorothy Sue Cobble Premieres at
SISTERS ON THE FRONTLINE CONFERENCE
THE SEX OF CLASS: WOMEN TRANSFORMING AMERICAN LABOR by Dorothy Sue Cobble (ed.) (published by Cornell University Press 2007)
Panel Discussion:
Women Transforming American Labor: Retrospect and Prospect Convener: Dorothy Sue Cobble, Rutgers University
Panelists will explore the innovative strategies used by labor women to secure rights, recognition, and power at work; and offer case studies of how women are inventing new forms of worker representation. Panelists will draw on their chapters from the new book, THE SEX OF CLASS: WOMEN TRANSFORMING AMERICAN LABOR, which is being released in conjunction with the Sisters On The Frontline Conference. Panelists will also discuss some of the most vibrant and forward-thinking social movements of our era: the clerical worker protests of the 1970s; the upsurge of union organizing in service jobs; worker centers and community unions of immigrant women; and innovative labor NGOs, cross-border alliances, and global labor federations.
Speakers:
Janice Fine, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University
Karen Nussbaum, Working America, AFL-CIO
Katie Quan, University of California at Berkeley
