ILRLR 3035

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ILRLR 3035
Special Topics in Labor Relations

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

Undergraduate seminar whose topic changes depending on semester and instructor.

When Offered Fall or Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - First.  Combined with: ILRLR 6080

  • 2 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Organizing & the Next City: Land, Labor Capital

  • 14211 ILRLR 3035   LEC 001

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    • M Ives Hall 108
    • Jan 22 - Mar 9, 2019

    • Bartley, A

  • This course will exam a range of social science data applications in non-academic settings in the social sector. We will engage a range of perspectives, including: • Labor unions (union campaign strategy) • Policy think tanks (policy advocacy) • Social service organizations (grant funding) • Government sector (policy analysis and accountability) • Social movement organizations (strategic narrative framing) • Legal advocacy (impact litigation and cause lawyering) among others. We will consider the ways in which traditional academic research methods translate into these needs, and how they fundamentally differ. We will draw on the experiences of practitioners in these fields and students will be expected to carry out a pilot project accordingly.

Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second.  Combined with: ILRLR 6080

  • 2 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: The Gig Economy and the 21st Century

  • 18584 ILRLR 3035   LEC 002

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    • M Ives Hall 108
    • Mar 11 - May 7, 2019

    • Pearce, M

  • The Gig Economy and the 21st Century: Labor Rights for the Changing U.S. Workforce (and how the “Empire strikes back”) How should the National Labor Relations Act, an 84-year-old statute, be applied to the 21st century workforce? Former Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, Mark Gaston Pearce, will explore this question in this course, which will examine key cases and challenges faced by the Obama era NLRB. Under Chairman Pearce’s leadership, the NLRB issued many decisions expanding labor rights to fit the realities of the modern day workforce in cases involving joint employer status, independent contractors, the contingent workforce, immigrant workers, university faculty, grad students and student athletes. The course will explore these issues, as well as the reemergence of protected concerted activity in this era of technological advancement, electronic communication and social media. The course will also examine the “Trump effect” on the Obama era NLRB decisions.