Middlesex University Business School Seminar
New Directions for US Unions - reflections on the American workplace, workers and their unions
with Kim Moody.
Kim Moody is the internationally respected author of Workers in a Lean World (Verso, 1997) which tells the story of corporate power in a globalising economy, the rise and limits of lean production, the new international division of labour and workers’ response internationally. Kim was formerly the Director of the US based Labor Education and Research Project and Guest Lecturer at both Columbia and Cornell Universities. More recently he has been researching the crisis of governance in New York City and his book Global City in Crisis: the Transformation of New York City, 1975-2005, (The New Press, New York and London) was published early this year. In this seminar Kim will be talking about the developing crisis in American labour, which recently culminated in a split within the AFL-CIO. The American labour movement has always been characterised as a ‘sleeping giant’ which sporadically comes to life in a wave of labour unrest. Kim will introduce the discussion by describing the new realities of working life in America and examines reasons for the split and its implications for the future.
Monday December 4th 6pm
Graduate Centre Room G236
Middlesex University Business School, Hendon Campus, The Burroughs, Hendon.
(nearest tube Hendon Central (Northern Line), turn right out of station then after 5 minutes walk, turn right again into The Burroughs. The Hendon Campus is a further 5 minutes walk. The Graduate Centre is the building to your right as you enter the Campus.
If you would like to attend this seminar please email Audrey Johnson ([log in to unmask]) to confirm places.
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