Labor in Illinois

March 24, 2006

David Bacon, APRIL 24, 4-6 pm.
David Bacon, journalist, photographer, author of "Children of NAFTA" and
many other books, will present his work at the University of Illinois
Student Center East,750 South Halsted. Room 713. Powerful, highly
political art, commentary informed by broad experience. Bacon has
traveled throughout Latin America photographing and writing about the
impact of economic change on communities for forty years. Look at his
website http://dbacon.igc.org for a sample of his work. Call Bob Bruno
at 312-996-2491 for more information or to make a reservation.

Labor History Walk: Hull House to Haymarket, May 2, 4-6 pm.
Joe Berry from CLEP will lead a walk from Hull House (which is in front
of the U of Illinois Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted) to the
Haymarket site at Randolph and DesPlaines, discussing labor history with
reference to the Labor Trail map. After returning to Hull House, a
brief film about the 1877 railroad strike, an important precursor to the
Haymarket events, will be shown. Contact for questions: Stephen
Engelmann, sengelma7@gmail.com , 773 761-8627. Free.

Regina Polk Women's Labor Leadership Conference, May 16 - 19, 2007
The annual Polk Conference will take place at Pheasant Run Resort Again,
the focus will be on collective bargaining. The role play will be drawn
from the Farm Labor Organizing Committee's Mt. Olive Pickle campaign.
Simultaneous Spanish-English translation will be provided. At this point
there is a waiting list for scholarships.

National Labor College Classes, June 22-23
National Labor College classes lead to a BA in Labor Studies, in
partnership with the National Labor College. The next Education Planning
(EP 2990) class is June 22-23 (Champaign) and June 29-30 (Chicago),
unless there is sufficient response to a request for a class to be held
in Champaign the weekend of April 13-14. This is the class in which you
learn how to assemble and write a portfolio through which you prove that
you have learned through life experience what you would have learned if
you had taken college classes, and where you gather all your training
and course transcripts for presentation. Current Ed Planning students
(people who have not completed their portfolio) are urged to respond to
this email and get included in the current class. Respond to this email
if you are one of these people.

Nurses' Forum, June 29 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Second annual convocation of unions that organize nurses in Illinois.
Following on our successful national conference for Labor
Representatives in Healthcare, this will be a one-day intensive on the
situation in Illinois. Cardinal Room, upstairs at University of Illinois
Student Center, 750 South Halsted. Call 312-996-8733 (Helena Worthen)
for more information.

Midwest School for Women Workers in Iowa City, July 30 through
August 3. Contact Jennifer Sherer at the University of Iowa Labor
Center for more information, 319-335-4144 or jennifer-sherer@uiowa.edu.
The Polk Fund has provided some scholarships for this 2007 school.

Fall Certificate Classes Start September 18 (Basic) and 19 (Advanced).
Call Helena at 312-996-8733 for more information.

For more information contact:
Helena Worthen
EMAIL: hworthen@uiuc.edu
Chicago Labor Education Program
Suite 110 The Rice Building
815 West Van Buren Street
Chicago, IL 60607
312-996-8733