WCS Announcements
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1. Reporting on Labor in a Globalized World: A Panel Discussion
2. Helmut Golatz Assistantship in Labor Studies, Penn State University
3. WebCT-based course, “American Labor and Working-Class History
to 1877"
4. NSF Short Course: America's Hidden Presence: Socioeconomic Class
5. Call for book proposals: Class in America Series
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1. Reporting on Labor in a Globalized World: A Panel Discussion

Sponsored by the Journalists of Color at UC Berkeley Graduate
School of Journalism. Tuesday, April 5, 2005, Noon. North Gate
Hall Library, UC Berkeley Journalism School.

This panel discussion will explore what it means
to report on work and workers in the rapidly changing
global economy. Thirty years ago, organized labor
wielded political clout and Many major newspapers
had reporters assigned to cover the labor beat.
These days, most consumer products in the United
States are produced overseas, union membership has
plummeted and most labor reporting is done by the
business section.

How has globalization changed the nature of work
and how does that affect our reporting? What are
the major labor-related stories of our time and
how well is the press covering them? How can
we broaden our vision beyond organized labor to
encompass the full variety of workers and their
experiences, as well as the broader economic,
social, and cultural context in which these
experiences take place?

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2. Helmut Golatz Assistantship in Labor Studies, Penn State University

Penn State's Department of Labor Studies and Industrial Relations
is offering a two-year Graduate Assistantship for a labor-oriented
student interested in pursuing a M.S. in IRHR and a career in the
labor movement or the field of labor education. The Assistantship
provides a minimum of $10,000 in financial aid in return for a 10 hour
a week internship over two semesters. The internship will involve
work in Penn State's labor education program. In most cases, an
opportunity to participate in a summer internship with a union will
also be provided.

Deadline for application is April 15, 2005 for Fall 2005 matriculation.
Candidate must have finished a bachelors degree prior to Fall 2005.
For more information, contact Paul Clark, Department Head at pfc@psu.edu.

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3. WebCT-based course, “American Labor and Working-Class History
to 1877," New Mexico State University

July 2005, a 5-week, 3-credit, completely WebCT-
based distance education course entitled "American Labor and
Working-Class History to 1877" will be offered at New Mexico State
University http://www.nmsu.edu/. The course can be taken either at the
advanced undergraduate level or for graduate credit. Students will be
required to read one monograph and a couple of articles every week
and to participate in online discussions. Possible topics: Atlantic roots of

http://www.chautauqua.pitt.edu.

For more information contact:
Edith Padilla
Stony Brook University
Tel. 631-632-7696
Email: edith.padilla@stonybrook.edu

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5. Call for book proposals: Class in America

Class in America is a newly established book series for a broad array of
studies on class in the humanities and social sciences. The studies in this
series examine the differing senses of this fluid concept, and explore the
role of class in all aspects of American cultural, intellectual, and
everyday life-from education, the arts and the sciences to the courts, urban
planning, public policy and the workplace. This interaction of ideas and
findings, and the discussions they foster, brings into focus new
perspectives on class and expands the terms through which American life is
comprehended.

Scholars in the humanities and social sciences who are interested in
proposing a book for the series should contact:

Class in America, Series Editor
Jeffrey R. Di Leo
School of Arts and Sciences
University of Houston-Victoria
3007 North Ben Wilson
Victoria, TX 77901-5731
Fax 361-570-4207
Phone 361-570-4210
Email: dileoj@uhv.edu