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Jacob Lew Helped Destroy Grad Students' Union at NYU</a></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; line-height: 15px; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><font style="line-height: normal; ">When Obama's new Chief of Staff was NYU executive vice president, school ceased recognizing the grad students' union. <a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/15361?akid=8189.16102.JVHkUZ&t=31" class="ecxreadmore" target="_blank" style="line-height: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(202, 133, 0); cursor: pointer; font-size: 9px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; "><b style="font-weight: bold; ">READ MORE</b></a></font></p><font style="line-height: normal; "><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; line-height: 14px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; color: rgb(77, 77, 77); "><font style="line-height: normal; ">By Josh Eidelson / In These Times</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; line-height: 14px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; color: rgb(77, 77, 77); "><font style="line-height: normal; "><br></font></p></font></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><font color="#2a2a2a" face="'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 17px; "><br></span></font><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></div><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Occupy the Super Bowl: Now More Than Just a Slogan.<br>By Dave Zirin<br>The Nation Blogs<br>Jan. 31, 2012<br><a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/165952/occupy-super-bowl-605222222222now-more-just-slogan" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">http://www.thenation.com/blog/165952/occupy-super-bowl-605222222222now-more-just-slogan</a><br><br>"Upsetting the Super Bowl-- I couldn't care less.<br>This is about my life and my family."<br>--Lou Feldman, IBEW local 668<br><br>The sheer volume of the Super Bowl is overpowering:<br>the corporate branding, the sexist beer ads, the miasma<br>of Madison Avenue-produced militarism, the two-hour<br>pre-game show.<br><br>But people in the labor and Occupy movements in Indiana<br>are attempting to drown out the din with the help of a<br>human microphone right at the front gates of Lucas Oil<br>Stadium. The Republican-led state legislature aims to<br>pass a law this week that would make Indiana a<br>"right-to-work" state.<br><br>For those uninitiated in Orwellian doublespeak, the term<br>"right-to-work" ranks with "Operation Iraqi Freedom" and<br>"Fair & Balanced" as a phrase of grotesque sophistry.<br><br>In the reality-based community, "right-to-work" means<br>smashing the state's unions and making it harder for<br>nonunion workplaces to get basic job protections. This<br>has drawn peals of protest throughout the state, with<br>the Occupy and labor movement front and center from<br>small towns to Governor Mitch Daniels's door at the<br>State House. Daniels and friends timed this legislation<br>with the Super Bowl. Whether that was simple arrogance or<br>ill-timed idiocy, they made a reckless move. Now protests<br>will be a part of the Super Bowl scenery in Indy.<br><br>The Super Bowl is perennially the Woodstock for the<br>1 percent: a Romneyesque cavalcade of private planes,<br>private parties and private security. Combine that with<br>this proposed legislation, and the people of Indiana will<br>not let this orgy of excess go unoccupied. Just as the<br>parties start a week in advance, so have the protests.<br><br>More than 150 people--listed as seventy-five in USA<br>Today, but I'll go with eyewitness accounts--marched<br>through last Saturday's Super Bowl street fair in<br>downtown Indianapolis with signs that read, "Occupy the<br>Super Bowl," "Fight the Lie" and "Workers United Will<br>Prevail."<br><br>Occupy the Super Bowl has also become a<br>T-shirt, posted for the world to see on the NBC Sports<br>Blog. The protests also promise to shed light on the<br>reality of life for working families in the city of<br>Indianapolis. Unemployment is at 13.3 percent, with<br>unemployment for African-American families at 21<br>percent. Two of every five African-American families<br>with a child under 5 live below the anemic poverty<br>line. Such pain amidst the gloss of the Super Bowl and<br>the prospect of right-to-work legislation is, for many,<br>a catalyst to just do something.<br><br>April Burke, a former school teacher and member of a<br>local Occupy chapter, said to me, "I see right-to-work<br>for what it is: an attack on not only organized labor <br>but on all working-class people.... Because strong unions<br>set the bar for wages, RTW laws will effectively lower wages<br>for all.<br><br>Rushing the passage of RTW in the State of<br>Indiana on the eve of the Super Bowl is an insult to<br>the thousand of union members who built Lucas Stadium<br>as well as the members of the National Football League<br>Players Association who issued a statement condemning<br>the RTW bill." As April mentioned, the NFLPA has spoken<br>out strongly against the bill.<br><br>When I interviewed Player Association president DeMaurice<br>Smith last week, he said: When you look at proposed<br>legislation in a place like Indiana that wants to call<br>it something like 'right-to-work,' I mean, let's just<br>put the hammer on the nail. It's untrue. This bill has<br>nothing to do with a right to work. If folks in Indiana<br>and that great legislature want to pass a bill that<br>really is something called 'right-to-work' have a<br>constitutional amendment that guarantees every citizen<br>a job. That's a right to work. What this is instead is<br>a right to ensure that ordinary working citizens can't get<br>together as a team, can't organize and can't fight<br>management on an even playing field. So don't call it<br>'right-to-work.'<br><br>If you want to have an intelligent discussion about what<br>the bill is, call it what it is. Call it an anti-organizing<br>bill. Fine... let's cast a vote on whether or not ordinary<br>workers can get together and represent themselves, and<br>let's have a real referendum.<br><br>But Governor Mitch Daniels, who was George W. Bush's budget<br>director, didn't get this far by feeling shame or holding<br>referendums. This is the same Mitch Daniels who said in 2006,<br>"I'm not interested in changing any of it. Not the prevailing<br>wage laws, and certainly not the right-to-work law. We<br>can succeed in Indiana with the laws we have,<br>respecting the rights of labor, and fair and free<br>competition for everybody." In other words, he's that<br>most original of creatures: a politician who lies.<br><br>If Daniels signs the bill before the big game,<br>demonstrations sponsored by the AFL-CIO in partnership<br>with the Occupy Movement will greet the 100,000 people<br>who can afford the pilgrimage to Lucas Oil Field. The<br>NFLPA, I've been told by sources, will also not be<br>silent in the days to come.<br><br>As Occupy protester Tithi Bhattacharya said to me,<br>"If the bill becomes law this week then it is very<br>important for all of us to protest this Sunday. We<br>should show the 1 percent that the fate of Indiana<br>cannot be decided with the swish of a pen by corporate<br>politicians--the Super Bowl should be turned into a<br>campaign for justice and jobs."<br><br></pre><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; ">____________________________________________</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 62px; font-size: 36pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); ">Strategic Campaigns</span></b></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 35px; font-size: 20.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); ">Campaign planning for unions and community organizations</span></b><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 35px; font-size: 20.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: navy; "></span></b></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); "> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); ">This workshop is designed to help organizers, researchers, field reps and business agents, member leaders, communications specialists and political coordinators to develop deeper analyses of issues they are working on, create strategic plans and learn new tools for their campaigns. Participants will be guided through a series of steps to create a comprehensive campaign plan. The workshop will build participants' ability to:</span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 102); "> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 1em; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 1em; "><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">move a campaign forward and build the organization;</span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">improve member participation;</span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">analyze power dynamics;</span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">utilize strategies that build on the strengths of the organization and consider the</span><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">weaknesses of key players;</span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">develop a unifying theme that the public can support;</span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">creat</span><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">e</span><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> a comprehensive campaign plan with a timeline and benchmarks; and</span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">practic</span><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">e</span><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> how to revise the campaign plan </span><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">as</span><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> event</span><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">s</span><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> unfold.</span></li></ul><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); "> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); ">The roles of research, external communications, political action, strategic partnerships and membership development will be examined.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); "> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); ">Applicants are encouraged to nominate a campaign </span><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">they</span><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); "> are working on to be a case study. Participants will work in teams to develop a comprehensive plan for one of the case study campaigns that are selected.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); "> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); ">Organizations are encouraged to send teams of two or more who are working on the same campaign.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); "> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); ">Past participants have described the workshop as "the best workshop I have ever attended" and said "this class has opened my eyes to a whole new world of organizing."</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); "> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); ">The workshop will be led by Stephanie Tang, formerly with SEIU and UNITE HERE, and Karen Orlando from the Labor Center.</span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); ">Click the link below to apply:</span></b></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); "> </span></b></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 27px; font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a href="http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/workshops/strategic_campaigns.php" target="_blank" style="font-weight: inherit; color: purple; cursor: pointer; "><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; "><img border="0" width="210" height="77" id="ecx_x0000_i1043" src="" alt="image003.jpg@01CBEA30.D2513BE0" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; "></span></a></span></b><strong style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 27px; font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); "></span></strong></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); "> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.05in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); ">Applications are due</span></b><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></b><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); ">February 24, 2012</span></b></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.05in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); "> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 80, 153); ">Because of the participatory nature of this workshop, class size will be limited to 20 participants. Participants will be notified if they have been accepted by the beginning of March.</span><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "></span></p></td><td width="276" colspan="3" valign="top" style="width: 207.05pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(204, 51, 0); padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; height: 96.65pt; "><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 3.5pt; "> </span></b></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; "><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); letter-spacing: 3.5pt; "><a href="http://bit.ly/xTAPAh" target="_blank" style="font-weight: inherit; color: purple; cursor: pointer; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-decoration: none; "><img border="0" width="235" height="301" id="ecx_x0000_i1028" src="" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; "></span></a></span></b><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 3.5pt; "></span></b></p><p align="right" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: right; "><strong style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 15px; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 102); "> </span></strong></p><p align="right" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: right; "><strong style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 113, 218); font-weight: normal; "> </span></strong></p><p align="right" style="margin-right: 9.35pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: right; "><strong style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 31px; font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white; ">March 19-23, 2012</span></strong><span style="line-height: 31px; font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white; "><br></span><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white; ">Richmond Field Station, Building 445</span><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; color: white; "></span></p><p align="right" style="margin-right: 9.35pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: right; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white; ">1301 South 46<sup style="line-height: 15px; ">th</sup> Street</span></p><p align="right" style="margin-right: 9.35pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: right; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white; ">Richmond CA</span><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: navy; "></span></p><p align="right" style="margin-right: 9.35pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: right; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: navy; "> </span></p><p align="right" style="margin-right: 9.35pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: right; "><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white; ">Cost: $800 per person</span></b><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: navy; "></span></b></p><p align="right" style="margin-right: 9.35pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: right; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: navy; "> </span></p><p align="right" style="margin-right: 9.35pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: right; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: navy; "> </span></p><p align="right" style="margin-right: 9.35pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: right; "><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white; ">Application Deadline: Feb. 24, 2012</span></b></p><p align="right" style="margin-right: 9.35pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: right; "><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white; "> </span></b></p><p align="right" style="margin-right: 9.35pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: right; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white; ">For more information contact:<br><strong style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-weight: normal; ">Karen Orlando</span></strong><br>(510) 643-8366</span><span style="line-height: 15px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white; "><br></span><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: white; "><a href="mailto:korlando@berkeley.edu" style="color: purple; cursor: pointer; "><span style="color: white; ">korlando@berkeley.edu</span></a></span><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 113, 218); "></span></b></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" align="right" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: right; "><b style="font-weight: bold; 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cursor: pointer; "><img align="left" alt="" height="180" src="http://action.ufw.org/page/-/fr/gavelflag1.jpg" width="180" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; "></a><span style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px; ">2012 will be a make-or-break year for many of America’s working people, including farm workers. <strong style="font-weight: bold; ">The forces of greed, inequality and political repression are strong and well-funded – but we can defeat them.</strong><br><br>Below are the UFW's legislative priorities for the coming year. <a href="http://action.ufw.org/page/m/3bed9c29/14563619/4697c0a0/2b46a628/1538476156/VEsC/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><strong style="font-weight: bold; ">Can you help us meet these important goals?</strong></a><br><br>A key focus will be improving enforcement of laws protecting farm workers. We will push to increase the amount of funds budgeted for this. We will also work to ensure that Governor Brown improves the makeup of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board.<br> <br><strong style="font-weight: bold; ">One of our continuing priorities will be preventing heat-related farm worker deaths</strong>--including following up on Cal-OSHA's failure to respond to dozens of complaints we filed last year.<br><br><strong style="font-weight: bold; ">We plan to propose new California legislation that may call for:</strong></span></p><ul style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 1em; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 1em; "><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; "><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px; ">Criminal prosecution requiring jail time for those responsible for heat illness deaths--this will require changing the manslaughter penal code.</span></p></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; "><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px; ">Mandating paid breaks every hour during periods of high heat—a simple, effective solution to preventing heat illness.</span></p></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; "><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px; ">Joint liability for growers and farm labor contractors so employers cannot avoid responsibility by hiding behind contractors.</span></p></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; "><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px; ">Instituting “Private Right of Action” provisions, allowing farm workers to rely on attorneys to collect damages if the state will not enforce the laws.</span></p></li></ul><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px; ">We expect CA legislation requiring overtime for farm workers after 8 hours of work to pass. Almost 75 years after federal laws excluded farm workers from overtime we're hopeful that Governor Brown will correct this historic injustice.<br> <br><strong style="font-weight: bold; ">As the crucial 2012 legislative year begins, I hope you'll make a <a href="http://action.ufw.org/page/m/3bed9c29/14563619/4697c0a0/2b46a628/1538476156/VEsD/" target="_blank" style="font-weight: inherit; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">gift.</a></strong> Every donation, regardless of the amount, will make an important difference in helping us achieve our goals and allow us to pay for:</span></p><ul style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 1em; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 1em; "><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; "><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px; ">Buses so farm workers can travel to rallies and demonstrations.</span></p></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; "><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px; ">Sending workers to Washington, DC; Sacramento; and other state capitals to speak with legislators and other decision-makers.</span></p></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; "><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px; ">Organizing public support, bringing our political activism message to voters, newspaper editorial boards, churches and union halls.</span></p></li></ul><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px; ">Thanks again for standing with the workers and the UFW.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px; "> <a href="http://action.ufw.org/page/m/3bed9c29/14563619/4697c0a0/2b46a628/1538476156/VEsA/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img alt="" height="30" src="http://action.ufw.org/page/-/alerts/donatebutton.gif" width="102" style="border-style: initial; 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This <br>course is offered once a year and has been a good <br>door opener for students of all ages who are <br>interested in working as union researchers. It <br>has been particularly helpful for job seekers who <br>have no corporate research experience and/or no <br>union staff experience. Since the program’s <br>inception in 2001, hundreds of participants have <br>landed research jobs at unions around the <br>country. <br><br>The application deadline is May 17. Please find <br>below the full course brochure that includes a <br>registration link and contact information if you <br>have questions.<br><br>Notice of the summer school is provided as a <br>service to individuals who have posted resumes <br>with the AFL-CIO Researcher and Campaigner Resume <br>Posting Service, with the understanding that not <br>everyone will find the course to be workable or <br>relevant to your particular situation. <br>Participation in the training does not guarantee <br>employment and it has no effect on your ongoing <br>resume posting at the AFL-CIO. <br><br>Thank you,<br><br>Charles Taylor, Coordinator<br>Research Recruitment Program<br>AFL-CIO Center for Strategic Research<br>jobsearch@aflcio.org <br><br><br>Strategic Corporate Research Summer School 2012<br>June 10-15, 2012 - Cornell University campus, <br>Ithaca, NY<br>Understanding and researching corporate ownership <br>structure, corporate finance, and the sources of <br>corporate power.<br><br>Sponsors: The Strategic Corporate Research <br>program is offered by the Cornell School of <br>Industrial and Labor Relations and co-sponsored <br>by the AFL-CIO Center for Strategic Research and <br>is intended for undergraduate and graduate <br>students interested in working in the labor <br>movement.<br><br>The Course<br>Despite enormous challenges in organizing and <br>bargaining in a rapidly changing global economy, <br>this is a time of great opportunity and <br>innovation by U.S unions and their allies. Along <br>with a resurgence of action among working people <br>in the past year, there has been a new level of <br>inventiveness in campaigning. <br><br>Nowhere is this more evident than in recent union <br>organizing and bargaining campaign victories such <br>as the 60,000 TSA workers who joined AFGE; the <br>Machinists new contract with Boeing protecting <br>union jobs in Washington done while under fire <br>from the corporate and political right for <br>exercising their rights under the NLRB to file a <br>charge against plant closing threats; the SEIU in <br>property services worldwide; UNITE HERE’S cross-<br>border organizing campaign at Accor Hotels, <br>including Indonesia; and the CWA’s global <br>campaign to fight for justice for T-Mobile <br>workers. These victories came about because of a <br>combination of grassroots rank-and-file <br>mobilizing and leadership development, and <br>escalating actions in the workplace and broader <br>community; fundamental to all these campaigns was <br>careful strategic research.<br><br>Unfortunately the U.S. labor movement today is <br>facing a critical shortage of organizing, <br>bargaining, and campaign staff with strategic <br>research training who understand both corporate <br>structure and finance, and union campaign <br>strategies. To help meet this need ten years ago <br>the AFL-CIO asked the Cornell School of <br>Industrial and Labor Relations to develop a one-<br>week intensive credit course on strategic <br>corporate research for graduate students and <br>upper-level undergraduates interested in working <br>with the labor movement upon completion of their <br>degrees. The course will be available as either a <br>non-credit course or as a 1.5-credit <br>undergraduate course with an additional research <br>and writing assignment. Those interested in <br>pursuing strategic corporate research positions <br>within unions are strongly advised to take the <br>course for credit so that they will have the <br>additional experience of researching an actual <br>corporation, and have a completed strategic <br>research report to show prospective union <br>employers.<br><br>This course will be designed to provide a <br>comprehensive introduction to the nature and <br>structure of corporate ownership, finance, and <br>power in today's economy. Through lectures, <br>readings, case studies, research training and <br>exercises the class will provide students with <br>the tools to pose and answer basic questions on <br>the operations, structure, and industrial <br>relations strategies of corporate America. In <br>particular this course will focus on how these <br>company characteristics, structures, and <br>practices impact the firm's labor relations <br>policies and strategies, and how unions can best <br>respond to and capitalize on these <br>characteristics in union strategic organizing and <br>bargaining campaigns.<br><br>The course will also provide in-depth hands-on <br>training in the online and library research tools <br>required to conduct strategic corporate research. <br>As part of this course students will work through <br>a series of case studies dealing with diverse <br>firms and industries, as well as have an <br>opportunity to conduct in-depth research on an <br>actual firm in the context of union organizing or <br>bargaining.<br><br>Because of the limited time available while <br>students are here on campus, they will be sent <br>books and a course pack several weeks before the <br>class takes place to give them an opportunity to <br>complete a significant amount of the reading <br>before they arrive. In addition to reading <br>assignments, there will be short written <br>exercises and class presentations to be completed <br>while the class is in session. Students taking <br>the course for credit will be required to conduct <br>independent research and write a 25-30 page paper <br>summarizing comprehensive corporate research and <br>analysis for a designated company. The final <br>paper will be due six weeks after the class and <br>will count for 50 percent of the grade for the <br>course.<br>The Faculty<br><br>Kate Bronfenbrenner<br>Kate Bronfenbrenner is the Director of Labor <br>Education Research at Cornell University's School <br>of Industrial and Labor Relations. She received <br>her Ph.D. in Industrial and Labor Relations from <br>Cornell University in 1993. Bronfenbrenner's <br>primary research and teaching interests focus on <br>union and employer behavior in organizing, <br>bargaining, and contract administration, <br>strategic corporate research and comprehensive <br>cross-border campaigns, and the impact of global <br>trade and investment policy on workers, wages, <br>and unions.<br><br>Glenn W. Perusek<br>Glenn W. Perusek is Director of the Center for <br>Strategic Research at the AFL-CIO in Washington, <br>DC. He oversees research and planning for <br>strategic organizing initiatives. He earned a <br>B.A. from Kent State University and holds M.A. <br>and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago, <br>where he was a Merriam Fellow and won the Baker <br>Prize. His publications include Shifting Terrain <br>(2006). Perusek was a journeyman member of the <br>typographical union in Chicago.<br><br>Tom Juravich<br>Tom Juravich is a professor of labor studies at <br>the Labor Center at the University of <br>Massachusetts–Amherst, where he teaches courses <br>in labor research, work and the labor process, <br>contemporary labor issues, and advanced corporate <br>research. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the <br>University of Massachusetts–Amherst. Juravich has <br>written extensively on union bargaining and <br>organizing strategies, work and the labor <br>process, worker culture, and the history of work <br>and labor.<br><br>Danielle Newsome<br>Danielle Newsome is an organizer with the <br>Northeast Region Organizing Project of the <br>American Federation of Teachers (AFT). She earned <br>her B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from <br>Cornell University. While completing her degree <br>she interned for the Congress of South African <br>Trade Unions where she coordinated and co-<br>facilitated strategic corporate research training <br>for local union staff in the Western Cape. Prior <br>to working for AFT Danielle did strategic <br>corporate research for Change to Win in the <br>Philadelphia area.<br><br>Job Placement<br>Program instructors are committed to assisting <br>graduates of the program in finding strategic <br>corporate research positions within the labor <br>movement. In the first ten years of the program <br>we have been able to place more than three <br>hundred students in top research positions in the <br>AFL-CIO, CTW, UNITE HERE, SEIU, USW, LIUNA, IBT, <br>UFCW, AFT, AFSCME, ATU, and other unions across <br>the United States.<br><br>Campus Life<br><br>Schedule for the week<br>Registration, orientation, and an opening <br>reception and plenary panel will take place from <br>5:30 to 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 10, at the ILR <br>Conference Center.<br><br>Registration will begin at 5:30, and the <br>orientation and introductory program will begin <br>at 7:15 p.m. In order to accomplish the aims of <br>the program in the short time allotted, students <br>should be prepared for a schedule that is both <br>rigorous and intense. Attendance in all class <br>time, including the opening session, is mandatory <br>for all participants in the program. Full days <br>will be the norm, including out-of-class small-<br>group assignments and one evening session. Class <br>will meet Monday through Thursday at the ILR <br>Conference Center from 9:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 <br>p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday evenings <br>through 9:00 p.m., and Friday from 9:00 a.m. <br>until 2:00 p.m. Students should be prepared to <br>work in small-group assignments on every night <br>outside of class and should not be making other <br>social arrangements while they are in Ithaca. <br>Further details will be sent with confirmation <br>letters.<br><br>Housing<br>Students will be housed in a unionized residence <br>hall on North Campus. Each bedroom is furnished <br>with twin beds, desk, chair, lamp and dresser. <br>The rooms are in suites of four to six rooms <br>clustered around a shared bathroom and living <br>space. Room rates are $45 per night for "singles" <br>(one person each bedroom) or $32 per person/per <br>night for "doubles" (two persons each bedroom) <br>plus a one-time administrative fee of $33 per <br>person. The separate parking fee at the dorm is <br>$5/day. All students will also be provided with a <br>campus bus pass, free of charge. Parking and <br>housing costs are the responsibility of the <br>individual student. Room reservations must be <br>received at Cornell by May 29, 2012. Note: If you <br>choose a "single," you will be sharing your suite <br>with several other people of the same gender. You <br>will have a private bedroom, but a shared bath. <br>Beds are made on arrival and linens and towels <br>are provided, but there is no daily housekeeping <br>service. This is definitely DORM housing, so if <br>you want air conditioning or more comfortable <br>accommodations and would prefer to stay in a <br>hotel, you are free to make your own arrangements <br>with area hotels. However, be advised that all of <br>them will cost you a great deal more than the <br>dorm. <br><br>Please refer to ILR's hotels page: <br><a href="http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/conferencecenter/direct" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/conferencecenter/direct</a><br>ions/hotels.html<br><br>Transportation<br>From the dorms at North Campus to the classrooms <br>of the ILR Conference Center you may walk (about <br>20 minutes), bike (5 minutes), or use the campus <br>shuttle bus service (bus passes provided free to <br>all students staying on campus). If you are <br>housed off campus, you are responsible for your <br>own transportation to campus. On-campus parking <br>is severely limited and discouraged.<br><br>Meals<br>Included in the registration fee is a picnic on <br>Wednesday evening at Taughannock State Park on <br>beautiful Cayuga Lake, and the graduation lunch <br>on Friday afternoon. Meals, including breakfast, <br>are available at several on-campus dining <br>facilities on a cash basis both near the dorms <br>and near the conference center. We will also be <br>providing a continental breakfast at the <br>conference center each morning before the program <br>begins. A dining guide of on-campus and off-<br>campus locations will be provided for your <br>convenience, many of which are within walking <br>distance of the dorms and the conference center.<br><br>Weather<br>The climate in upstate New York in June can be <br>quite variable, ranging from a rainy 40 degrees <br>to a humid and hot 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Thus, <br>we suggest you bring clothing suitable for both, <br>including a rain jacket, sweaters, shorts, and a <br>swimming suit.<br><br>Accessibility<br>The ILR classrooms are all accessible. Please let <br>us know about any other accommodations you may <br>require for housing or meals.<br><br>Application<br>The application process, including essays, <br>registration, and payment is done on line through <br>our secure application website powered by Survey <br>Gizmo.com and the Cornell Campus Store Billing <br>Services.<br><br>Registration Fee<br><br>The registration fee covers all instruction, <br>books and materials, bus passes, opening <br>reception, picnic on Wednesday night, and closing <br>luncheon on Friday. A $100 tuition deposit is <br>required for all registrations no later than May <br>17, 2012.<br><br>- Non-credit fee: The non-credit fee is $895, and <br>all individual non-credit students receive an AFL-<br>CIO subsidy of $320, reducing the cost to $550, <br>except for those participants whose program <br>charge is being paid by their sponsoring union, <br>NGO, or other employer. Those students will have <br>their employer pay the full $850 non-credit fee.<br><br>- Credit course fee: The tuition for those <br>enrolling in the 1.5-credit class is $1,657.50, <br>and all individual credit students receive an AFL-<br>CIO subsidy of $712.50, reducing the cost to <br>$945, except for those whose program charge is <br>being paid by their sponsoring union, NGO, or <br>other employer. Those students will have their <br>employer pay the full $1,657.50 credit tuition <br>fee.<br><br>Scholarships<br><br>The AFL-CIO will provide a limited number of <br>additional needs-based scholarships to further <br>reduce the cost of tuition for students taking <br>the course for credit. THESE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE <br>ONLY FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS TAKING THE COURSE <br>FOR CREDIT AND WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER; EMPLOYER-<br>PAID AND NON-CREDIT STUDENTS DO NOT QUALIFY nor <br>do students who are not seriously committed to <br>doing the 20 page research paper. To apply for a <br>scholarship, you will need to upload an <br>additional one-page essay outlining your reasons <br>for requesting this scholarship. Please note that <br>the scholarships only apply to those students <br>interested in taking the course for credit, and <br>will only cover a portion of the credit tuition <br>cost. Union employees and other students who are <br>funded by their employer are not eligible.<br><br>Admission<br>Acceptance to the program will be limited based <br>on space, experience, and qualifications. Because <br>of the combination of limited space and high <br>demand for the course, we urge students to send <br>in their application forms as soon as possible. <br>The closing date for applications will be May 17, <br>2012, and acceptance letters will be sent out on <br>May 21, 2012. All students interested in <br>attending the program must complete the online <br>application including a two- to three-page single-<br>spaced essay explaining why they are interested <br>in attending the program and what they plan to do <br>upon completion of their degree. Each applicant <br>should also have at least one letter of reference <br>sent by the reference directly to Kate <br>Bronfenbrenner either by email to <br>klb23@cornell.edu or by mail to Kate <br>Bronfenbrenner, Director of Labor Education <br>Research, 356 ILR Research Building, Cornell <br>University, Ithaca, NY 14853. The letter(s) <br>should speak to as many of the following <br>attributes about the applicant as possible: <br>research and writing aptitude and experience; <br>depth of knowledge and experience relating to <br>strategic corporate research, labor policy, <br>globalization, organizing, bargaining, and <br>comprehensive campaigns; and finally long term <br>academic and career goals.<br><br>Fill out the application form on line effective <br>January 23: <br><a href="http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/436743/Cornell-AFL-" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/436743/Cornell-AFL-</a><br>CIO-Strategic-Corporate-Research-Summer-School-<br>2011<br><br>Refund Policy: To withdraw from this special <br>program, you must notify the Special Programs <br>office. Your refund amount will be determined by <br>the date on which you notify the director. <br>Barring special circumstances all $100 deposits <br>are nonrefundable after the registration deadline <br>is reached on May 17, 2012 and your application <br>is under consideration.<br><br>For more information about the Strategic <br>Corporate Research Summer School 2012 program, <br>please contact Kate Bronfenbrenner at (607) 254-<br>4749 or e-mail scrsummer@cornell.edu.<br></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></pre></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ </div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-size: 13px; width: 415px; "><tbody><tr><td><span style="color: white; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">-</span></td><td valign="top"><p class="ecxheadline3" style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/15404?akid=8195.16102.zj88Ez&t=21" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">Can Labor Help Break the Power of the Democratic Establishment? A Connecticut City's Model for Change</a></p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">The success of a union-organized campaign to take over New Haven's city government offers a counternarrative to the old story of labor’s political decline. <a class="ecxreadmore" href="http://act.alternet.org/go/15404?akid=8195.16102.zj88Ez&t=22" target="_blank" style="line-height: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-size: 9px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; "><strong style="font-weight: bold; ">READ MORE</strong></a></p><p style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; color: rgb(77, 77, 77); ">By Paul Bass / The Nation</p><p style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; color: rgb(77, 77, 77); "><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></div><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/15406?akid=8195.16102.zj88Ez&t=26" target="_blank" style="line-height: 18px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Indiana's Union-Busting Law Moves One Step Closer to Passage</a><br style="line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 14px; ">By Jorge Rivas | ColorLines.com</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></div><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/15409?akid=8195.16102.zj88Ez&t=29" target="_blank" style="line-height: 18px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Minnesota Next on Union-Busting Bandwagon? State Senator Introducing "Employee Freedom Act"</a><br style="line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 14px; ">By Sarah Jaffe | AlterNet</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></div><h3 style="line-height: 15px; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 110, 18) !important; font-family: georgia, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/business/global/trade-protest-planned-on-eve-of-chinese-leaders-visit.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha25" target="_blank" style="line-height: 18px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 110, 18) !important; cursor: pointer; ">Trade Protest Is Planned on Eve of a Chinese Leader's Visit</a></h3><h6 style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Arial, sans-serif; ">By KEITH BRADSHER</h6><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">A coalition of union leaders and trade advocates accuse Beijing of unfairly subsidizing Chinese auto parts makers.</p><ul style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; list-style-type: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; "><li style="line-height: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/bullet4x4.gif" border="0" vspace="2"> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/business/wto-orders-china-to-stop-export-taxes-on-minerals.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha25" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 66, 118); cursor: pointer; ">In Victory for the West, W.T.O. 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