Analyzes worker agency (class, race/ethnicity, gender, religion), forms of labor organizing and protest from historical, political economy, U.S. and global perspectives. It traces the development of labor organizing and union strategies in the industrial and post-industrial periods and today's global economy. Through real-life case studies, students earn upper-division service learning credits by servicing the needs of local labor unions and workers.(Junior or Senior Standing)
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