From: Moshe Marvit <moshe.marvit@gmail.com>
http://tcf.org/events/2012/union-organizing-as-a-civil-right
Union Organizing as a Civil
Right?<http://tcf.org/events/2012/union-organizing-as-a-civil-right>
Topics: Economics and Inequality <http://tcf.org/economics> Subtopics:
Jobs
and Workers <http://tcf.org/economics/jobs>
*Start: **Apr 3, 2012 12:00 PM*
*End: **Apr 3, 2012 2:00 PM*
*Hosted By: **The Century Foundation*
*Location: **1333 H Street, N.W., 10th Floor*
As Americans search for ways to address rising economic inequality,
strengthening the ability of workers to unionize without fear of reprisal
may be one of the most important steps available. Unions were critical to
building the middle-class in the United States—improving salaries and
benefits for both union and nonunion workers—but today public sector unions
are under attack from conservative governors and state legislatures around
the country, and weak private sector labor laws allow corporations to fire
those who seek to form a union and pay only small penalties. Should we
amend the Civil Rights Act, which has powerful procedures and penalties, to
ban discrimination based on union organizing?
Come hear a panel discussion of the ideas outlined in a new book from The
Century Foundation, *Why Labor Organizing Should Be a Civil Right:
Rebuilding a Middle-Class Democracy by Enhancing Worker
Voice*,<
http://tcf.org/commentary/2012/why-labor-organizing-should-be-a-civil-right>
by
Richard D. Kahlenberg and Moshe Z. Marvit. The book, whose thesis was
outlined earlier this month in a *New York Times *op-ed, “A Civil Right to
Unionize,” is already generating heated reaction.
*When:* Tuesday, April 3, 2012, Noon – 2:00 p.m.
*Where:* The Century Foundation/Center for American Progress
1333 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 10th Floor
*Featuring a panel including:*
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*John Brittain, *law professor, University of the District of Columbia,
David A. Clarke School of Law, and former chief counsel, Lawyers’ Committee
for Civil Rights
*Richard D. Kahlenberg,* senior fellow, The Century Foundation
*David Madland,* director, American Worker Project, Center for American
Progress
*Richard Trumka,* president, AFL-CIO* (invited)*
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*Tom Woodruff,* international executive vice president, SEIU
*Harold Meyerson,* columnist, The Washington Post *(moderator)*
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*Moshe Z. Marvit,* labor and employment discrimination lawyer, will join
the discussion during the question and answer period.
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