June 16-18. One of the principal goals of the Labor Research and Action Network (LRAN) is to create a space for the generation and exchange of fresh ideas and thinking among labor leaders, activists, scholars, and students. A secondary goal is to connect practitioners employing innovative strategies with scholars who are interested in strategic research and advocacy efforts that support workers/the struggle for workers; rights. The June LRAN conference will thus focus on two intersecting areas of work: innovative organizing campaigns (broadly defined, not limited to union initiatives) that are either informed by cutting-edge research or raise challenging questions researchers ought to explore further; and new research that sheds light on critical organizing issues.
Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor will host this two-day conference, which will be held at Georgetown Law Center, 600 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001.
Featured Speakers
Richard Trumka, President, AFL-CIO
Douglas Blackmon, Author of Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
Saru Jayaraman, Co-Founder and Co-Director, ROC United
David Rolf, President, SEIU Healthcare 775NW
We look forward to building on the excitement from our first two national conferences and expanding to a two-day format. Labor leaders, academics, activists, educators and organizers will gather for a spirited exchange of new ideas and fresh thinking about cutting edge campaigns and research.
Registration Fee
There is a conference registration fee of $100 for attendees ($50 for students/nonprofit allies, $150 for sponsors). If your organization is already a sponsor of the LRAN conference, please contact Erin Johansson at ejohansson@americanrightsatwork.org to register for the conference separately.
In addition to admission to the conference, this fee includes coffee in the morning and a boxed lunch in the afternoon.
To register, navigate to the LRAN Conference, June 2013 registration page.
