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1999-2000 — The Rich, the Poor, and American Politics

  • The Life of a Strawberry. Project sponsored by Professor Lynn Stephen, Anthropology, UO.
  • Immigrant Participation in the Oregon Workforce Study. Sponsored by the Oregon AFL-CIO. Workers, Consumers, and the Global Economy Research and course sponsored by Michael Dreiling, Assistant Professor, Sociology, UO.
  • Boss of the Waterfront: Wayne Morse and Labor Arbitration Exhibit sponsored by Special Collections, Knight Library, UO. Race and Transnational Labor in U.S. Western History Symposium sponsored by the UO History Department. High School and Middle School Workshops Wayne Morse Historical Park Board members and Springfield high school teacher James Mattiace worked together to design and host a series of five full-day workshops for Eugene and Springfield high school and middle school classes. The discussions were held at the Wayne Morse Historical Park, a City of Eugene park that was formerly Senator Morse's home and ranch. Local schoolteachers were invited to choose one of three areas of discussion: globalization, sweatshops and international labor; domestic labor and U.S. labor laws; or farm workers. Each of the participating teachers made the sessions part of ongoing class work around the issues.
  • Race and Transnational Labor in U.S. Western History. Symposium sponsored by the UO History Department.
  • High School and Middle School Workshops. Wayne Morse Historical Park Board members and Springfield high school teacher James Mattiace worked together to design and host a series of five full-day workshops for Eugene and Springfield high school and middle school classes. The discussions were held at the Wayne Morse Historical Park, a City of Eugene park that was formerly Senator Morse's home and ranch. Local schoolteachers were invited to choose one of three areas of discussion: globalization, sweatshops and international labor; domestic labor and U.S. labor laws; or farm workers. Each of the participating teachers made the sessions part of ongoing class work around the issues.

 








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