Upcoming Symposium on the Low Wage Worker

Laura Cooper (Minnesota) writes to spread the word about an upcoming symposium.  Here are the details:

The Minnesota Law Review has announced plans for an interdisciplinary symposium, sponsored by The Labor Law Group, The Low Wage Worker:  Legal Rights―Legal Realities, to be held Friday, November 2, 2007, at the University of Minnesota Law School in Minneapolis.  Topics to be addressed include domestic work, immigration, collective action by low-wage workers, community organizing, workers’ centers, the history of low wage workers, the international human rights implications of denying labor protections to undocumented workers, legislative efforts to regulate big-box retailers, social class definition, and the economic effects of minimum wage laws.  Confirmed speakers include Peggie Smith, Ellen Dannin, Catherine Fisk, Michael Wishnie, Scott Cummings, Deborah Malamud, Jennifer Gordon, Nelson Lichtenstein, Craig Becker, Paul Strauss, David Weissbrodt and William Wascher.  Further details of the symposium, including discounted hotel rates, will be distributed later.  In the meantime, contact Laura Cooper or Catherine Fisk for further information.

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