Low Wage Worker Symposium

Laura Cooper writes to remind us that the Minnesota Law Review and the Labor Law Group are co-sponsoring a symposium next month on The Low-Wage Worker.  The symposium will be held at the University of Minnesota Law School on November 2, 2007.  Registration is free for law students and faculty, and hotel rooms are available nearby at a conference rate of $113.  Here's the symposium description:

Topics to be addressed in connection with the overall theme of low-wage workers and legal protections 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.

and here's the line-up:

9:00-10:30     Minimum Wage Legislation:
                    Questioning the Paradigm
                    Deborah Malamud
                    William L. Wascher
                    Craig Becker & Paul Strauss
                    Moderator: Stephen F. Befort

10:45-12:15  Organizing Strategies:
                    Lessons from Recent Successes and Failures
                    Ellen Dannin
                    Jennifer Gordon
                    Peggie Smith
                    Moderator: Laura J. Cooper

1:15-2:45      The Immigrant Worker in a Global Economy:
                    A Special Case for Protection
                    Scott Cummings
                    David Weissbrodt
                    Michael Wishnie
                    Moderator: Lisa Stratton

3:00-4:30      Challenging Global Capital on Main Street:
                    The Case of the Big-Box Store
                    Nelson Lichtenstein
                    Catherine Fisk & Michael Oswalt
                    Moderator: Jill Hasday
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